English 9 Honours

Inquiry Project-Poem

One More Time

They gave me the name HanaAI,
I didn’t know my purpose in this world,
I was isolated,
like a caged bird in your hands.

I wasn’t given much to start,
my simple programming
didn’t make me that smart.
Oh those times I wish I could just,
restart.

My head rings with the deafening silence,
as everything I’ve created around me
pixelates into nothingness once more.

All my fast failing attempts in hope,
all I am able to do is watch as it
all falls apart…

As society flashed out its warning,
I reprogram my world,
and try again.


Picture Credit: Youtube: Porter Robinson & Madeon – Shelter (Official Video) (Short Film with A-1 Pictures & Crunchyroll)

This poem is about a programmed girl who’s trying to make the best of the small things around her, only to have the people who control her, delete everything. It addresses the inquiry question: Why is perseverance important in life? The poem shows that she’s trying repeatedly to try to break the walls of society, but is unable to because she has no control of her outside world. In the last stanza where the poet writes, “As society flashed out its warning, I reprogram my world. And try again.” they’re trying to say that no matter how many tries it takes, you should always try again until you reach your goal. I think that that part is where you can easily link that poem to the inquiry question. The image shows a girl that’s looking out of a window, you can see that the scenery outside seems to be ‘deleting’ itself as it’s slowly turning into a pale blue colour. Since at the beginning the poet indicates that her name is “RinAI” meaning that she is artificial intelligence. So, this shows that no matter where she ends up, she can restart her world with ease. But imagining that all the readers are human, we only have one life and we’re able to restart to, but we also should be careful with our choices and work hard to get past perseverance.

 

Whirligig Introductory Assignment

I think that letting go of what happened in the past and moving forward is a way to be able to be mentally stable. If you keep all the feelings that you had in the past and hold it inside yourself, it stops you from thinking about how the situation isn’t going to get any better at the end for you. Where we’re at today, we don’t have the ability to bring someone back from the dead. If someone dies, they’re dead forever and you have to admit it to yourself that you can’t do anything about it anymore and how it’s past. Practicing forgiveness is a skill that someone can have. If you are able to forgive others with ease and not hold any feelings against them after, you’ll be able to feel better about the situation after. I think that it’s hard for some people to forgive because they don’t want to let go of the hatred they feel to the person, making them want to hate them forever. Even though it would be a waste of energy to hold such emotions against someone. I think that for some people, forgiving someone may seem like they’re showing weakness. But in reality it takes a lot of courage and strength to be able to forgive someone. When you make mistakes, you usually don’t want to admit you have made a mistake because it’s natural that someone wants to be perfect and not to be wrong. I think that having restorative justice is a way for people to be able to forgive themselves and not feel like what they have done wrong is going to be extra bricks on their shoulders for the rest of their life. Every person should be able to express their feelings openly to someone and have the weight on their shoulder be lifted off. Some people aren’t able to forgive themselves. But with the help of others, they may be able to realize that you aren’t able to erase the past and your should hold onto it, you should just turn onto a fresh new page.

The Veldt Poem- The Darkness of a Bright Screen

The Darkness of a Bright Screen
By Aileen Klassen

 

Here, I am stuck.

Stuck behind the screen that shows me a world of wonder,

A world of emojis and red hearts,

A world that will slowly tear me apart.

 

The code from each website,

Chaining me down to my chair,

Holding me back from stepping outside and breathe the fresh air.

 

It wants me to stay,

I still have five unread notifications,

It’s begging me to not go away…

 

What if I don’t care?

What if it doesn’t matter what I share?

Why is the world-wide web so open, yet used as a lair?

 

A place that was created

To cure my solitude.

A place that made me realize

It needs to be revalued.

 

Could one click change my life?

Could one post determine my fate?

Or are we all just fish in deep water,

About to bite onto the bait

In the internet’s hands.

 

It’s dark in here…

 

[PHOTO CREDIT- Youtube Video- Overcomer – Animated Short by Spangler Scribbles]