The History of Bonfire Night

I’m going to talk about the history of Bonfire Night. Bonfire Night comes from the Gunpowder Plot, which was an attempted incident to overthrow the government in England. The Gunpowder Plot was planed by Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes cooperated with him. They planted gunpowder under the government and tried to carry out the plot and kill the king of England, James I, by exploding gunpowder. However, part of the plot was told by someone. At first they hesitated to carry out the plot but Guy Fawkes decided to continue it.

Finally he was arrested and executed before carrying out the plot. Bonfire Night is also called “Guy Fawkes Day” after his name. The Welsh think of him a criminal who tried to kill the king but the Scots think of him a hero who fought for freedom.

Autumn Festival

Octoberfest is a famous and one of the grandest festivals in the world. It is held from the middle of September to the beginning of October in Munich in Germany. More than six million people visit there from around the world during the festival. The festival has been held every year since 1810. Thousands of people wear traditional folk costume and parade the street, the center of Munich. Visitors drink special beer which was brewed up by brewers in Munich and eat sausages, barbecued chickens, tails of oxen, and traditional foods and so on in the beer tent. The beer tent is very large. People say “Prost!” and dance with music all the day. In the festival, there are many booth and attractions. We can enjoy riding on the corkscrew and the traditional merry-go-round. It is like amusement grounds. In the booth, cotton candy and roast almond are sold, so we can buy and eat it. Of course various beers are sold there by local brewers. In addition to that we can enjoy a brass band’s performance and buy souvenirs, specialties of Munich, balloons, and mascots and so on.
Because Octoberfest is amusing and cheerful I would like to go to Germany and take part in the festival.

My Favorite Movies

My favorite movie is “Back to the Future”. This movie was filmed in 1985. Its story is about a high school student and a doctor of science; Marty and Brown. In America in 1980s, Dr. Brown invented a time machine, and Marty went back to America in 1950s by the machine. Marty met his father and mother, who were high school students, but he almost changed the past. If the past had changed, it would be serious. He also met Dr. Brown and talked over with him how to go back to 1980s. Finally, they came up with the idea that Marty goes back to the future by using the thunder which would strike the clock tower.

I also like “Home Alone”. The story is about a boy and two thieves. A boy whose name is Kevin lives with a large family. In Christmas Eve, his family went to Paris but Kevin was left alone in his house by mistake. At first he was surprised because there were nobody in his house when he had woke up, but he took advantage of this and did whatever he liked. On the night, when Kevin was watching TV, two thieves came to his house to steal some money because they thought Kevin’s family was out and there were nobody there. Kevin was scared of them but finally he decided to repulse them on his own!

These movies are very exciting, so would you like to see “Back to the Future” and “Home Alone”?