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English“The English Teacher” R.K.Narayan – Character AnalysisAs the novel unfolds Krishna’s unstable character evolves. At first, Krishna is disillusionedwith his daily routine (“cease to live like a cow”), but then the arrival of hiswife and seven-year-old daughter Leela gave new life to his monotonous and mechanicalexistence.In the first chapter Krishna seems to be a selfish and materialistic man who is disillusionedwith teaching and the mundane way English is taught by “admonishing,cajoling and browbeating”, lacking creativity (“…mug up Shakespeare …”) with thegoal to “secure high marks”. He is only interested in the financial aspect of his joband calls his job “a pain”.Krishna owns an alarm clock which goes off unexpectedly and he stifles its cries witha book. It symbolises his past life which is filled with the habitual, the routine andpredictability in his life. He mocks Mr Brown who is the British chief of Albert MissionCollege as he is shocked that a student spelt ‘honours’ without the ‘u’. He highlightsMr Brown’s narrow-mindedness as he thinks that only the British way is correct.He uses irony to do this. One example is “Ask Mr Brown if he can say in any ofthe two hundred Indian languages: the cat chases the rat”.Christos Zachariades, 4BMatrix“Have you ever had a dream, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? Howwould you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?”… This is the major question presented inmy favourite movie which is called “The Matrix.” The Matrix series consist of a trilogy of science-fiction-action films.However they present a “cyberpunk” story with many references to philosophical and religious ideas. The actors whoplay the major roles in the movie are Keanu Reeves in the role of Neo, Laurence Fishburne in the role of Morpheus Carrie-AnneMoss in the role of Trinity and Hugo Weaving in the role of Agent Smith.Generally I enjoy watching many and different kinds of movies, but the particular trilogy is special to me, dueto the messages and symbolisms that it carries. The basic inspiration of the Matrix is that Earth is dominated by sentientmachines. Personally, I have watched the trilogy numerous times and after studying several reviews and analysis of thecontext, I tried to interpret some of the messages and ideas in a way that they would appeal in my own personal life.Morpheus had said that no one can be told what the Matrix is and that you have to see it for yourself… Ever since I begunexploring the mystery behind this masterpiece, I realized that the more I get to discover, the more I get to questionmy self… One of the most imperative premises that the film resembles is Plato's Allegory of the cave which refers torealizing what is real in the three dimensional world once you manage to escape from the blinkers and enter to theenlightened side of life. The most astonishing quote of the Matrix in my opinion is “do not try to bend the spoon, that’simpossible. Instead only try to realize the truth: there is no spoon.”Moreover, it would be a great experience for anyone to visit a movie studio. Personally I would attempt this inorder to gain knowledge of how my favourite movies are erected. I was always curious of how they create the specialeffects which enrich the presentation of the movie and overwhelm the audience with a mixture of emotions and surprises.Your offer is a great opportunity for all the young people, including myself, who visualize of meeting movie stars andexploring a movie studio.Magia Athanatou, 4ADear Katie,Hi! How’s it going? Thanks a lot for your postcard. I’m sure that you had a great time in LA.Well, today we went back to school. I wasn’t that anxious to go back, like last year when it was my first day ina new school. I can’t believe how fast summer holidays passed. Actually, I was glad to go back to school, because Imissed my friends and lessons (believe it or not!). It wasn’t that bad for the first day. We met our new teachers, but myclassmates are the same.I forgot to tell you about my summer holidays. After school closed, I went with my teachers and school matesto Rodon Hotel in Agros. We stayed there for a week. After that, I went with my family camping in Akamas, in front ofthe sea. And then we went to a hotel in Protaras. I didn’t go as far as you, but I had a nice time in Cyprus. Anyway, I’dbetter go now. I’ve got loads of homework to do tonight and imagine this is the first day.Take care and hope to hear from you soon. Lots of love !Timothea Demetriou, 2B14PASCAL Platinum5th Edition
“The English Teacher” R.K.Narayan – Character AnalysisKrishna is a lecturer at Albert Mission College, yet he is dissatisfied withhis work and his life.Krishna has fallen into a daily routine, where every minute of the day isset for a specific task. Moreover, Krishna is unhappy with his work, heeven says that he would shred paper if he was given the same pay.Also, when he was notified that his wife and child were coming, hepanicked and when finding a house seemed impossible he panicked,but for his good fortune he managed to find a house. At the railwaystation Krishna was anxious whether or not his wife would have enoughtime, in fact he paid someone to help him unload the luggage.Another characteristic of Krishna was that he was easily manipulated,this can be seen on two occasions. Firstly when Sinagaram managedto extract 8 annas from him when at first Krishna only gave a considerablesmaller amount. Another occasion is when at the National provisionsstore Krishna was tricked by being given less sugar. When Susilapointed this out to him, it only angered him. Krishna is also badtempered.When Susila sold his alarm clock he became so angry hereduced her to tears although the alarm clock was broken and shemanaged to get a high price for it. Another fact is that he is somewhatdistanced from his family since he refers to Leela (his daughter) as the“child” and Susila as “the young mother”. However, I believe this wasonly because he was insecure at first and he had no faith in himself asa father. Krishna seems to not have the ability to express himself sincewhen Susila asked him to write a poem for her, he copies a poem fromWilliam Wordsworth.In conclusion, Krishna is tired of his monotonous life. However, withthe appearance of his wife and child things seemed to be changing.Christos Sophocleous, 4B“The English Teacher”R.K.Narayan – Character AnalysisAt the beginning of the novel, we see Krishna is lost, dissatisfied withhis life, “As I was nearing thirty I should cease to live like a cow”.Krishna lives a life which he does not enjoy, he feels like there’s nothingspecial about it. Even his job felt like it was not suited to him.He only worked as a lecturer for the money: “my duty in the intervalhad been admonishing, cajoling and browbeating a few hundred boysof Albert Mission College”. Krishna wanted to write poetry and whendoing something you don’t enjoy people seem to be miserable in theirlife in general. As readers we realize that Krishna was only working forthe “hundred rupees”.Not living a life that made him happy, Krishna had nothing to writeabout, hence he barely wrote any poetry with the exception the dayhe swam in the river. He was delighted to do something different foronce but then went back to his old way of life.All this changed when his wife and daughter came to stay with him.Even though at the beginning, he kept a distance since he was afraidof change, referring to his wife as “the girl”, he later took on responsibilitiesand lived a life which made him happy with his family, since hewas greatly influenced by them.Charalambous Nicolaou, 5AAny student caught stealing at schoolshould be immediately and permanentlyexcludedThere is no doubt that at school, studentsare not allowed to steal. However, there arestudents that are caught stealing at school.On the one hand, if a student repeatedlysteals money from other students, he or shehas to be excluded. It’s not fair for the otherstudents. If the student is caught stealing atschool, then in the future he or she couldsteal from banks, shops etc. The student hasto be permanently excluded or be givenother serious and strict punishments.On the other hand, if a student is caughtstealing a pen from the school office, it’s notso serious, but he or she has to be punishedbecause if he or she starts from small typesof stealing, then it will develop into big formsof stealing. As a result, he or she has to bepunished to stop stealing. Permanent exclusionis more appropriate when the student’smisbehavior is serious.In conclusion, I believe that for serious typesof stealing, the student should be permanentlyexcluded. But if the form of stealingisn’t so serious, the student doesn’t have tobe permanently excluded.Stavrina Pieride, 2B“The English Teacher”R.K.Narayan – Character AnalysisKrishna is a thirty-year-old man. He is alecturer of English Literature at Albert MissionCollege, where he was a student himself.He feels that his life is monotonous andhe wants to change it. Destiny takes his lifein its hands as his wife comes to live withhim with their seven-month-old Leela.Through different situations, we see Krishnaacting in different ways which provoke differentparts of his character.Krishna tends to be an anxious person. Wecan see that firstly through his desperateresearch for a house and then at the railwaystation, where he seemed panicked. We cansee that through his frantic behaviour andalso by the repetitions and exclamationmarks. He keeps repeating how Susila willmanage to get down the train without thebaby being hurt from this. We also realisethat he is an inexperienced person, who livesa monotonous life. This is also proved by thefact that when he has a bath at the river, hesays that was a “new world” for him.Maria Ioannou, 4BPASCAL Platinum 5th Edition 15
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