An Extended Metaphor

What does jealousy or revenge or ambition mean?How can we expose the nature of life and love or express the subtle deep analysis of ideas?If there were not literature,which is an ocean of feelings,emotions and ideas,we could not probably answer easily these questions.Do you want to know what jealousy means, read Shakespeare's Othello or revenge ,read Hamleth ...etc.Therefore ,I believe that literature represents many different beauties and pleasures of human being and the universe.
First of all,the beauty of love -maybe we all desire to love our Romeo/Juliet a day or dream of it- has been smartened up by literature.Thus we run after our darlings as well as ants run after  flowers ,even though there is an end full of pain.
Secondly,the pleasure of being a hero like Beowulf has been told us by literature.This pleasure makes a human heroic and supernatural creature.So thanks to literature,there have been many heros throughout the history all around  the world.
Finally,the relaxation of reaching a resolution of complex and deep ideas has been revealed in Descartes' sentence "I think ,so I am."or in French "Je pense,donc je suis." by literature ,too.
Consequently,l can say that literature is an extended metaphor of the whole life.

NEW IDEAS

Nowadays,it is very difficult to have an individual idea because there are many different sources and means of reaching them such as Google,which is a search motor on the internet and e-books which have big capacity to store thousands of books.If someone is a reader about many subjects like historical ,social and economic subjects or researcher into them ,it will be unavoidable for him/her to be inspired by other people's ideas.Sometimes,I thought why Albert Einstein was a genuis or the greatest scientist of his own time period although he left school at about his childhood stage or why most professors can not find out new idea movements or there is not a new Shakespeare ,whereas there are many writers graduated from literature schools.Right now,I think that they all have pure feelings and emotions which are not made to be dirty by others' feelings,emotions and ideas.So, I believe that being literate enough to express himself  very well is sufficient to make up new ideas.

HALLOWEEN

Halloween is a yearly feast on October 31 ,celebrated in the western countries .According to some historian,it is a pagan festival and originated from the Celtic Samhain.
Halloween's symbol is jack-o'lantern.

People usually dress  in the costumes consisting of supernatural and scary figures such as monsters,ghosts,witches and devils

If you wanna see more Halloween's costumes,click on the following video...

There are several games played at Halloween's parties.One of them is apple bobbing or may be called "dooking" in Scotland.This game is commonly played .The other one is divination

the young woman looking into a mirror in a darkened room hopes to catch a glimpse of the face of her future husband.

Halloween's food is commonly candy apple(also known as toffee).They are given to children at one time.

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EID-UL'ADHA

Eid-ul'adha is one of the two feasts which are celebrated by Muslims. The word "Eid" means feast in Arabic.It may be named by different names by different Islamic countries.For example,in Turkish "Kurban bayramı",in Indian and Urdu "Id-ul'zuha" ...etc.
Muslims celebrate the Eid-ul'adha to remember prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son Ishmael to God.This event is told by the Holy Qur'an like:
The Qur'an says, " He [Abraham] said; 'O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice you, so look, what do you think? '" In reply, Ishmael said, " O my father! Do what you have been commanded. Allah willing, you shall find me of the steadfast. "Then, they were commanded to submit themselves to Allah's Will. The Qur'an says, " When they had both submitted their wills (to Allah), and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice). " As Abraham and Ishmael submitted to Allah's Will and began to carry out His commandment, Allah sent angels with glad tidings. The Qur'an says, " We called out to him, `O Abraham! Thou hast already fulfilled the vision!' Thus indeed We reward those who do right. This was obviously a trial. And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice. And We left (blessing) for him among generations (to come) in Later times. Peace and salutation to Abraham! Thus indeed do We reward those who do right. For he was one of Our believing servants. "

Just as both Abraham and his son Ishmael succeeded in the hard trial, Allah redeemed Ishmael's life with a white ram that had sound eyes and horns which Abraham found tied to a tree near Thabir Mount. So he sacrificed it at Mina. After that event, this act has been accepted as a  ritual of Hajj in Islam, especially the rite of sacrifice. Eid-ul'adha is an important time for families and friends to visit each other. Eid-ul'adha also has many social and commercial benefits all over the world. Source:http://hajj.al-islam.com/Loader.aspx?pageid=936&TOCID=168&BookID=693&PID=149

KIZKALESİ(KORİKOS)

My favourite place is Kızkalesi,named "Korikos" in the Roman ages,situated in the west of Mersin and 60 km. far from it.Kızkalesi is a hidden paradise in the mediterranean sea.



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Kızkalesi with its cool weather ,magnificent scenery ,historical places and excellent beach is very attractive for vacationers.Tourists can visit the Narlı pit,the  heaven and hell cave, as well as Kanlıdivane with a sailing ship.



Beach

Hell Cave

I have been spending my summer holiday in Kızkalesi for five years.I always take great pleasure in being there since its sea makes me relaxed.Anyway,I can helplessly wander with my power wheel chair in its streets.
As a result,I can say that Kızkalesi is my favourite place to spend holiday every summer.

KIZKALESİ's STORY

Anciently,there is a beautiful girl whose father is a king who lives in this area.He loves his daughter so much.A day ,a sibyl divines that a poisonous snake will bite her.

Therefore,the king father has a castle built in the middle of sea in order to protect his daughter against the snake.She lives there for years.

A long time later,princess grows up.There is a fatality about her and it is unavoidable. The snake hidden in a bowl of fruit comes in the castle.And then it bites her.Unfornutely,she dies ,so the castle named "Kızkalesi"after this event.

Kızkalesi

A NEW LIFE

About four years ago,I was a disabled man in the late thirties who had to live in a room almost throughout the whole year by lying on the  bed as you see in photo1 below ,but now I am a student at  Gaziantep University; it is so incredible that even I can not believe this and I am writing down my first impressions here and my expectations of university as a blog homework of writing lesson .

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To be honest,at the beginning of the school season,my impression was that there were lots of problems for the disabled.For instance,the biggest one of them was that there was architectural difficulty to come in some buildings because they had not got any ramps.Yet,in a short time , the rectorship of  Gaziantep University solved this problem,so I thank the rectorship for being interested in making the education of the disabled persons easy from here now.Anyway, both teachers and staff were very helpful.

The other significant impression I want to say was that my classmates had behaved very calmly and politely towards me as if I were one of them though I was so much older than them.

By the way,although I came to university with great expectations in order to speak english fluently ,I realised that it would not be so easy that I’d expected.Still,I hope that I will succeed in learning it very well since there is always a little hope in life.

In conclusion,I am happy with having a new life like this.But,I know that I should try to make it mine harder and harder because fortune may not smile on me once again.