Think about our Anne Frank workshop this week and the discussions we had about statues. You could choose to write about Anne Frank’s statue, or other statues that you know of. You could write about the removal of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol which we talked about or you could come up with a totally different piece of writing based around ‘the statue!’
100 Word Challenge – “The Statue…’
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Statues, what are they for? Statues are a symbolic way to remember people. What kinds of people? People who have done something worthy of being remembered surely. What could they have done? Maybe they’ve made a discovery, won a battle and so on. One such man was Edward Colston. He made lots of money for Bristol. Thus, he was rewarded with a statue. How did he make the money, the statue fails to properly note this. He was a slave dealer. No one cared. He fit the criteria; he’d brought money to Bristol. But, he’d done a terrible, terrible thing.
I have chosen “The Women of World War II” memorial. It is located on Whitehall, London. I chose it because we are taught mostly what men did in the war, but women played a huge part. The Memorial was sculpted by John W. Mills. It commemorates seven million women who participated in the war efforts. It features 17 different uniforms. They represent the different jobs women had. These outfits include uniforms as worn by the Women’s Land Army, Women’s Royal Naval Service, a nursing cape, a police overall and a welding mask. The memorial was unveiled on 9th July 2005.
Hey you. Yes you! Always wanted to be immortal?You do! In that case why don’t you buy the Statueliser 800 (which costs only £4,000,000, which is fairly cheap.)You can also do this to a pet of yours or, if you never want to lose your best friend, statuelise them! The scientists, who designed this, wanted to get a modeller to design the statues but then they realised, why take so much effort when you could just click a button. Hence, the statueliser was born! WARNING: this will turn you into hard, but delicate, rock and instantly kill you.
The frosted statue towered over the checkered wet graveyard. At the darkest time of day, on the hilltop with gravestones filled with valued items from distant relatives to close friends. Deep in the small Italian town legends dug their way through the town, the most known one ‘THE LEGEND OF THE STATUE’. This legend was told to remind the children not to be rude as they would regret it. The story was about a little boy who stole from his neighbours. One day, this boy was running from his neighbor’s house to a nearby mountain, when he turned into stone.
Anne’s statue stood on the plain, hard, cold floor looking strangely dull. It looked as though it were alive. I would have sworn that it moved its eyes. People were bustling into the museum next to the statue. Suddenly, there was a boom. It came from the historical house. Then, if anything could get any weirder, it did. A firework was casually bursting out of the museum right at me. No one noticed. Everyone just strolled past me.
I couldn’t remember anything for the last hour. I was knocked out cold. The firework had a note on it. ‘From Anne!’
Dear Diary,
I have been flying for a while now and I am getting used to it. I cannot remember when I had first started flying but it seems normal. Lots of people are ignoring me when I wave to them, they don’t even talk to me!
I am in Amsterdam now and everything looks so much better than when the war started, everyone is cheerful and chatty. I wish I could talk to them but they just wouldn’t listen. I hear someone talking about me, pointing at this bronze, metal figure. I fly towards it and it was me!
Statues are erected for different reasons. Memorials, a sign of importance, a deed of good in the world or just even to show respect. Some of Britain’s most famous statues are of Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Edward Colston and Mahatma Gandhi . They can be controversial, Edward Colston, brought wealth for Bristol but through exploitation. Winston Churchill, our Prime Minister and leader during the war. Gandhi, who freed India through peaceful means. Animals have statues too, Greyfriar’s Bobby guarded the grave of his owner and has a statue in his memory. Even Harry Potter has a statue in London’s Leicester Square!