Wallie

I see them pass by
running, laughing
full of joy
but me?
i stand alone.
but i've got wallie

the routine repeats day after day
no one approaches
no one steps forward
no one breaks away
no one.
i've got no one.
except for wallie

i stand there.
alone.
not a soul in sight
i grab a chalk
and mark my spot
on my best friend.
wallie. the wall.
my only companion.

{/5:48 PM}

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I feel that the boy from the poem is either anti-social or has a mental instability which makes him unwilling to go play. Firstly, as quoted from the poem

“ Back against the wall he stays –
And never plays. “

He doesn’t leave the comfort the wall gives him. Even though he is bored, he still doesn’t leave the wall. And while all the children in the playground are playing and having fun, he just leans against the wall and watches them. Which makes me think that actually there is a part in him that wants to go and play with the rest, but yet there is something that is holding him back. It may be that in the past, he was bullied by someone in the playground, which has lead him to feel reluctant in playing at the playground. Therefore I think that he has a bad that has made him a loner.


About the other children in the playground, I feel that they do not dare step out of their comfort zone, or that they feel daunted by the boy’s aloneness. If they see a boy all by himself not playing, they should not play their own games and whisper or gossip about him.

“ We pass him running, skipping, walking,

In slow huddled groups, low talking. “
Furthermore, they shouldn’t ignore him.

“ We pass him by and never speak, “

Which tells us that the children never went to talk to the boy, and tried to talk to him. Though it could be that they were intimidated by him, when they see him bored, shouldn’t they be able to tell that he wants to play? Therefore I feel that the children like to keep in their own cliques and do not dare to extend a hand to those whom they are unfamiliar with.

{/7:14 PM}

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Do I sympathize with the Joker? actually, yes. the Joker is actually quite pitiful. As in 'Batman: The Killing Joke' and 'Detective Comics #168' Before he was the Joker, he was Red Hood, another criminal. Red Hood; the man who would become the Joker, was a normal man, a former chemical engineer, now a struggling stand-up comedian with a pregnant wife. Then when the Red Hood gang, a robbery gang, approaches him to lead in a robbery of his previous workplace, a chemical plant, he accepts, hoping the money he would receive would help he and his family lead a better life. The gang then gives him the costume of Red Hood. But on the day of the robbery, the police informs him that his wife has died in a freak accident. When he hears this, he attempts to back out the robbery but to no avail.
During the robbery, the chemical plant's security spots the robbers and shoots everyone but Red Hood dead. Red Hood then tries to leave the scene but Batman appears and corners him on a catwalk. Affrighted, he jumps off the catwalk, into a chemical basin and swims off to safety. But the chemicals had permanently disfigured his face, and upon seeing this, he became insane, thus leading him to become the Joker.
So Batman indirectly caused the Joker to become who he is, which may had lead Joker for vengeance. In conclusion i really sympathize the Joker, as it isn't his fault that he went insane, as the crux of the events that made him the Joker was actually because he wanted to earn more money for his family. He was a caring man forced to do criminal acts but ended up disfiguring himself, which lead to him turning insane.

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I have learnt that there is much more to a story than just the plot, though that has to be good too, like character development. It is very important in a story, as it makes the story more interesting. Characters also have to leave first impressions on readers, but maybe as you read on, the characters may not leave the same impressions as they did when you first started to read. When you start to read deeply into a character's life, you also start to feel the character and understand the character. So a character background is also quite important. I've also learnt that if you analyze the characters well, you can find that all the characters have many similarities. The hero and the villain may have many things in common, which may make you doubt your definitions of the two. Concluding, developing the character and its background in a story is important as it make the story more interesting and would therefore make the reader want to read more.

{/8:14 PM}

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this is my literature blog

{/2:30 AM}

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