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Carta a los lectores Queridos lectores, bienvenidos a la primera edición de Inside-Out,

ción y socialización de sus saberes y experiencias.

Bayard School.

Para este fin, será fundamental Creemos que la escuela debe

el desarrollo de la comprensión

ser un escenario en el que se creen

lectora y habilidades de escritura

espacios que no solo propicien la

crítica y creativa para formar emi-

construcción de conocimientos sig-

sores autónomos y eficientes.

nificativos y memorables, sino que

también despierten la curiosidad y la creatividad.

Por otra parte, al estar hecha por y para los estudiantes del colegio, la revista será también un me-

Los que estamos en las aulas

dio propicio para despertar o au-

sabemos el desafío que representa

mentar el interés de otros alumnos/

para las nuevas generaciones tanto

as en la lectura, escritura y co-

la lectura profunda y crítica, como

municación de temas de actualidad

también las competencias comuni-

e interés.

cativas.

En esta primera edición, estamos

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muy emocionados de presentar du-

tal, por lo tanto, se origina en la

rante, nada más y nada menos que,

necesidad de transformar a la es-

la semana del 23 de abril (el día

cuela en un ámbito de lectores y

mundial del libro) contenidos que

escritores con proyección comuni-

rinden homenaje al libro, los auto-

taria, como un proceso de interac-

res, pero que ante todo fomenta la

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Así que, tomen su lugar de lec-

Los diferentes segmentos de la

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té o café, y sumérjanse en el encan-

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School.

del nivel secundario del Colegio Bayard.

Esperamos que disfruten este viaje tanto como nosotros hemos disfrutado creándolo para ustedes.

Cada sección de la revista es un pasaporte a la exploración lit-

eraria, la crítica perspicaz sobre asuntos de actualidad y la posibilidad de hacer visibles actividades y proyectos que realizamos con nuestro alumnado.

Los que participamos en esta primera entrega, estamos comprometidos en despertar la curiosidad y encender el amor por la palabra y la comunicación en cada uno de los y las estudiantes del nivel secundario para que durante el año cada

uno tenga la posibilidad de publicar algún contenido.

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¡Feliz lectura!

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Equipo: Editor jefe: Lucio Ricar des Editoras: Valentina Alan y Mila Gotlib Segmento musical: Lor enzo Rober to Pettinato Ilustraciones: Mar ianna Kalina Fotografía: Feder ica Nano Editor digital: Fr anco Hammer schmidt Gigola y Agustina Hamer ler Oliviero Coordinación técnica: Pr of. Pablo Cavallo Coordinación general: Pr of.Gr aciela Oter o Paz 4

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Índice - Secciones ESPAÑOL - El 8 M… no es un día mas. Por Valentina Ozores.

- La Malinche. Por Mia Paci - La mujer mas odiada de México. Por Anne Doorn - Proyecto nuevos investigadores. Por Lucio Ricardes

FRANÇAIS 1. Entretien. Fait par Valentina Alan

ENGLISH - “International Women’s Day”. By Agustina Hamerler Oliveiro

- 23 of April: World book day. By Lucía Castellini

- Female writers. By Lucía Castellini - “Literature with a ‘W’: Women also write”.

By Bautista Ritondo, Delfina Mujica and Bianca Illobre.

- Literature as a mirror of life. By Juan Ignacio Fera - What literature means to me. By Matilda Chihade.

- El alma del libro. By Valentina Entrala and Delfina Mujica - Music and Literature : The Machine Stops.

by Lorenzo Roberto Pettinato.

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8M “8 M…No es un día más” Por Valentina Ozores

Todos los años se conmemora el día de la mujer el ocho de marzo.

Los debates recurrentes en esta fecha consisten en si se la debe felicitar o si simplemente uno debe permanecer callado,pocos se cuestionan el significado real de esta

fecha y la trascendencia que esto implicó para el feminismo. Muchos no tienen en cuenta que hace menos de cien años la mujer no era un ser independiente, cosas como el poder elegir a nuestros representantes políticos entre otras que hoy consideramos cotidianas, para

sociedades, las formas de ejercer

nuestras bisabuelas eran una fan-

violencia también evolucionan.

tasía utópica.

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Cuestionar nuestras costumbres

El feminismo ha sobrepasado

modernas y discernir qué arrastran

una amplia cantidad de obstáculos

de las antiguas, buscar la erradi-

y ha adquirido derechos para gran

cación de todo lo que imponga o

parte de la población, esto no sig-

cree un enfoque de género, o sea,

nifica que a la mujer se la haya

todo lo que sea una relación asi-

dejado de agredir. Tanto como las

métrica entre los géneros.

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Que el ocho de marzo sirva para

Para lograr que la equidad sea un

conmemorar a todas mujeres cuya

hecho, no solo una declaración de

vida fue arrebatada por el simple

principios.

hecho de nacer mujer, que no se oculte el rastro de huesos y sangre que una sociedad violenta deja, que en un futuro esta fecha no sea necesaria ya que su erradicación será posible solo con la abolición de todo sistema patriarcal.

Intentar dejar de demonizar al feminismo y todo por lo que esto lucha, no creer en lo primero que uno ve en los medios y a pesar de

no concordar plenamente en todo lo que el movimiento plantee, tener en cuenta que para hoy estar acá, escribiendo, con las mismas posibilidades que un hombre, muchas mujeres tuvieron que luchar para simplemente hacerse oír.

Que el ocho de marzo no sea el único día al año en el que se reivindique el valor de la mujer en la sociedad.

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“La Malinche y la invisibilidad de las mujeres en la historia” Por Mia Paci

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Es claro que la figura de la Ma-

Sin embargo, existe más de una

linche tuvo una gran importancia y

perspectiva acerca de su imagen en

un enorme impacto sobre la cultura

la sociedad. Por un lado, es vista

mexicana al momento de investi-

como una figura de traición por ha-

gar sobre su rol en la historia, ya

ber colaborado con los españoles

que era intérprete, consejera y

durante la conquista. Esta imagen

amante de Hernán Cortés.Si bien

vinculada a la traición era tan in-

había sido la hija de un cacique, a

fluyente en la sociedad que el ma-

la muerte de su padre fue vendida

linchismo era percibido como un

como esclava y luego entregada a

signo de antipatriotismo para la

los conquistadores como tributo.

izquierda durante los años 40.

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Mientras tanto, otros tienen en

frir abusos por parte de los colo-

cuenta la situación compleja que

nizadores. A pesar de la controver-

atravesaba y su capacidad de super-

sia que genera la figura de la Ma-

vivencia dentro de una cultura total-

linche, si se tiene en cuenta la situ-

mente diferente a la suya.

ación que atravesaba, se puede in-

La historia de la Malinche de-

ferir que su comportamiento se veía

muestra un claro ejemplo de las ad-

influenciado por la falta de libertad

versidades a las que se debieron en-

que tenía respecto de sus deci-

frentar los indígenas en su época,

siones. Es por esto que sus acciones

teniendo en cuenta lo despiadados y

eran cuestión de supervivencia y su

violentos que podían ser los espa-

forma de adaptarse a dichas circun-

ñoles a pesar de que

stancias. El caso de la Malinche

los americanos se negaran a esto.

Asimismo, el hecho de ser mujer incluso empeoraba la situación y aumentaba las probabilidades de su-

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también es un claro ejemplo de cómo las mujeres en la historia suelen ser fuertemente juzgadas y su lucha suele estar invisibilizada.

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“La mujer más odiada de México” Por Anne Doorn

¿Por qué la Malinche ha sido tan

cunstancias de ese tiempo y lo que

odiada? Cuando inicialmente bus-

implicaba ser mujer, las acciones de

qué información sobre quién era la

Malinche parecen ser un simple ac-

Malinche, me encontré con relatos

to de supervivencia. Ya sabemos

que la retrataban como símbolo

que durante la conquista, los espa-

de traición a su patria, culpandola

ñoles no tenían piedad y recurrieron

de todas las desgracias nacionales

a violencia o sacrificios cuando los

de México. Me dio mucha curiosi-

americanos se negaban a su indoc-

dad el porqué todo este odio se con-

trinación. Además de esto, al ser

centra en una mujer y como esta

mujer, había un gran ciclo de abu-

terminó, eventualmente, siendo tra-

sos y violaciones por parte de los

ductora y después amante de Her-

españoles. Teniendo esto en mente,

nán Cortés.

me parece que cualquiera hubiera

Al profundizar en su historia,

hecho lo mismo en su lugar. Era

descubrí que esta mujer parecía

una esclava que era propiedad de

destinada a tener un final trágico,

Cortés y personalmente no creo que

ya que fue sacrificada múltiples ve-

su opinión ni sus decisiones fueran

ces a lo largo de su vida. Esto co-

propias o voluntarias, sino forzadas

mienza cuando su propia madre la

desde las opciones dadas por los es-

vende por temor, tras la muerte de

pañoles en ese momento: adaptarse

su marido, creyendo que su hija es-

a su forma o morir por tus creen-

taba maldita. Luego, Malinche es

cias. Este caso es un muy buen

ofrecida como un regalo de paz a

ejemplo de la demonización de la

los españoles para evitar enfrenta-

mujer durante la historia y la poca

mientos a futuro.

empatía que ha habido histórica-

Cuando uno considera las cir11

mente hacia las mujeres y sus circunstancias.

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“El Bayard y la investigación” Por Lucio Ricardes

En el año pasado, 2023, a prin-

una corrección del mismo y te

cipios de clases, la profesora de

hacen comentarios y sugerencias

Lengua y Literatura, Vanesa Cal-

acerca de lo que tendrías que en-

vitti, nos propuso, a todos los

focarte en mejorar, siempre y cuan-

alumnos de 4to año, participar en

do siga siendo una fecha previa a la

un

Biblioteca

de la fecha límite. Luego de hacer

Nacional Mariano Moreno llamado

la entrega final, hay una selección

“Nuevos Investigadores”. Esta pro-

de trabajos a cargo de los di-

puesta es optativa y consiste en re-

rectivos. Los grupos que resultan

alizar una profunda investigación

elegidos tienen que hacer una

sobre un tema utilizando recursos

presentación corta resumiendo los

de las redes y las fuentes de infor-

temas que abordaron y en una últi-

mación de la biblioteca.

ma fecha realizar la exposición de

proyecto de

la

La fase de investigación y escri-

las experiencias de investigación

tura dura desde mayo hasta sep-

ante todos los participantes del

tiembre, idealmente. Entre estos

proyecto, incluidos los mismos di-

periodos hay diferentes fechas

rectivos.

donde se realizan encuentros con

Este trabajo tiene una cercanía a

los directivos del programa y otros

la tesina que se realiza en 5to año,

grupos para despejar dudas, aunque

claramente con una escala menor,

también se puede mandar un co-

pero

municado vía mail si lo deseas.

estructura y dinámica.

manteniendo

su

formato,

El escrito tiene una extensión

Al participar en esta propuesta,

máxima de 10 páginas. Al finalizar

muchas habilidades y conocimien-

el trabajo, los directivos realizan

tos pueden ser obtenidos para su

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uso en futuros trabajos dados por el colegio u otro organismo.

Es por esto que aceptar la oferta y tener la oportunidad de hacerla puede resultar bastante beneficioso para el futuro de un individuo.

En el siguiente codigo QR pueden encontrar el proyecto en el que

trabajé

cuyo

título

es: “Dedicatorias y donantes en la biblioteca personal del Dr.

Raúl Alfonsín (1983-1989)”

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“Interview sur la littérature” Fait par Valentina Alan

Pour le jour de la littérature, j’ai

es? S’il y a, quel est votre person-

fait une interview à notre pro-

nage préféré?

fesseur de français, Raul del Pozo

Réponse:

Moiroux, à propos d'un livre de littérature française qu'il aime. Avec

cette interview, nous pouvons connaître de la littérature d’autres pays Question: Comment s’appelle le livre que vous aimez le plus? Qui écrit ça?

Réponse:

Pagnol lui-même !

Question: Quelle est votre par tie préférée? Qu'est que vous n’aimez pas?

Réponse:

J ’aime

absolument

tout l’ouvrage, du début à la fin !

Ce livre a bercé mon enfance et le roman fût adapté au cinéma !

“La Gloire de mon

père” de Marcel Pagnol.

Question: Quel est le genre de ce livre?

Réponse:

Oui, c’est Marcel

Question: A qui conseiller iezvous ce livre ?

Réponse: À tous mes élèves et à tous ceux qui souhaitent connaître

C' est un roman fait

réel.

Question: De quoi par le ce livre?

comment vivaient les français dans les années 50’ (1950)

D’abord,

je

remercie

Raul

d’avoir répondu aux questions et

Réponse: Ce livr e par le de la

aussi, j'espère que d'autres per-

vie de Marcel Pagnol étant petit,

sonnes s'intéressent à la littérature

qui devint dramaturge, romancier et

française après avoir lu cette inter-

cinéaste !

view.

Question: Il y a des per sonnag-

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“International Women’s Day”

By Agustina Hamerler Oliveiro

About this date

en became even more conscious,

Women’s day is a worldwide cele-

so they started building protests,

bration. Every 8th of March, we

rallies and strikes with women be-

recognise women’s achievements

ing arrested, injured and even

on gender equality. But it has not

killed.

always been like this.

The big change 150 years ago, women could not

In 1914, after WW1 was declared,

vote, they were excluded from

women started receiving important po-

public areas, could not own prop-

sitions at jobs, mainly since many men

erty, along many other restrictions.

were serving in the war. And later, around 1928, all women over 21 were

How did things shift?

Actually, changes occurred gradu-

ally, responding to the effort of all

finally allowed to vote. They also began to gain other rights like political representation (1929), access to greater

opportunities, fairer pay (1970), and

the women and men who fought to

working rights (1975). In 1979, Britain

achieve what is right.

had its first female prime minister.

Stereotypes

In the late 19th century, more

Stereotypes are a great example of ine-

women became aware of the poor

quality in our daily life. It is a general-

progress and failed attempts to

ized opinion over a person or group of

achieve the right to vote. Luckily,

people. "You throw like a girl" or

some years after, in 1903, Emmilie Pankhurst formed the Women’s Social and Political Union. Wom-

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"Boy's don't cry" might be the most

common ones. These exist because of restrictive ideas about gender from centuries ago.

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To sum up, all the rights that women pos-

sess now, have taken years of hard work to be granted. That’s why every 8th of March we ought to celebrate the great achievements on the road towards equity.

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World Book Day “World Book Day”

By Lucía Castellini

In the month of April, World

keeping our minds busy, being

Book Day, which is organized by

more creative, and inspiring our-

UNESCO,

selves to meet new people with

is

celebrated

all

around the world.

shared interests. Also, to promote

Globally, it is celebrated on

alphabetization of every kid and

April 23th, but Argentina celebra-

for them to be able to access edu-

tes it on a different day, which is

cational books.

June 15th.

This day commemorates the

Every country that celebrates

death of big writers known inter-

this month has different ways of

nationally: William Shakespeare,

promoting

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Mi-

books. For example, in Argentina

guel de Cervantes, who all died

there is “Feria del Libro” where

on April 23 in 1616.

printing houses can sell their

their

writers

and

books and publish more works, World Book Day was created in

1926 in Spain, until UNESCO made it official internationally in 1995.

The objective of the month is to

and writers can deliver talks and

interact with their public.

This year it takes place from April 27th to May 15th in Buenos Aires.

make people aware of the impor-

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tance of books and the infinite be-

UNESCO, with other interna-

nefits that they bring, such as:

tional organizations, chooses a

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Book Capital each year as a reward for having encouraged people to read more and inspire new writers.

This 2024 the chosen capital was Strasburg, and in 2025 it will be Rio de Janeiro.

The Book Capital duty is to keep on encouraging people to read and enter the fabulous world of books, and create new programs

for kids and young adults during a whole year.

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“Literature with a ‘W’: Women also write”

By Bautista Ritondo, Delfina Mujica andBianca Illobre.

In

honor

of

International

the material we have gathered

Women’s Day and World Book

about these remarkable women

Day, our Language teacher, Kari-

whose achievements affected cul-

na Panarelli, suggested that we

ture in so many ways.

should carry out research into so-

To read their CVs just scan the

me female writers and write their

QR codes next to their photogra-

CVs.

phs. Enjoy the experience!

Since we are finishing highschool, we needed to get familiari-

zed with the format of what a CV looks like and, since we have little to none work experience, we couldn’t create our own.

We mixed the need to learn how to make a CV with the importance of women in Literature and the great idea of acknowledging and learning about their impact and

created these.

We have learned more about our favorite

writers,

by

honoring

them, and, at the same time, we

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Jane Austen

Harper Lee

Clarice Lispector 25

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Toni Morrison

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sylvia Plath

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Samanta Schweblin

Virginia Woolf

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Literature as a mirror of real life”

By Juan Ignacio Fera

Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff is

he faces daily, which reveals the

a 1928 play set in the trenches of

fragility of the human mind under

the great war. Through the scenes,

extreme stress.

Sherriff masterfully captures the grim and tough realities of war, probably because he served in WW1, transcending the glorified ideas often associated with war.

Firstly, the play occurs in the Brit-

ish trenches during the end of the war. The author’s drawing from his own wartime experiences paints a raw and unvarnished pic-

ture of life at the trenches, where the soldiers grapple with fear, and throughout the whole play he conveys a sense of desolation.

Secondly, the characters in the

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play are men with their own vul-

Lastly, the soldiers in the play

nerabilities. Stanhope, the compa-

spend endless hours in anticipa-

ny commander, shows perfectly

tion waiting for raids, or for

the psychological toll of war. His

death,

alcoholism is used as a coping

with most of the movies where

mechanism to forget the horrors

everything is battling against the

contrasting

completely

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opposing side. This is torture for

both the soldiers and the reader since you can sense how the play is really slow as you are waiting either for something to happen or for it to end.

In conclusion, Journey's End shows the harsh reality of war, being written from Sheriff's own

experience in the war, it represents the true image of war and the soldiers, who have to suffer throughout their whole service time.

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“What literature means to me”

By Matilda Chihade.

Literature is like a magical for-

Wilde, who was also a poet, nov-

est filled with stories, ideas, and

elist and playwright. He always

emotions waiting to be discov-

stood out for his sharp and critical

ered. For someone who loves liter-

sense of humor and was always

ature, it is like embarking on an

able to speak his mind even if it

adventure every time they open a

bothered someone else.

book. Each page holds the power

The Picture of Dorian Gray tells

to transport us to different worlds,

the story of a young aristocrat who

introduce us to fascinating charac-

was obsessed with his own beauty

ters, and provoke deep thoughts

and had a portrait made of him-

and feelings.

self. As Dorian began to commit

But literature is more than just

cruelties on others and devoted

entertainment; it serves as a mirror

himself to the pleasures of life, his

reflecting the multifaceted nature

portrait began to reflect the moral

of humanity. Through literature,

decay and the corruption of his

we gain insights into different cul-

soul. This is how he remained

tures, perspectives, and historical

young, the portrait aged instead of

contexts, we develop empathy and

him.

understanding across boundaries of time and space.

Dorian hid it in a room that only he had access to so that no one

A book that I feel can perfectly

would witness the transformation.

represent literature is The Picture

Many years passed and this man

of Dorian Gray. This novel was

still remained young, although the

written by the Irish writer Oscar

painting increasingly represented

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his decadence.

Until one day he realized that to

an invitation to happiness, it

redeem himself he had to start be-

opens my mind, it allows me to

ing a better person, but it was too

enter a different world, to live ex-

late, he had even gone so far as to

periences and learn through what

murder the painter of the painting

happens to the characters.

himself. Unable to revert the consequences of his moral decay, he decided to stab his own painting.

As the servants of the house heard Dorian scream, they entered the hidden room, only to find the portrait as it was originally with his beautiful and young face.

However, it was Dorian's body that was lying on the floor, monstrously aged and stabbed.

In this novel, Oscar Wilde reflects on good and evil, showing how the human soul, like the portrait of Dorian, is initially beautiful and pure, but is susceptible to deformation if the obsession with the power of youth, beauty and narcissism haunts one’s spirit.

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“El alma del libro”

By Valentina Entrala and Delfina Mujica

According to Cambridge Diction-

ing ours, experiencing millions of

ary, literature is “ written artistic

journeys without leaving our house,

works, especially those with a high

finding a place to go to, to escape to,

and lasting artistic value”. In our

to travel to and let our imagination

opinion, what weighs most in this

flow. It's finding a place to be crea-

definition is “artistic value”. Ac-

tive, without judgment, without lim-

cording to the Oxford Dictionary, it

its.

is “A body of written works related

Literature invites us to join char-

by subject-matter, by language or

acters in beautiful places, to create

place of origin, or by prevailing cul-

people to go to when in need. It

tural standards of merit.”. We be-

helps us connect with ourselves and

lieve that a nice way to mix these

with other stories.

definitions is saying that literature is a body of written works with artistic value.

We, personally, believe literature to be extremely therapeutic. We can experience our feelings freely and

Nonetheless, in our opinion, liter-

with no boundaries. Delfi, for in-

ature goes beyond the written page,

stance, is a big fan of writing.

beyond what you can see, it’s con-

Whenever she feels down, she

necting to something, traveling

writes about it, she puts her feelings

someplace that’s not your reality,

on paper creating an alternative way

understanding issues with different

to feel better and to express her

perspectives and points of view.

thoughts, worries and emotions.

It’s the bridge we cross to be able

Whereas Valen is more of a reader.

to live multiple lives without chang-

She looks at books as a way to free

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her mind of her problems and her

eron y vivieron y soñaron con él.

concerns. She can leave her daily

Cada vez que un libro cambia de

life every now and then to go some-

manos, cada vez que alguien desliza

place where she feels comfortable

la mirada por sus páginas, su es-

and safe.

píritu crece y se hace fuerte”.

On an emotional level, books and

Books (and any format of litera-

stories help stimulate our imagina-

ture in general) are not only a portal

tions and creativity, they can unlock

to other worlds and lives we can es-

new ideas, help develop our empa-

cape to, other minds we can get into

thy, encourage us to see things from

to understand their ideas, thoughts,

many perspectives. While in a more

feelings and points of view towards

“academic” way, they teach us new

life, but they are also our friends,

things, make us acculturate and edu-

our comfort and joy, they accompa-

cate us both in language and vocab-

ny us in our moments of happiness

ulary and in composition. We can

and console us in our sorrow.

learn infinitely from literature.

There is a quote from La Sombra

It pains us to think that there are

loads of books written and to be

del Viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, a

written that we are not going to have

Barcelonian author, that we

the chance to read and learn from,

feel portrays in a really accurate

that we may not even know about

way what we feel towards literature,

their existence. There may be thou-

it goes “Cada libro, cada tomo que

sands of masterpieces that could

ves, tiene alma. El alma de quien lo

change our lives, our mindset and

escribió y el alma de quienes lo ley-

position regarding life and our way

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to approach it and live it, that we

are going to reach the end of our lives without having read.

It hurts to think about every author we don’t know and we are nev-

er going to read, that we are going to die and we are not going to travel through every single world that has been imagined.

Books help us cope with grief and go to a happy place, every time we go through the last page of a book and finish it it feels like we are losing a friend, because in a way, it was one, it is one. We took care of it as well as it took care of us.

Literature is more than books,

more than just words captured in pages. It is a way of expression, of putting your feelings into words and sharing them within a page, it is a

way of escaping our reality into a better one. It is a way of being happy.

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“Cada libro, cada tomo que ves, tiene alma. El alma de quien

lo escribió y el alma de quienes lo leyeron y vivieron y soñaron con él. Cada vez que un libro cambia de

manos, cada vez que alguien

desliza

la

mirada

por

sus

páginas, su espíritu crece y se hace fuer-

te”.

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Musical Corner Lorenzo Roberto Pettinato.

Music and Literature: “The machine stops”

by Hawkwind

Have you ever thought of how a

blowing experience, forcing the

music album based on a piece of

listener to keep on going, just to

writing would look like? If not,

get to know the full piece, as in a

I´m going to introduce you to one

play or any literary work.

of the most bizarre sets of songs in music history. Keep on read-

In this peculiar case, a band

ing, you will thank me later.

known worldwide as Hawkwind went over an award-winning

At first, most listeners strongly

piece by E. M. Forster called The

agree that a strange music piece

Machine Stops , a 1909 science

won't make them reflect upon an-

fiction story set in a world where

ything. Wrong! Believe it or not,

humanity relies on a giant ma-

it takes about a few minutes to

chine to provide its needs.

realize that the unexpected sound effects, the lack of pattern, as in a free verse poem, or the unpredictable endings which create

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The band’s album, also called “The Machine Stops”, portrays this dystopian world imagined by

E.M Foster surprisingly well by using sound effects and a wide variety of instruments.

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Hawkwind’s style has also been a

In a nutshell, I can assure that this

source of inspiration to a vast range

album can raise a way of thinking

of groups venturing in Space rock

even though it might cater for all

genre, such as Sumo, with noticea-

tastes.

ble and further-explored similari-

If you want to listen to The Ma-

ties in their album “After Chabon”,

chine Stops scan this code with

where bizarre sound effects and a

spotify on your phone:

wide variety of instruments stand out.

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Page Turners,

by Anne Doorn

“If Cats Disappeared from the World Genki”

By Kawamura

Imagine you’re told you have a week left to live and suddenly the

devil’s witty personality make it really easy to read and enjoy.

devil shows up at your doorstep,

but he’s not a little man with horns, he is you... in a Hawaiian shirt.

This book takes you through the

week of a man who is dying but

Besides being funny, it also makes you think about the value we give to things as human beings and how

different people value

things differently.

makes a deal with the devil.

If he makes one thing disappear, he gets one more day to live but there’s a twist, the devil has to approve of the things that will get erased from the minds of everyone in the world. So what happens when the devil chooses something

that is very dear to his heart? What if the devil wants to erase cats?

What if cats disappeared from the world?

I really enjoyed reading this book.

Its well written characters and the

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Ideal for: fiction lovers, comedy enthusiasts & reflective readers.

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“The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray”

By Oscar Wilde

The picture of Dorian Gray takes you through the motions of a young man (Dorian Gray) getting his portrait painted by Basil Hallaward. Basil was infatuated by Dorian's pure beauty and he was in love with the act of capturing it in his portraits. One day, when Dorian is in Basil’s home, he meets Lord Henry who changes Dorian’s outlook on beauty and makes him become obsessed with his own.

I picked this edition because when the book was first published it was censored by Wilde’s editor and this is the original version. This classic is a very good one to start with if you haven’t read classical literature before. It’s an

entertaining story with a wild twist at the end and it has a great message about the value we give to good looks and beauty.

Ideal for:

analytical readers, classics lovers & people who have existen-

tial thoughts.

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“The Stranger”

By Albert Camus

This book starts and ends tragically. Actually, the whole book is a chain of tragic events that we as readers get to witness the reaction of the protagonist to all of these unexpected events.

The first line of the book is “Mother died today”, and as you read it you wonder what the protagonist's reaction will be because you don't know, but you assume to a certain point that he will be sad, mourning or just generally disappointed by this tragedy. Instead of this, the character takes it nonchalantly, as if somebody had bumped into him in the street and said “sorry” and when the interaction ends, he has no feelings toward it.

This first lie sets the tone for the whole book, which is unsettling and confusing; it makes you question the sanity of the protagonist and wonder why people expect a certain reaction to specific

events and what societal norms set these “standard” reactions.

Ideal for: sociology lovers, psychology connoisseurs & people who love to question human behavior.

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Writer’s corner The creative side of the magazine, in which you can explore texts writen by students from our school.

In this section: 

“Hourglass” By Martina Herbel Alvaredo

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“Shot glass of tears” By Purple

“Thousand lives” By Martina Herbel Alvaredo 

“Missing patient” By Valentina Alan

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“What remained” By Lucio Ricardes

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“Shot Glass of Tears”, by Purple Shot glass of tears.

So she fills her shot glass yet again

Her glass is empty, dry, and bare,

With tears, not spirits for it’s the only thing that makes her feel, something, anything, rather than nothing.

No alcohol in sight, for she has no appetite, for anything, not even a bite.

She looks at the shot glass, But something still lingers within,

Full of tears, her only friend,

The feeling of pain and regret,

She picks it up, brings it to her lips,

So she fills her shot glass with tears,

Her hands shaking.

And tries to forget.

The tears fill the glass to the brim, A symbol of the depths of her despair, As she downs the bitter fluid,

She spills it out, and it falls on the floor in a puddle, like her life, broken and scattered.

her sorrow grows even more bare.

She knows she can't keep going like this, but she feels lost and alone,

But there is no relief, no respite,

With no one to turn to, so she fills her shot glass with tears, yet again

From the thoughts that plague her mind, no amount of liquor can wipe, the memories of the life she left behind.

She wonders where it all went wrong, And if there’s a way to fix it all. Yet the tears continue to fill,

A symbol of her life’s fall.

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“Hourglass” And “Thousand Lives”

By Martina Herbel Alvaredo

“Hourglass”

This is not a bad world, but

I want to feast on art like it's my

the second one is by far superior:

last meal.

I’ve fought the Gods of the

I want to read every book until

Olympian alongside Percy,

my eyes leave a borehole.

attended Jay Gatsby’s parties on

I want to explore every crevice

Long Island,

of this earth

and solved mysteries with Her-

and be one with nature's soul.

cules Poirot.

I'm hungry for knowledge, and I

I’ve been a student at Hogwarts,

yearn to learn.

visited Charlie’s Chocolate Fac-

But life is too short to cope with

tory,

no antidote.

And even experienced being a

“Thousand lives”

woman from

I live in two worlds:

the English countryside in the

One is a world of ordinaries

in which a teenage girl navigates through high school.

A world populated by characters made of flesh and bone, living in a city bigger than what she could ever know.

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18th century.

A world without books, is one I don’t want to live in.

For within their pages lie the keys to countless realms.

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“What Remained”

By Lucio Ricardes

Meeting with the people I

As I was returning to my

assumed were my friends had

home, my shelter from the

never been so miserable. Most

outer world, where my privacy

of the time we got along quite

remains and the feeling of

well, at least I believed so.

safety engulfs the domain, I

It was in my knowledge that

was constantly reminded of all

there was a part of them which

the interactions that had taken

didn't seem genuine, no, it

place inside of that hellhole,

simply isn't genuine.

which is one of their houses.

However, i always chose to

Emotions had invaded my

turn a blind eye on it, trying to

thoughts and soon I didn't

focus on the positive. This ig-

comprehend my feelings, but

norance of mine leads to the

had the urge to cause destruc-

present, where I stand alone as

tion, meanwhile not having the

a fool who had been deceived

means to do so.

by choosing to trust devious

My brain had turned into an

creatures, those monsters that I

abyss, which soon collapsed

recently cut off from my life,

when I reached the door and

yet was forever doomed with

managed to open it, success-

their opinions bombarding my

fully entering the place where

mind.

no one could see me.

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It was then when I realized

with the lingering corruption

myself being on the floor, una-

that had persevered the wound I

ble to rise to my feet. Crawling

had made, which I had foolishly

to my room I encountered the

thought would eradicate all

shattered mirror and stared into

problems that this apple had,

my eyes, that were now the

failing to meet my expectations.

same charming shade of the

My body, already weak, did

crimson moon.

not succeed to respond to my

After a while, I headed to-

commands. I was not able to

wards my refrigerator, and un-

move, frozen on the floor of my

locked it. My gaze instantly di-

home, which proved to be dan-

rected itself towards the most

gerous, contrary to my beliefs.

appealing apple I had ever laid my eyes on.

What was there left if not only

Still, there was a spot that

my corpse, which still had

seemed to be rotten, one which I

enough will of its own to live.

sliced apart with a knife, and observed its blood slowly de-

scend through its own body.

Everything that I previously

saw one way, turned out to stab me in the back and twist the

It appeared to be pure once

dagger, leaving me to bleed out.

again, so I made up my mind

The answer to the question was

and decided to take a bite.

pretty straightforward. Nothing,

I was unpleasantly welcomed

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