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Hi lourdes!! How are you? I'm sad for the end of the summer, it was so short for me, the days passed very fast when you are in relax, without work and worries. Well, this summer I wanted to find a job, but my parents needed someone who look after my brother because they have been worked during all the day, and they paid to me for do that.The first day of second baxillerat, after the summer holydays, in general was normal except the thing that I had to wake up more early than other days, but now I'm accustomed to this routine again.. I think that second baxillerat will be more difficult than the first because we have more history for study, and this year we have to do the research work. For the research work I chose the topic about greek subject. I have to find in art pictures the similar with the greek myths, and describe them. Now, i haven't done many things of the work yet, but I think that in two or three months I have the possibility to finish it.The best thing for me about this year is that we haven't do gymnastics, but I don't like the two hours that we have on thursday afternoon, because we only go to a class for one hour, in the second we have to do tutoria. well in this year I continued with the same idea about study for a lawyer, in the university of Girona, so I'll try to have better marks than last year and pass the selectivitat, too.

and the answere was:

Hi my dear Claudia,so you want to be a lawyer, that's really good, lawyers,nowadays, will never lose their jobs because there so many things to deal with that families, businesses and individuals need a lawyer close to themWish you the best of luck for this year, I like the topic you have chosen for your research project, it's really interesting!!
bye for now
see you



HALLOWEEN FILM TASK: the Others.

1. The title. what does it refer to?
the title of this film refers to the people who after death sitll live in the house, the spirits.

2. the setting. in the first scenes of films, directors generally present the location of the film and set an atmosphere to create a given mood or feeling. neme the elements chosen by Amenábar to enhance the horror atomsphere. would you like to add any more.
the elements are the fog, the old house, the darkness, the cementery behind the house, and an old women.

3. the time. when is the filme set? how does the director tell/show the audience?
I think that the director tries to tell the audience that a person never dies, so his/her spirit is alive wherever.

4. the cast.
Grace is the mother of the family, in her house she feels alone and she hopes to see her husband again. She doesn't know that she's dead. She doesn't want her children to see the unlight of the day. And she educates them with the Bible.
I don't think that she's mad because she doesn't know her real situation, that's the reason why she does more strange things, for example she doesn't open one door before closing another first.
Anne and Nicholas are the kids of the family. Their health condition isn't very good because their mother doesn't let them see the sunlight and they have to live in the dark. The children have to obey their mother all the time, but finally, they decided to leave the house by themselves.
Mrs Mills, Mr Tutle and Lydia are the housekeepers of the house. They died a century ago, and they know that. They stay with Grase and help her she see that she's dead.
Alejandro Amenábar is the director of the film. other films by this director are "Nadie conoce a nadie", "la lengua de las mariposas" and "tesis".
He was 29 years old when he directed "the Others". This film won a "Goya" for the best film, the prize for the best director, for the best dialogue, and the nomination for the best music band.

5. Can the Others be considered a representative of gothic fiction?
The Others can be considered a Gothic fiction film because the story happens in an old and big house in the middle of the mountain, and behind it there is a cementery. It's a dark film, with psycological fear, where the characters wear black old clothes and the main topic is the death, or the things that happen after death.