Conversation & composition
Emily Tang(495200093)
Instructor: Beatrice
Oct. 10. 2006
“My future goal”
Due to my pure affection for English and literature, my future dream is to write novels in English. Thus I am thankful and full of appreciations to attend English department without a hitch. I have heard that result from the heavy studies of the English department in Fu-jen university, it makes students there feel exhausting. But on the other hand, I am sure that I will acquire strict disciplines in this department. And that is what I need.
During the time of English training, still I want to set up my own Heavy metal band. This is one of my dreams that I had no time to fulfill during the time when I was a senior high school student. As a bass player, it is important for me to practice with drummer. And only by playing in a group can my pitches make significance, playing alone is meaningless.
Thought I have gradually realized the exhaustion of being a English department student, I still plan to publish my second novel next year. But the problem is, I write too slowly and sometimes have no inspirations to go on. Under this situation, I need to read a lot to regain food for thought. It takes time a lot, delaying my writing schedule. As a result, I still trying to find a moderate approach to carry on my writing career.
To write novel in English, I am planning go abroad for further studies. Only through living with westerners can I create real, beautiful, and perfect literature. Because literature reflects not only our minds but also our daily living. If I don’t experience it, feel it personally, the work I write will be only dead one or castle in the air that has no value at all.
“My own writing style”
Though I am totally not an evil person, I have been interesting in exploring the dark side of humanity. Due to this condition, my stories always reveal dark thoughts of human beings without any reservation but proceed in a romantic tone. Parents taught us to be integrity, even to be saint. I’m not opposite to these concepts but in my opinion, our inner self have long stayed both saint and vicious devil. Human’s heart are not as simple as any could imagine but indeed too complicated to give any proper definition. Thus, it is ridiculous to give human nature only a positive summary.
Before I engaged in writing, I have seen countless hypocritical stories. Yes, though they are all called “healthy”, but the great difference between these stories and reality had arouse my doubt and made me feel uncomfortable. Due to the above-mentioned sentences, I attributed my suffering to these fairy tales and the desire of showing something real in my mind grew stronger and stronger each day. I thus promised myself to create stories as a mirror of truth and cruel reality.
After the painstaking writing process and a fierce novel competition, I gained first place, publishing my first novel and truly became a writer.
While reading my stories, many people thought I am to blame for writing such a painful one, but that is really what I craved for and there will be no obstacle for me to continue my direct revealing.
“My parents”
Both of my parents were born in strict families and undergone a demanding schooling process. But my mother seemed to be much more luckier for her parents were both rich and she was the only girl among her brothers thus was she cosseted and lived in no pressure.
Due to this fact, my mom had developed a blithe and romantic personage and it had showed great influence on her attitude towards children. Instead of nagging about my grades and school performance day and night, she seems to care more about my talent for art and music and vowed deeper cultivation. As a result, I gained opportunities to learn piano ,violin, and even ballet. But with the heavy studies, I have no choice but to give up dancing.
Speaking of my father, he was born under poor financial situation. Both of his parents were teachers but unfortunately, his father turned out to be a alcoholic addictor and left home one day. Under this circumstances, with a irresponsible father and a low salary of his mother, he had undergone a miserable childhood.
He had no choice but to focus on his studies and pressured himself to attend to the best college because only by getting a well-paid job could he end his misery. With the tragic growing environment. He had developed a more conservative and demanding personality, and seems to care more about grades just like what he had done to himself.
Though my parents has different opinions toward child and sometimes argue with each other. They all agree to cultivate my own interest and kind at supporting. After all, I still have to say “thank you” to them.
“My favorite town”
Speaking of all the foreign towns I have visited, Edinburgh has been my favorite. The floating clouds and gray sky remind me of the soothing breeze, with the fragrance of lavender and rose, in Edinburgh. And every thing seemed to slow down there. For me it was a good opportunity to escape from the fast-paced society in Taiwan.
Its buildings and ancient atmosphere have also left a deep impression on me. People there used bright colors to paint their house and planted white flowers under the black windows. They were friendly to tourists as well, willing to help and give directions to the ones, who were lost in the intricate maze of Edinburgh.
Besides, while marveling at its beauty and elegance, there still has something dark hid under the bright appearance.
Edinburgh is famous for its ghost tales and was one of the origins of magic and fantasy novels. J.K Rowling, the author of “Harry Potter” is also one of the habitants there.
Edinburgh is completely not a sun-shine city but often covered with a thin, watery fog. This indeed has increased the mysterious atmosphere there. I will never forget the gentle light of the twinkling summer stars which I gained from a silent night.
Edinburgh gave me food for thought and the inspiration of creating. To describe Edinburgh in words might be meaningless. Because in my mind, its beauty was beyond any verbal definition.
“New life in college”
Before attending to Fu-jen university, I studied in a very demanding private high school and had no time engaging in things I want to do, just like a miserable prisoner. The information of allowance to be a student in English department had sentenced me free and brought me a new life.
The first thing to do is to gain back my health. The painstaking study process had ruined my health in a quick and devastating way. I still have to depend on medicine to gain back my appetite for food.
Secondly, I will start writing my new novel, continuing revealing the dark side of humanity to the public no matter they will accept or not. During the time when I prepared for university entrance exam, I was strictly prohibited from writing novels and the cumulative inspirations seemed to explode inside.
Finally, as a English department student, still I will spare no efforts to study hard. I know there will be difficulties but I am ready to take challenges and have confidence to get them through.
I know at this stage I will cultivate a professional English skill in this department and will have more opportunities to get along with people from different groups. And for me, it’s a good chance to improve my poor emotional quality because I know in this modern society, high EQ is required and it is even a important key to success.
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