The Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia (also called New France) was a self-proclaimed independent state founded by a French lawyer and adventurer named Orelie-Antoine de Tounens in southern South America in the mid 19th century. At the time the local indigenous Mapuche population were engaged in a desperate armed struggle to retain their independence in the face of hostile military and economic encroachment by the governments Chile and Argentina, who p;coveted the Mapuche lands for their agricultural potential.
While visiting the region in 1860, Orelie-Antoine came to sympathise with the Mapuche cause, and a group of loncos (Mapuche tribal leaders) in turn elected him to the position of King—possibly in the belief that their cause might be better served with a European acting on their behalf. Orelie-Antoine then set about establishing a government, created a blue, white and green flag, and had coins minted for the nation under the name of Nouvelle France.
His efforts at securing international recognition for the Mapuche were thwarted by the Chilean and Argentinian governments, who captured, imprisoned and then deported him on several occasions. The supposed founding of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia led to the approval of the Occupation of the Araucanía by Chilean forces. Chilean president José Joaquín Pérez authorized Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez, commander the Chilean troops invading Araucanía to capture Orélie-Antoine. He did not receive further punishment because he was deemed to be insane by both Chilean and Argentinean authorities and sent to a madhouse in Chile. King Orelie-Antoine I eventually died penniless in France in 1878 after years of fruitless struggle to regain his perceived legitimate authority over his conquered kingdom.
The first Araucanian king's present-day successor, Prince Felipe, lives in France and has renounced his predecessor's claims to the Kingdom, but he has kept alive the memory of Orelie-Antoine, and lent continued support to the ongoing struggle for Mapuche self-determination by authorising the minting of forty or so coins in cupronickel, silver, gold, and palladium since 1988.
Friday, June 29
MONKEY
As the monkey likes bananas , we like greenfield.
As the monkey has fun in the jungle, we have fun here.
As the monkey loves his mother, we love Ana Claudia.
As the monkey are funny, so are we.
MATY, MALE, FLOR
UPPER INTERMEDIATE B
This is a photo of San Ignacio , the jesuitic ruins. That one on the red shirt was me!!!. It´s really wonderful. I recommend to visit it. There, in the picture you can see a big wall made of stone: their blocks and form of the wall are perfectly made.
If you want more information of this post and I´ll tell you. =]
Mailen
television eats you?
What do you think about nowadays tv programmes?
What does the picture makes you feel?
How many hours you spend in front of your tv?
PHOTO TAKEN BY: Lucia López (http://www.lucyluh.deviantart.com/)
EDITION BY: Lucia López, Georgina Lucero and Amaya Aldecoa (students of upper-intermediate B in town)
Thursday, June 14
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Alan Poe, was a writer who wrote a lot of horror stories. For example, The Tell Tale Heart, The Raven, The Cask of Amontillado, etc.
This man was an American, who was born on January 19, 1809 and died on October 7 1849.
His father died after he was born, and his mother left him when he was a kid.
The man who adopted him was called John Allan who lived with Edgar.A.P and his wife in The United Kingdom. He got married with a woman, who died soon. After that he got married again but now with his cousin. He enrolled in the USA army, but he left it because he was alcoholic.
He wrote stories for many different magazines.
He wrote all his stories with things in common, like the place where the main character hid the body or the person who he killed(The Cask o Amontillado-The Cat). His style of writing was very depressing (for me Agos) and very good (for Simon). In his stories he used to include some events that had happened in his own life.
His stories were of horror because his life was not a good one, he probably needed some help to get over his dark feelings.
STORIES OF ALLAN POE:
THE TELL TALE HEART:
This story is about a man who was crazy. And he wanted to kill an old man because he hated his eye. And everyday he went to the room of the old man and saw his eye. Finally he killed him , cut him into pieces and hid him under the floor. Then he confesses after hearing the beat of the old man´s heart inside his head.
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO:
This story is about a man who insults another man and the man who was insulted takes revenge and ends killing him. One puts the other between two walls and burying him alive.
We have different opinions on the project but we try to do our best!!!!!
Thanks
Agostina and Simon
Edgar Alan Poe, was a writer who wrote a lot of horror stories. For example, The Tell Tale Heart, The Raven, The Cask of Amontillado, etc.
This man was an American, who was born on January 19, 1809 and died on October 7 1849.
His father died after he was born, and his mother left him when he was a kid.
The man who adopted him was called John Allan who lived with Edgar.A.P and his wife in The United Kingdom. He got married with a woman, who died soon. After that he got married again but now with his cousin. He enrolled in the USA army, but he left it because he was alcoholic.
He wrote stories for many different magazines.
He wrote all his stories with things in common, like the place where the main character hid the body or the person who he killed(The Cask o Amontillado-The Cat). His style of writing was very depressing (for me Agos) and very good (for Simon). In his stories he used to include some events that had happened in his own life.
His stories were of horror because his life was not a good one, he probably needed some help to get over his dark feelings.
STORIES OF ALLAN POE:
THE TELL TALE HEART:
This story is about a man who was crazy. And he wanted to kill an old man because he hated his eye. And everyday he went to the room of the old man and saw his eye. Finally he killed him , cut him into pieces and hid him under the floor. Then he confesses after hearing the beat of the old man´s heart inside his head.
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO:
This story is about a man who insults another man and the man who was insulted takes revenge and ends killing him. One puts the other between two walls and burying him alive.
We have different opinions on the project but we try to do our best!!!!!
Thanks
Agostina and Simon
Edgar Allan Poe.
After working with Poe in the social studies class, we have to analise the way that he wrote his stories and his life.
We have read : The tell-tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Black Cat and The Raven. We noticed in all of his stories that he used the same style to write them. In the stories always happened something bad to a person. He wrote the stories in arabesque genre, which is a dark horror writing style.
We really liked all the stories. We think that he wrote in that way to express his feelings.
The Tell-Tale Heart is about a man who killed another one because of his fake eye. He killed him and put him under the ground. Then when the police came to his house he thought that the heart was beating and he became crazy. In “The Raven” a man lost his soul because a raven, representing Death took it away. In the Cask of Amontillado, a man put his friend between two walls because he insulted him. In the Black Cat a man killed a woman and put her between two walls with a black cat. A few years later they open the two walls and they found the black cat which had eaten woman’s brain
That´s all Folks!!! we hope you´ve liked it.
Kisses
Soledad and Victoria
Upper intermediate Social Studies in town.
After working with Poe in the social studies class, we have to analise the way that he wrote his stories and his life.
We have read : The tell-tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Black Cat and The Raven. We noticed in all of his stories that he used the same style to write them. In the stories always happened something bad to a person. He wrote the stories in arabesque genre, which is a dark horror writing style.
We really liked all the stories. We think that he wrote in that way to express his feelings.
The Tell-Tale Heart is about a man who killed another one because of his fake eye. He killed him and put him under the ground. Then when the police came to his house he thought that the heart was beating and he became crazy. In “The Raven” a man lost his soul because a raven, representing Death took it away. In the Cask of Amontillado, a man put his friend between two walls because he insulted him. In the Black Cat a man killed a woman and put her between two walls with a black cat. A few years later they open the two walls and they found the black cat which had eaten woman’s brain
That´s all Folks!!! we hope you´ve liked it.
Kisses
Soledad and Victoria
Upper intermediate Social Studies in town.
POE'S WORK
Edgar Allan Poe:
The Raven, The Tell Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado
In this report we are going to talk about some great pieces of arabesque writing of the xix century, by Edgar Allan Poe.
The writer, Edgar Allan Poe, was born on January19,1809 in England. He was adopted because his mother and father died when he was just 2 years old.
Then, Frances family adopted him .He didn’t have a very good life because he always had alcohol problems, but his adopted family was always there to help.
He left the university because he had money problems with other students but that didn’t stop him and he kept on writing on his own. He could work in some important newspapers and there he could publish his best horror stories which then would be very famous. He also wrote some poems but in his same arabesque form.
THE RAVEN: this story is about a man who was a little bit crazy about the lost of his love, Lenore, and he couldn’t rest in peace for that. Then a black and horrible raven appeared in his room and started croaking “nevermore” when he asked about his lover destiny. And also in the same room, the poor man could feel the death which didn’t want to take his soul away.
We liked Edgar’s literature because in its own way, it was unique and it could catch our attention, because his horror style is very interesting.
The Raven, The Tell Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado
In this report we are going to talk about some great pieces of arabesque writing of the xix century, by Edgar Allan Poe.
The writer, Edgar Allan Poe, was born on January19,1809 in England. He was adopted because his mother and father died when he was just 2 years old.
Then, Frances family adopted him .He didn’t have a very good life because he always had alcohol problems, but his adopted family was always there to help.
He left the university because he had money problems with other students but that didn’t stop him and he kept on writing on his own. He could work in some important newspapers and there he could publish his best horror stories which then would be very famous. He also wrote some poems but in his same arabesque form.
THE RAVEN: this story is about a man who was a little bit crazy about the lost of his love, Lenore, and he couldn’t rest in peace for that. Then a black and horrible raven appeared in his room and started croaking “nevermore” when he asked about his lover destiny. And also in the same room, the poor man could feel the death which didn’t want to take his soul away.
We liked Edgar’s literature because in its own way, it was unique and it could catch our attention, because his horror style is very interesting.
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