Dear students,
Have a look at a very good summary about Guy Fawkes written by one of your classmates.
BONFIRE NIGHT
Bonfire
Night takes place in the UK every year on 5th November. It is held to remember
the failed “gunpowder” attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
On that day, a group of Catholic extremists leaded by Guy Fawkes also known as Guido Fawkes, wanted to kill James I and wiped out everyone in government in order to return
England to the Catholic. However, the plot was discovered because one of the
conspirators had a friend in the Parliament´s Houses and he wanted to prevent
him by a letter that was intercepted. As a result, Guy Fawkes and his friends
were arrested in the cellars of the Parliament´s Houses with 36 barrels of
gunpowder. All of them were tortured, executed and thrown onto a bonfire.
Nowadays on
Bonfire Night, people organize their own parties in their gardens or attend
amazing firework displays. Children make life-sized effigies of Guy Fawkes
called “guys” that are stuffed with newspaper or straw and dressed on old
clothes in order to put them onto the fire such as Guy Fawkes was. Although in
the beginning, people threw a figure of the Pope onto the fire instead.
Bonfire
Night is a very important date, especially for children. For a few days
beforehand they are pushing their guys saying “a penny for a guy” to get a
little bit of money from adults to spend on sparklers (nowadays sweets). And
everybody tastes typical Bonfire Night food like sausages, roast potatoes, chestnuts
and so on. It´s very typical too to sing the famous poem: “remember, remember
the fifth of November” to mark that there is not treason with punishment.
MERCEDES
SOTO ZARZUELO
EOI
ZAMORA, BENAVENTE
1º
AVANZADO
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