A scary story (3A)

It was a cold night, I only heard the noise of the birds and the cars. I was reading in my bedroom when I heard a scream, the scream broke the silence of the night. I was very scared, I went to the window and I saw the street, there was a lot of fog, but I could see the figure of a girl, about 8 years old with a teddy bear in her hands. I was tired so I went to my bed.

The next morning I told the story to my friend, Jack, he said that we could go to the street to investigate it. When we arrived at the street we saw an old man, I asked him if he´d seen something strange, but he told us a story.

"10 years ago, a couple lived in a house in the forest, with their daughter Amanda, but they hadn´t got much money, and they hit Amanda. One night she left the house but she got lost and the police never found her corpse, only her teddy bear. The people say that at night you can see a girl walking in the forest, looking for her teddy bear".

When he finished the story, Jack and me left, I arrived at my house very late, but my mother had a surprise for me. "I have a present for you", she said to me, and she gave me a box. I opened it and I saw a small teddy bear. "Thanks mum", I said.

At night, I was sleeping when I heard a noise, I got up and saw a girl in a nightdress with blood and she spoke with a terribe voice:

"I want my teddy bear..."

(Amanda´s teddy bear by Miguel Z., 3A).

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Oscar Wilde (Leila´s presentation)

 Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement, which emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. This doctrine is most clearly summarized in the phrase 'art for art's sake'.

Oscar’s Mother made a huge impression on his life. However she was an upright catholic and Wilde struggled in sharing her ideals. Wilde was very sceptical of the church, especially by the stronghold it had in Irish society and this is obvious in his literary works.

Early life

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854 to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane. Oscar's mother, Lady Jane Francesca Wilde (1820-1896), was a successful poet and journalist. She wrote patriotic Irish verse under the pseudonym "Speranza". Oscar's father, Sir William Wilde (1815 - 1876), was a leading ear and eye surgeon, a renowned philanthropist and gifted writer, who wrote books on archaeology and folklore. Oscar had an elder brother, Willie, and a younger sister, Isola Francesca, who died at the early age of 10. 

Education

He was educated at Portora Royal School (1864-71), Trinity College, Dublin (1871-74), and Magdalen College, Oxford (1874-78). While at Oxford, he became involved in the aesthetic movement and became an advocate for 'Art for Art's Sake' (L'art pour l'art). Whilst at Magdalen, he won the 1878 Newdigate Prize for his poem Ravenna

On May 29, 1884, Oscar married Constance Lloyd (died 1898), daughter of wealthy Queen's Counsel Horace Lloyd. They had two sons, Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886). To support his family, Oscar accepted a job as the editor of Woman's World magazine, where he worked from 1887-1889. 

Scandal

In 1891, Wilde began an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed 'Bosie', who became both the love of his life and his downfall. Wilde's marriage ended in 1893.On 25 May 1895 Wilde and Bosie were convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years' hard labour.

Later life

Upon his release in 1897, he wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol, revealing his concern for inhumane prison conditions. He spent the rest of his life wandering Europe, staying with friends and living in cheap hotels. He died of cerebral meningitis on November 30, 1900, penniless, in a cheap Paris hotel. 

Wilde’s works:

•         The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)

•         The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)

•         Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime and Other Stories (1891)

•         Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892)

•         Salomé (1893)

•         A Woman of No Importance (1893)

•         An Ideal Husband (1895)

•         The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

•         The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)

•         De Profundis (1905)

Words to describe Oscar Wilde

•         Eccentric

•         Flamboyant

•         Witty

•         Humorous

"Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much". 

Picture: Statue of Oscar Wilde in Dublin. 

By Leila Islam.