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The imperialist wishes of the thirties had passed through Asia. Many Americans did not want to conflict in a distant land. But that opinion began to change as Japan's army went to Shanghai in 1937. The fight began there in August and the bombings caused panic and death in the streets.

The rest of the world did not notice the many victims until they saw what left an attack on August 28 by Japanese bombers.

H.S. Wong, photographer of Hearst Metrotone News, nicknamed Newsreel, arrived at the southern station and, according to him, was horrified that "my boots were full of blood."

In that place, Wong saw a Chinese baby crying, his mother was dead on the slopes near there. He said he quickly filmed the last part of his movie and then ran to take the baby to a safe place, but not before the boy's father ran and took him. Wong's image of the hurt and poor boy was sent to New York and appeared in Hearst's news, newspapers and life magazines. Seen by more than 136 million people, he played a personal chord that transcended ethnicity and geography. For so many people, the baby's pain represented the bad situation in China and the bloodlust of Japan.

The photo called Bloody Saturday became one of the most powerful news images of all time. It reveals the power of an image to influence public and official opinion. Wong's image led the United States, Britain and France to formally protest the attack and helped change Western sentiment in favor of entering what would become World War II.

The second Chinese-Japanese war, passed between 1937 and 1945, near World War II. It began when the Japanese army began the invasion of northern and eastern China. The invasion ended  (after the US army joined China) with the surrender of Japan in 1945.

My end of year trip.

      

                                 _Japan_

 Hello Liam,

   

I'm so happy to know about you, I am sure that your trip is going to be fantastic!

This year my classmates and I are going to Japan. They are the same, crazy as alweys, and Lily get fat day by day ( you know that my parents and I love so much my little dog, so she is getting fat for that lol)

Well, about the trip; first we are going to visit Yamanouchi, a village in the middle of two mountains, we are staying in a Onsen and we are going to visit the withe mountain monkies that live very close to the village.

Then we are going to Kyoto, it's very far from Yamanouchi but there we are going to visit so many temples like Fushimi Inari Taisha, wish is like the most famous in the culture. 

The third place is osaka, there we are going to visit the Aquarium.

And the last city is going to be Tokyo, the biggest one!
First we are going to a guied toure around the city and the next day we are going to Haeayuku and Shibuya.

And that's it! we are going to be there for fifteen days.

Lots of love,
Lia.

Ted Talk- serial killers.

       

                  Exploring the mind of a killer

First he makes an introduction where he explains that he is a neurosurgeon, a professor at a university, and that he began studying killer's brains because a friend asked him to do it as a favor.
He explain that a murderer begins to "create" depending on what is going on around him, family, friends ... for traumas.
A serial killer has brain damage.
they may also have another kind of brain damage, or attacks of important violent genes.
There is a chromosome called "X" that for men only opts for the mother, this gene is the one that affects the mind and can make them psychopathic killers, in women it is less common due to the fact that they receive it from both , father and mother, so there is less chance.
The "X" gene is only activated violently if it has gone through something very traumatic during puberty, and not through stress but                                                                                                            living abuse and violence.

From here he begins to explain a story about his family, it turns out that one of the family's ancestors was murderous, thus explaining that in any family it could happen without even the existence of old cases.

    My Opinion:    

From my point of view, it is very interesting to talk about this issue, and to make known that the issue of murderers is not so far from our day to day, any of our ancestors could have had the "X" gene, but we could I don't know

It is also very interesting as he explains that depending on the parts that the human brain uses the most, the way of thinking changes.

My world 2

          

            Anime & Cartoon... are not the same

Something that I love doing in my spare time is watching series, I watch series from many countries: American, Turkish, Korean, from all Latin America ..
But my favorite type of series is Anime; from Japan.
I know it is not with real characters and for many people it is like Cartoon but in Japan, but, although it is the same idea, the styles are very different.
For example, the caartoon comes from the comic, but the anime comes from the manga, in addition to the fact that the type of drawing is very different:

And finally, the anime is focused on adult or teenage public in its majority, instead the Cartoon is mainly focused on all audiences or children, (clearly there are exceptions in both styles).

My world

     

              I don't like tragedy but ... 

One of my biggest hobbies is reading, usually romantic or comedy, but the last book I read was very different from the others.It was about a girl who fell in love with a man, she thought it was the man of her life, but soon discovered that not.
One day she descaovered that this man was a murderer, or rather a psychopath, and when she tried to leave him, he kidnapped and tortured her for days in his basement. At the end of the book the police discover where she was and try to going to save her, but , when they arrive, he was dead on the ground and she had no strength. 
I usually hate books like this, I don't like drama and much less tragedy, but this one completely captured me, the character of the girl seemed very strong because she never gave up in front of him. She died after she ended his life. The life of the man that make her suffer for pain for almost a year.

The history of Horror

        

                   _ The History of Horror_

_The Gothic Novel_

1. Who invented the G.N? What was the title of the first G.N? When was it first published?
The Gothic Novel was invented by Horace Walpole. The title of his first Gothic Novel is The Castle of Otranto, published in the 1764.

2. Wich basic elements of horror do you remember from the introductory lesson? Write a minimum of ten.
I remember that sounds or screams are very important elements of the horror, the darkness, blood or frightening topics are important aswell, another basic element for the horror could be the place were the story is narred; like a big castle or an abandoned house.

- The psychological horror story -

1· Who is Edgar Allan Poe? When and where was he born?

- Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, critic and romantic journalist.

- He was born in Boston, United States, in January 19 of 1809.

 2· What was he famous for?

- He was mostly known because he was one of the universal teachers of the short story and he was a renovator of the Gothic novel and horror stories.

 3· Did he get married?

- He get married with his cousin , Virginia Clemm.

 4· How did he die?

- It was attributed to alcohol, cerebral congestion, cholera, drugs, heart failure, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis and other causes.The real reason still not being clear.
  5· Name some of his most famous works.

• "The Raven” 

• “The Cask of Amontillado”

• “The Masque of the Red Death”

• “The Tell-Tale Heart”
• - Alfred Hitchcoke -

  





1· What's his nickname? He went by the nickname “Hitch".  

  2· What was his most famous horror film? 

      Here are five of Alfred Hitchcock's most frightening films:

1. Psycho (1960) 
2. Rear Window (1954) 
3. The Birds (1963) 
4. Vertigo (1958) 
5. Frenzy (1972)

  3· What was his main contribution to horror? 

         Alfred Hichcock began making the "thrillers" for which he became known the world                 over. His 1929 film "Blackmail" is said to be the first British "talkie." In the 1930s, he                 directed such classic suspense films.  



     - Comic Relief -

    - /What is comic relief?/-

 Is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or a funny dialogue in an serious work,   often to relieve tension.
   
  -/Why is used in horror?/-

 Because incorporating humor makes them more relatable                

My favourite relative

         

                         - My favourite relative -

 My favourite relative is my cousin, Gabriela.

I miss her so much, she lives in Cuba, where almost all of my family is.

I think she is a beautiful person in all the ways and she is a very inspairing person in my life.

Ijust saw her in person one in two years ago, I spend 15 days in total with her, but our relationship never changes.

Of curse, we try to talk through whatsapp or call each other but it is so expensive.

I like everything about her, there are only one or two things that make me a little bit angry when I am with her, but they are not important.

One of my favourites memories with her was when I was 14 years old, not a long time ago.

My parents and I went to cuba to visit our family and my cousin said to me that, for my 15 birthday, she wanted to make an album of photos like she did, but the difference would be that she was the one who took all the photos of my album. She loves taking photos.

Then, when we were in Spain, my mother gave me the album. I hate the fact that she can not see the final resolt.

I just think she is the best, and I would like to bring her to Spain someday. It is one of my biggest dreams.