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How Weather Affects our mood and Why-by Golden Lady.

It's a given fact that weather does affect us in various ways. Sarting by a person's birth, statistics have shown that the weather in the day of birth plays an important role to the way this certain person will develop his personallity in the future. More specifically, people who are born during the automn and winter time tend to be more pessimistic and melancholic than those born during the spring and summer period. That is because a substance called serotonine which is responsible for the good mood, is being produced in our body in greater quantities when there is sun and warm days. So, when a newly-born is exposed in the sun or in a cloudy and cold environment has, from the very beginning of his/her life, more or less serotonine production in the future.

In addition to that, good and sunny days make us optimistic, cheesy and happy. As a concequence, not direct though,we tend to laugh more so our life-limit is extended!! On the other hand, clouds, rain and bad weather, make us feel unhappy, melancholic and raise bad and traumatic memories back from our subconscious and we tend to become aggressive, vindictive and in many cases, self-destructive.

Well, guys, have in mind that the weather can affect you both well and not well. So, if you fight with someone during the winter time, give him a second chance. It is not entire his fault but the weather has intervened a bit!!!

Μια νέα σχολική χρονιά άρχισε....

Επειδή μας άρεσε η ενασχόλησή μας με το περιβαλλοντικό αυτό πρόγραμμα και η επαφή μας με το σχολείο της Τσεχίας μας κίνησε το ενδιαφέρον να εξερευνήσουμε περισσότερο τις δυνατότητές μας και αυτές των μακρινών συμμαθητών και συναδέλφων μας, αποφασίσαμε να συνεχίσουμε την προσπάθεια και φέτος...
Στο εν τω μεταξύ κάναμε τη σχετική αίτηση και βραβευτήκαμε με την Ετικέτα Ποιότητας για τη μέχρι τώρα δουλειά μας!
Σκεφτόμαστε να προχωρήσουμε αρκετά ώστε να λάβουμε μέρος στο διαγωνισμό eTwinning e-στολόγιο . Για αρχή όμως καλωσορίζουμε στην ομάδα μας τα παιδιά της Α' Λυκείου που ήρθαν φέτος στο σχολείο μας: τη Βασιλική, την Παρασκευή, τον Σπύρο, το Δημήτρη, τον Αλέξανδρο, τη Δήμητρα, την Έλενα, τη Μαρία, τη Φωτεινή και τη Θαλασσινή.
Καλή χρονιά και "με τον καιρό" θα γνωριστούμε καλύτερα!

(In brief, for our Czech friends: This is the beginning of the new school year. We decided to go on with our project for one more year. During the summer we were awarded with the National Quality Label. We are now welcoming the new members of our team, 10 girls and boys from A' Grade... We hope that soon more students will join us from Czech Republic. Best wishes for a succesful and pleasant school year).

THE WEATHER ELEMENTS IN LITERATURE: SPECIAL ANALYSIS - by Golden Lady

1. RAIN: Rain is one very valuable tool of authors as it is very often used for many reasons. Especially it is used when: A) the author wants to depict the maltreated or depressed soul of the hero/heroine, B) the author desires to signify that something ominous and bad is about to happen, C) the author uses the falling water as a means of salvation and purification. The water here comes to clean everything and gives the impression of something being fresh, usually that is the heart and mind of the hero/heroine.

2. STORM: Storm has a much more destructive character. It used: A) as a natural punishment of the hero or signifies his real upcoming punishment. B) Its force destroys everything and this signifies that either something will start anew from the very beginning or that something is totally and absolutely extinguished with no chance to come back.

3. WIND: The wind has many different meanings: A) sometimes, it has the shape of a cool breeze that “caresses” the hero/heroine and gives him/her hope and courage. B)other times, it comes a strong wind that his the face of the main character and makes him return to reality and take his final decisions with strength and open mind. C) In many cases, it comes as vengeance for the antiheroes as is destroys and unroots everything in its passage. D) In many other times, its role is to indicate the curious, odd and eerie things that occur, and E) it comes as the “wind of change”, it brings an air of change and helps the hero/heroine to move on with his life.

4. CLOUDS: it depends on their various shapes whether their appearance signifies good or evil. A) When they are white, small and stand against the bright, blue sky, they may mean either love or the awakening of the imagination. B) When they are grey and ready to produce rain, their role is to signify the bad luck that pursues the hero or the ill fate that is waiting him. C) When they are dark, very dark and produce violent rain or totally hind the sun, they are bad omens and mean that something really cruel and bad will happen, most of the times something deathly. D) Sometimes, when they become dark without warning they signify an upcoming change that something supernatural and queer approaches.

5. THE RAINBOW: it usually appears after rain and signifies that: A) hope is not lost, B) imagination and happiness reign once more, C) childhood and innocence are on the way to show up again and D) a pot of gold waits to the other side of the rainbow, that is, pursue our dreams endlessly!

6. MIST: Mist is the perfect surrounding for the appearance of something scary and creepy, it creates the perfect and most ideal scenery for the appearance of ghosts, vampires, spirits, poltergeists, monsters, etc… Mist never has a good significance as it comes to hide something from the real, normal world or hide the world from the eyes of those who desperately seek it for salvation. The only case where it is used only as a way of protection is the mist that surrounds Avalon, as the ultimate way to keep it safe and well-protected of the greedy eyes of men.

7. SNOW: Snow is the perfect cover. It covers everything under its white veil and keeps everything beyond the reach of the eye. It usually has a neutral role, though many times it seals things either as a protector or as an eternal guard. In Narnia, snow means that winter has come and the bad witch is still on the throne. Generally, snow signifies that winter is not over yet and that sorrow, cold and death are the main rulers. Some other times, it brings happiness and joy as it is combined with the creation of the snow-man and the snow-war children make.

8. HAIL: Hail is seldom used but when it appears, it means only one thing: destruction. Its force and violence come and destroy everything as it passes by.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell-A book where weather and magic unite! - by Golden Lady

I n this marvelous work of Susana Clarke, weather comes either as a “messenger” or as a direct effect of using sorcery.

In many passages of the book, it is plainly obvious how the weather serves the author in order to express something too Magic that has happened or is about to happen.

Even at the beginning of the book, when Mr. Norrell is challenged to prove how good a magician he is, he reveals his power while a great storm occurs that causes great fear to his opponents.

As the story goes on, young Jonathan Strange is taken by the English Army as a help against the French. During the war, he uses even Black Magic and he creates deathly storms and terrible thunders which strike hard the Enemy and causes to them very important losses.

When an Elf curses Strange, rain surrounds the last and an ancient doom of darkness follows him. And when he sends a mirror as a way out of the magic world, thunders and lightings tear the sky apart so as to cover his cursed and doomed appearance.

When John Uskglash is about to come, a fierce wind starts to blow dragging everything in its passing. Then a storm comes while many ravens crawl wildly. The thunders shake the world and the water falls as a cataract from the sky, destroying everything in its wild way of wrath.

Generally, on the whole book, when the two wizards use some very powerful and dark spells, great clouds gather up in the sky and rain comes as to signify the power these spells bring forth.

Finally, the misty and cloudy weather of England creates the perfect atmosphere for all the magical events that are about to happen.

Talking about Tolkien and the weather II , by Golden Lady

The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy).

In this famous trilogy, Tolkien lays down his great talent as narrator and one who deeply possesses the art of description and the art of combining the words in such a way that the reader stays ecstatic!

The first book is mostly an introduction to what is about to follow. It focuses on life in the Shire, the Hobbit-land where Frodo and his relatives live. Hobbits are quiet, love food and good life and most of them do not ever seek for adventures. (Exception to this was the line of Frodo). So the weather at the beginning of the book is sunny and the sky bright and nice images spring to the readers’ mind. But the Shadow is near…..

When the plot goes on, a great cloud gathering occurs to the sky few hours before the appearance of the Nashgoul, the Ring-ghosts. And finally when they show themselves up, in The Weather Top a strong rain pours from the sky as to welcome the evil that the Nashgoul bring with them. The weather also depicts the difficult situation where the four Hobbits are trapped in.

In Rivendell, the House of Elrond the Half-Elven, there is a great sun-shine and a nice weather until the time when Gandalf speaks the Black Speech of Mordor in this hallowed land. Then, a big black shadow covers Rivendell during the speaking of the dark words which indicates the evil these words enclose inside them. In addition to this, this weather-change confesses that everything hallowed or not, will be touched by the Great Evil that rouses in the East.

Another part where Tolkien uses the weather is in the battle at Helm’s Deep. Before the battle starts, the night has come and the Helm’s defenders are unable to see the enemy. Then a storm comes and in the lightings Legolas, with his elfish sight, sees where the panoplies of the Enemy are easy to be stricken. So he provides the Defenders with helpful information. The weather here comes as a help for those who still serve the Good upon the world.

In many other of his books Tolkien uses the weather for various reasons. In these two books the use of it is greater and carries many and meaningful messages. Anyone who wants to say that has wholly and fully understood how an author can use the weather and which are his purposes, must read some of Tolkien’s masterpieces!!!

Talking about Tolkien and the weather I - by Golden lady

One of the greatest authors of the 20^th century, named John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, mostly known due to the block-buster “The Lord of the Rings” based to his book-trilogy, has extensively used the weather in his various masterpieces and in the next lines, a focused analysis follows.

The Silmarillion.

In this book, Tolkien describes how the world of Arda was born. This world consists of Valinor, the deathless land of the Valar, the greatly tortured Middle Earth, Numenor, the land of the Mortal Sea-Kings and the Endless Void. The greatest part of this story takes place in Middle Earth, Valinor and Numenor.

In the days of the Two Trees in Valinor, (which were days of prosperity and endless joy) the weather was always sunny, the morning breeze was caressing the deathless shores and the night aura was bringing sea-smells. There was never rain in that land and the sky was always bright and clear.

Here, the weather comes to depict the bliss of the Blessed Realm and the power of the Valar. The perfect weather also indicates the happiness of the Realm plus it is so perfect that by its own perfection prepares the reader about the dark and sorrowful change that is about to follow.

And this change does occur having disastrous effects upon the Blessed Realm and the Firstborn. So when dark Morgoth and his faithful companion Ungoliant the Spider destroy the two trees, a dark cloud covers the sky and the sun does not shine with the same intense way as it used to do. Rain comes too.

But the best weather description comes in the end of the book where Akkalabeth or mostly known Numenor, comes to its end: Men want to claim immortality so they prepare for battle against the Valar. They, in the full shape of their wrath, cause great thunders, disastrous storms and lightings to come upon the Numenorians. But they do not stop here: they sink Numenor in the abyss of the sea and at that time, great and wild wind destroys the Men’s fleet and terrible waves cover the Mortal Kingdom and “lead” it to the Depths pf the Sea. And all this horrible disaster is accompanied by a constant storm, a real downfall.

Here the weather comes both as a punishment to those who did not respect the allegiance between the Mortal and the Immortal and as a hallowing means by which the Valar cleaned Arda by those of the Men who were deeply corrupted.

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