Sunny Youth Journal

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, in the year, 1770. He was born in a musical family because his father and grandfather were singers.

He learned piano at the age of four and later became an “assistant organist”. He also played the viola for Prince Elector’s orchestra. When he was 22 years old, he moved to Vienna to study with another composer, Josef Hayden.

Becuase of his playing talents, Beethoven was surrounded by curious people and impressed aristocrats supported him.

In his late twenties, he started to lose his hearing. He wanted to kill himself but he didn’t. Beethoven never managed to find a wife, but he was a sturdy man with a bad temper so he often stomps around Vienna deep in thought like an expert.

Beethoven died in March 1827 from an infected wound on his stomach, and twenty-thousand people attended his funeral.

“The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank R. Stockton is not a regular fiction book about adventures, treasures, and monsters.
This is a type of story called an allegory. It’s basically a story that has a hidden meaning.
The story starts with the big king being described.
He was tall, strong, and had lots of authority over his people. But he was also half barbaric, which meant that
if he got just a little bit triggered, he would get angry.

After the description, the subject that made him a little angry was sent to his arena. The arena wasn’t for fighting, it was actually set to make peace. Whether he got kindness or killed. The task was simple, the subject had to open 1 of 2 doors. 1 of them had a tiger, and the other once had a lovely lady in it. (The next day…)

The day had arrived! all the people were in the arena watching the man’s fate be chosen. But… the princess had her dad’s barbaric blood so she could also be enraged in a few seconds. So… wouldn’t he die both ways?

The moral of this story might be to choose wisely because one bad choice and you could be in trouble.

Two of the most legendary pianists of all time are Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. They both had relatively unique personalities, which translates to the contract between their musical pieces. The video The Difference Between Mozart and Beethoven – Mozart Vs. Beethoven explained how the flow of Mozart pieces sare more expected and perfect, while Beethovwn pieces are unexpected and wild. Despite each composer’s top-notch abilities, Beethoven was a better composer due to his unique musical style and perseverance.

As the video suggests, Beethoven’s pieces are more “jumpy” and unexpected. In his piece, Fur Elise, there are many significant unexpected dynamic changes. The piece develops from a walk in a garden to an intense war and ends peacefully. Each Beethoven pieced takes one through a unique journey, while Mozart’s pieces are not as exciting. The video mentioned a strategy that Beethoven utilizes, which is to build up to nothingness. This includes having large crescendos that suddenly drop in volume. This makes the piece much less expected than a Mozart piece. Listening to Mozart pieces can feel repetitive because they are easier to predict, while it is difficult to determine where one will end up in a Beethoven piece. Additionally, Beethoven also ends his pieces differently. In many Mozart pieces, the ending is grand and booming. Beethoven takes a different approach. He ends Fur Elise peacefully, which adds more uniqueness. Being unique is crucial when trying to succeed, as it creates unheard music.

Beethoven also persevered through more hardships than Mozart during his life. Mozart’s life was far less painful than Beethoven’s as there was nothing significant that could stop him except rejection. At just 20, Beethoven started to endure hearing loss which caused a constant ringing in his ears. As a musician, it was like his passion was slowly being taken away from him. It is extremely difficult and lost impossible to create music without the proper ability to hear. Beethoven even thought about suicide but despite his bad hearing, he still continued to pursue music and became a master musician. The work thanks him more persevering and creating such beautiful masterpieces. Today, many people already agree Beethoven is better than Mozart, but imagine the pieces Beethoven could have composed if he never lost his hearing. The difficulties of Mozart’s life are minuscule when compared to Beethoven.

Beethoven composed better pieces and was more persevering. His music was unique and unexpected, which makes the music feel less repetitive. Furthermore, Beethoven still composed masterpieces despite his hearing loss. Both composers have their own talents, but it is clear who is better.

Mozart and Beethoven are two of the most talented musicians ever lived. Made lots of songs and pieces and was very impressive. Even though they are already musicians they also have a lot of differences in them.

Mozart was a very impressive musician even though Beethoven was older he managed to get a lot in his life. Was given a gift to play very well at a very young age. Unlike Beethoven, Mozart’s songs were very peaceful and calm. It always had the rhythm, that is there is a beat wrong the song sounded odd. This meant that Mozart was very “organized” in his writing. No one really knows but people are saying that Mozart got poisoned.

On the other side Beethoven was a fierce player. His songs were very strong and stable. If one shall say his songs have “emotion” in his songs. Beethoven has developed a lot through his years of being a musician. Soon later Beethoven got really sick and later died because of the disease that got really bad.

This all sums up on how Mozart and Beethoven songs  are very different. Even though they are two very famous pianists who have died. People still play their pieces and really enjoy them.

We often feel we are in control and that we can do anything. But what is the use when we have power, but do nothing to fix our society. Too often in our society that is what happens. In today’s short story we see just that.

In the beginning this barbaric king has an usual and unjust system of trial. Which is you are guilty until proved innocent. Unlike our modern day justice system which is you are innocent until poved guilty. It is vice versa. The king has a daughter, which he loves alot. So one time, the king’s daughters’s lover is on trial. The daughter has a choice to chose a door with a lion or the door with a beautiful girl which is assumed to have an affair with the guilty man. When the girl has the power to save the life of an innocent person, but decided to not. She had the power, but not the will. That is exactly what happens in our society.

Finally let us look in the example of Theodore Roosevelt. When Theodore Roosevelt was the president of the US, he had power, he did not just say, “who cares?”. He said I am going to do it, and that was what he did. He put into action one of the hardest constructions of the century: the Panama Canal.

We looked at how in the short story, like us, we are the girl, and have the power, but not the will. But in the example of Theodore Roosevelt he had the power AND the will and helped society. Though we may not be able to help our society soo much like Roosevelt. But, we can do our part!

This story is about a man that loved a princess of a semi-barbaric king. When the king found out that he liked the princess, he put the man on trial. The king has a trial system that to some may be unfair. It is when the prisoner gets put in the king’s arena which has two doors. Behind one is a hungry tiger that will rip up the person. The other has a woman behind it ready to marry him.

The day of the trial came and everyone was watching. The door opened and the young man stepped out. He faced the king and the princess and used his eyes to ask the princess which one to pick. The princess flicked her hand to the right, so the man walked up and opened the door. A wife could come out or a hungry tiger, it all depended on the princess’s choice.

I think that it could be both because the princess knows who is behind each door. The wife that is going to marry him is her enemy. She could let him marry the woman, or she could let him die. She could have let him die because she could not bear to let the love of her life get married to another girl. She could have also let him live because she thinks that he should get the best. What came out? The lady or the tiger?

In the short story, the Lady of the Tiger, it tells about a Barbarian king being the ruler of a court/arena. In the arena, there are two, sturdy, soundproof doors that contain a lady and a tiger. The person in the arena can only choose one door, one with a lady he must marry or a deadly tiger.
The book says that the person in the arena loved the king’s daughter, so he put a person his daughter hated. Later, the princes pointed at one of the doors and the convicted person opened it. I think that the princes just randomly chose one because princes already lost her lover. If the princes picked the one with the lady, she wouldn’t be able to marry the youth. That is because the youth would spend all his time with the lady, which he has to marry. Even, is the princes managed to get to the youth, she would still have to face the lady, whom the princes hate. If she pointed at the door with the tiger, the youth would be dead.
Either way, the princes would not be able to spend time with her lover, because he is would be either dead or living with the lady. This is why I think that the princes just randomly chose one of the doors.

This short story is fate themed, which includes a beautiful young princess of a semi-barbaric king falls in love with a young prince. The king didn’t like this so he implemented his “justice system” on the prince. He believed in fate and justice , so fate would decide what happened, but would it?

To math geeks, this is just probability , fifty fifty chance. Yet, back then, it was fate, (because people were slow in the head). Anyway, the kings “system” accommodated of a beautiful, young maiden (not the princess, but the most beautiful girl in the empire), and a hungry, vicious tiger. He would summon the prince in front of two doors, one was the maiden, and the other the tiger.

If the prince were to get lucky and chose the maiden, he was forced to marry her. If you got the tiger, it would rip you apart and eat you alive. My sentiment towards this would be, get lucky and suffer for about 3 seconds, or get hunted down and POSSIBLY die.

This means, you pick the tiger and die a painful, bloody death, or you pick the maiden and get your girlfriend or wife to come after your head. Basically, it sucks both ways. Also, you might not like the maiden, she may be beautiful and all, but her personality is what really matters.

There is an advantage to getting killed by the tiger, it will be a quick, but painful death. The alternative would be your wife torturing you with Chinese water torture ( developed by the Chinese, it sucks, search it up). Although there is a slight chance you can get away without getting hunted down by your wife, whereas the tiger kills you 100% of the time.

Also, people might have not considered the fact that, even if you die from the tiger, you die with loyalty to your wife and her family. That is a happy thought. Alas, when you marry the maiden, you betray your family and your ex-wife’s family.

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is about a woman named Emily Grierson, an elderly Southern woman whose funeral is the obligation of their small town. Her life before death was not a normal one. The townspeople pity Emily not only after her father’s death but also during his life when he wouldn’t let Emily marry. Emily depended heavily on her father, believing he would never leave her; he was all she had.

After her father’s death, the only person seen moving about Emily’s home is Tobe, a black man serving as Emily’s butler. He is frequently seen entering and exiting the house for groceries. Although Emily did not have a strong relationship with her community, she did give art lessons to young children within her town at the age of forty. The reason why she gave art lessons was her financial problem since she was running out of money. She wasn’t respected in her town, and was considered a joke. With the acceptance of her father’s death, Emily somewhat revives, even changing the style of her hair, and becomes friendly with Homer Barron. He is a Northern laborer who comes to town shortly after Mr. Grierson’s death. The connection surprises some of the community while others are glad she is taking an interest; however, Homer is attracted to men. Emily shortly buys arsenic from a druggist in town, presumably to kill rats, however, the townspeople are convinced that she will use it to poison herself. Homer move into her home, and is never seen alive again.

Despite these turnabouts in her social status, Emily continues to behave mysteriously, as she had before her father died. Her reputation is such that the city council finds itself unable to confront her about a strong smell that has begun to come from the house. They believed Tobe was unable to maintain the house and something was rotting, unaware that a death has occurred. Instead, the council decide to send men to her house under the cover of darkness to sprinkle lime around the house, after which the smell dissipates. The mayor of the town, Colonel Sartorius, makes an agreement to overlook her taxes as an act of charity, though it is done under a pretense of repayment towards her father. Years later, when the next generation has come to power, Emily insists on this informal arrangement, flatly refusing that she owes any taxes. After this, the council declines to press the issue due to her stubbornness.

Her death sparked a great deal of curiosity about what remains of her house. After she is buried, a group of townsfolk enters her house to see what remains of her life there. Tobe walked out of the house and was never seen again, giving the townspeople access to Miss Emily’s home. The door to her upstairs bedroom is locked, and some of the townsfolk break down the door to see what has been hidden for so long. Inside, among the possessions that Emily had bought for Homer, lies the decomposed corpse of Homer Barron on the bed. It was seen that Emily had slept with Homer’s corpse. The house reveals how Emily struggled to keep everything the same, in a frozen time period, avoiding change. This was an odd story, but it was pretty interesting.