Author: Cie-Jai

Well where do I start, the game Fifa 15 really knows how to make one angry. The one aspect of the game that really annoys me is the pace of each player. Their Ultimate team card might say they have 50 speed but when you use the player in a game situation they run as if they had 100 speed. Let’s not forget the last minute goals, I would be dominating the whole game but all it would take my opponent is one chance for them to score and the game would be all over just like that. Sweaty goals, for those who don’t know what this is, a sweaty goal is when two players are running through on goal and the keeper rushing out to the player that has the ball, as soon as the goal keeper comes into reaching distance the player with the ball passes it to his teammate beside him for that player to tap it into an open net. This annoys me so much because once they are in on goal there’s nothing that you can do to stop them.

What has to be the most annoying thing about Fifa is the racism, they make all the black people look darker than they are in real life. It’s not like its one black player Fifa does this to, it’s all of them!  Every year Fifa promises that they will fix all the glitches in preparation for the release of their next game, but they never make changes to the colour of the black player’s skins. I always say to myself, “I’m never buying this rubbish game again” but I end up buying it because of my love for the sport. Oh yeah, I almost forgot about how short players always manage to out jump the taller players, I just don’t understand how this works out. Your 6 foot tall player would look certain to win the ball, but out of nowhere a midget comes and wins the header.

There is one specific game mode which I think was made to annoy us gamers, this game mode is pro clubs. This is when you control one player out of the 11 on your team, which means the CPU controls the other 10 players. You expect the CPU to have around the same skill level as you, but that’s where you’re wrong. The CPU players are disgraceful, they are unable to make a simple 5 yard pass, their shots are always off target and they are slow, so you’re pretty much on a team by yourself.

You would think it’s impossible to score from 45 yards out but not on Fifa. You can literally score from anywhere because the goalkeepers are terrible, and because they are so awful they make the player taking the shot look like God!

WE can’t forget about career mode, players deciding that they feel unsettled are spending so many years at your club which makes it impossible to make your dream squad. Some players are really greedy when it comes to discussing wages, £100,000, £150,000 even £200,000 a week is what some of the players ask for, “I am your manager not a bank”! Over the years Fifa have made it harder for your players to develop so you have to work twice as hard to get your players to perform.

Ultimate team is Fifa’s most famous game mode has to be the worst creation ever, this is a game mode which can only properly be used if you have internet. This frustrates me because the servers are always down for maintenance. When it comes to buying a player, a message would pop up saying “Sorry the EA servers are currently unavailable” It’s so annoying because you think you have got the player, just to find out that you have been signed out of the EA servers. I spend £45 every year on a game that stresses me out, but oh well, I’m probably going to buy Fifa 16 when it comes out.

My perfect place is my bedroom, as I have become older a lot of different objects have been added to it.

It was a dark gloomy day. I had just came back from nursery, I couldn’t wait to play with my toys. I was so happy to be home, and was filled with excitement. I raced up to my room with the sweet smell from my mum’s sweet potatoes flowing around the house. I was running so fast that I buckled and fell to the floor. I grabbed on to the black banister and picked myself up. I finally got to my room, now I could hear the wind blowing and the trees rustling outside the open window, my room was filled with cold icy air. I didn’t mind because I had so many toys with all different colours on them, blue, green, red, purple, it was like a rainbow I couldn’t feel the cold.

Underneath my bed I found my Thomas the tank engine train set and hidden inside it like a treasure chest there was a small Thomas the tank engine chocolate egg. I used to tell Thomas the tank engine everything as if he was real. We would go on all sorts of missions and quests like the mission where I was getting from one side of my room to the other without falling in the hot melting lava. Up, down, left, right climbing on anything I could, but as I came to the end of my journey the evil Winnie the Poo bear blocked the train track with Lego bricks and socks. This was the only worry I had back then, but I still managed to evade the devilish bear and complete the mission to move onto the next level.

Now when I enter my room all I see is gadgets, of all types, shapes, and sizes. That not including the football furniture, trophies and posters, not a single toy in sight. There is no evidence of the days when I had so much fun in my room, but now my room bores me and drains the life out of me, I feel more like a zombie than the hero I used to be. It was a Monday night and I had just got home from school and I could smell the pizza my mum has promised me she would cook. 5 minutes later I has arrived in my bedroom. I swung open my closet door looking for a spot to put my blazer in. I look In and see I still have some of my baby cloths hidden away, like my Batman costume I wore for Halloween when I was 4. It’s a shame now that I have grown up and they have been replaced by dull school uniforms. I don’t think I can ever wear a batman costume again, without the feeling of embarrassment, I could feel the soft stretchy fabric in the palm of my hands, just feeling it reminds me of the amount of fun I had when I was younger, and those were the good old days.

Finally dinner was ready. My taste buds are tingling with excitement because I was so hungry. My heart stopped for a second, just as I was about to take a bite out of the mouth-watering pizza, I dropped bbq sauce dropped on my carpet. I hurried downstairs to get the sponge before it settled, if my mum saw it she would ring my neck! I had quickly cleaned up the stain and stuffed my face, the cheese was running down my mouth like a waterfall.  Later on I found myself back in my room battling through the long, boring, stressful homework until I had enough. Finally, the time I had been waiting for, it was time for me to play some Xbox. The futuristic sound that the Xbox makes when I turn it on gives me a soothing, excited feeling. Once I turn on my Xbox my mind goes blank and I float into my own world of games. When did I get so old? Where did all my toys go? I remember the other day when I picked up my Woody the wood pecker doll. I used to think it as worth the world but now looking at it, it’s worth nothing but a place in the bin. I remember the days when I could come home and just play but now I have to complete all sorts of homework’s and coursework’s. All these years have passed by and I wonder to myself, when did I get this? What used to be here? Even now I still wonder where my toys have vanished to. My bedroom expresses who I am and there is nothing like it.

English controlled assessment

In this assessment I will analyse and discuss how Romeo & Juliet, Ozymandias and A song in the storm show the use of literary techniques to communicate their ideas about fate. I am going to discuss the 3 main types of literary ltechniques which are, metaphors, iambic pentameter and narrative structure e.g. (Volta).These are 3 very important features because they prove how fate is shown in all 3 pieces of text. Shakespeare wrote “Romeo & Juliet” during the Elizabethan times  around the 16th century. Shakespeare strongly believed in God that’s why he included God a number of times during the play. Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote “A Song In A Storm” during the Enlightnement times around the 18th century. Rudyard Kipling wrote “Ozymandias” between 1914-1918. I  this script Kipling identifies that it is bravr to die at war.

Metaphors

What are metaphors?

A metaphor can be described as an object being described as if it was human. Shakespeare uses metaphors in Romeo & Juliet as a literary techniques to promote the idea of fate. An example of Shakespeare using metaphors is when Romeo and Benvolio are outside the Capulet house, discussing the consequences of what they will face if they get caught at this party.  When questioned if it was really worth putting their lives in danger Romeo says “I fear too early for my mind misgives, some consequences yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date” this suggests despite knowing his inevitable he is going to achieve his destiny.  By using “stars” Shakespeare is referring to God which further suggests that Romeo’s fate is unstoppable, is in God’s hands and is out of his control. Another quote from the Shakespeare has used to indicate fate is “By some vile forfeit of untimely death. But He that hath the steerage of my course Direct my sail!” This informs us that Shakespeare is saying that Romeo is going to die but the biggest loss is turning back.

Kipling also uses metaphors in a song in the storm to promote fate, this is clear when saying “Almost these mindless waters work as though they had a soul.” This indicates that the water they are battling is fighting back as if it and the crew’s fate was being controlled by somebody or something else. This can be linked to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet they both are uncontrolled of their fate and they have nothing else to do but follow it because it is unstoppable the use of metaphors in the pieces of texts indicates that someone has decided their fate and that they had no control of it. It also shows that fate is unstoppable and continuous like time. This quote from the song in the storm, “No matter though our decks be swept and mast and timber crack—we can make good all loss except the loss of turning back. Kipling links with Shakespeare because they both suggest that they are going to die but they will look more of a coward if they turn back and don try.

In Ozymandias, Shelley doesn’t use metaphors to communicate the ideas of fate, however but she uses a number of different literary techniques. One technique she uses which both Shakespeare and Kipling is iambic pentameter

                                                                          Iambic Pentameter

Iambic is commonly used in poems, it is a 10 syllable constant rhythm that never changes. This beat links in with fate because like fate this rhythm is unstoppable and continuous. Shakespeare first introduces this technique in the prologue, this is when he sums up the theme of the play. Within the prologue Shakespeare addresses fate for the first time when saying “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life”, this is suggesting that if these two people fall in love they are going to die as a consequence. Furthermore, iambic pentameter is used as a method of time; promoting the eventual destiny of the characters in the play. Also Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter later on in the play  “If love be rough with you be rough with love” this shows that rhythm has been followed throughout the play, this is because they rhythm is unstoppable and has a connection to fate. Mercutio  is telling Romeo that if he cant find love that love must find him, Shakespeare uses this technique to indicate fate because referring back to the prologue it said how lovers will die to stop their parents rage.

Kipling uses iambic meter which is similar to iambic pentameter, but Kipling uses this technique to structure is poem as well as fate. Kipling shows fate by indicating that their fate is shown throughout the play by him mentioning this at the end of each stanza, “Fate’s discourtesy whereby it will shall be found etc.” which tells us that no matter what the end result is the crew is going to die, and that their fate is yet to be found. This poem links in with Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet because in the prologue it informs us that 2 lovers are going to die and that both in a song in the storm and Romeo and Juliet their fate was decided before they encountered each other.

In Ozymandias Shelley uses iambic pentameter to show the continuous flow of the rhythm to build up to fate. The theme of this poem is that even the greatest and most powerful king has to die eventually. Shelley also uses iambic pentameter to  structure out his poem. He mentioned a hint of fate in the quote ” Look on my works, ye mighty and despair! nothing beside remains.” this tells us that one day he was the king and he had everything he had ever dreamed for and now all that has been swept away due to his death. This links in with Romeo & Juliet because the Capulet’s and the Montegue’s were fighting for a long time God has decided to punish them by sentencing them to death.

Structure

In Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare shows fate through structure by giving us a  short summery of the play of before we start to read it. The prologue indicates fate by telling us that two star crossed lovers will die to stop their families rage. Shakespeare wrote the prologue to sum up the theme of the play to make it look like a coincidence, this shows fate because Shakespeare had structured out the play to ensure Romeo & Juliet meet. Also because Romeo & Juliet are from rival families and for them to get together is against their family law,that God has no choice but to sacrifice them to stop the rage between both families.

Kipling uses repetition to indicate fate so that the readers know that no matter how long and hard the crew fight for the end result is that they are going to die. By repeating the phrase “Fate’s discourtesy whereby it shall be seen etc.” indicates that fate is unstoppable and continuous like time. Kipling tells us that the only biggest loss is turning back, and by saying that it shows that the crew are trying to escape their death but by fighting on they are edging closer to it. This link in with Romeo & Juliet because Romeo and friar Lawrence come up with a plan to get Romeo and Juliet together peacefully but because there plan has failed they end up killing themselves which we was told in the prologue

In Ozymandias the use of Volta’s shows fate. Volta’s are a sudden change of theme during a poem. This introduces fate because there might me a clear indication of fate in the first half of the poem, but when the Volta is introduced it can begging to show a sight of fate.”The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed, (Volta) And on the pedestal these words appear” in-between those lines a Volta was placed that shows a clear change of theme and a build up of tension.  This links in with Romeo & Juliet because they both have a glimpse of power, for instants when Romeo & Juliet get married up until the point  Romeo gets banished, in Ozymandias the point where the king is looking over the town he rules up until the point that everything he had is banished and he slowly dies. This is a good technique because it allows the authors to stretch the length  of their script  and impute twists and turns until the finally reach there fate.

Conclusion

In conclusion I have found that all three texts use of literary techniques   to show fate. The technique that mostly identifies fate is the use of iambic pentameter because this is they only literary techmique that is continous throughout the scripts. The constant flow of the rhythm links the idea of fate with time. That shows that all 3 authors use this technique to be be continue the plot of their stories and look fot a slot to introduce fate.