http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/etc/cron.html
-reflection
Hotel Rwanda, the movie, was horrible. I couldn't understand what Hutu organization was doing. It was nonsense. Same human or life killing human. The Rwanda genocide was the fastest rate of mass killings in the twentieth century according to the site. It was conflict between Tutsi and Hutu. According to the timeline at the April 7 the Hutu killed politicans and leaders in Rwanda and announced to U.S they will kill everyone (genocide). U.S. quickly evacuates all whites. Next more people died and the whites (European) was rescued or evacuated by the armies.
The reality was sad that U.N. and other powerful countries wasn't doing anything for Rwanda. They are same people, but not same skin color, but that doesn't mean that they are different and it is okay for them to die by Hutu. As there were more victims finally the U.S tend to talk with the genocide leaders, but there were too much victims. The history of humankind was too violent. People have to know this genocide and realize how racism is severe. Racism has cause many innocence people die. Even though the genocide was over, many people just watched news and say, "oh... that is so horrible." And next moment you forgot what was horrible. It is a shame that U.N. and other organization or countries was not helping.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/etc/protect.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/interviews/keane.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/interviews/doyle.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200109/power-genocide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/interviews/keane.html
-reflection
The interview was quiet interesting. People tend to be realizing the situation was serious when they saw at front of them not through the screen. In my opinion media does not affect various of people. They think that government is in control, because nation doesn't have any power, the government has it.
Through this genocide people have to learn that it is benefit to help others even though they are not your skin color.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Poem
My Life after Henri Michaux
Joe Wenderoth
Somehow it got into my room.I found it, and it was, naturally, trapped.It was nothing more than a frightened animal.Since than I raised it up.I kept it for myself, kept it in my room,kept it for its own good.I named the animal, My Life.I found food for it and fed it with my bare hands.I let it into my bed, let it breathe in my sleep.And the animal, in my love, my constant care,grew up to be strong, and capable of many clever tricks.One day, quite recently,I was running my hand over the animal's sideand I came to understandthat it could very easily kill me.I realized, further, that it would kill me.This is why it exists, why I raised it.Since then I have not known what to do.I stopped feeding it,only to find that its growthhas nothing to do with food.I stopped cleaning itand found that it cleans itself.I stopped singing it to sleepand found that it falls asleep faster without my song.I don't know what to do.I no longer make My Life do tricks.I leave the animal aloneand, for now, it leaves me alone, too.I have nothing to say, nothing to do.Between My Life and me,a silence is coming.Together, we will not get through this.
Joe Wenderoth
Somehow it got into my room.I found it, and it was, naturally, trapped.It was nothing more than a frightened animal.Since than I raised it up.I kept it for myself, kept it in my room,kept it for its own good.I named the animal, My Life.I found food for it and fed it with my bare hands.I let it into my bed, let it breathe in my sleep.And the animal, in my love, my constant care,grew up to be strong, and capable of many clever tricks.One day, quite recently,I was running my hand over the animal's sideand I came to understandthat it could very easily kill me.I realized, further, that it would kill me.This is why it exists, why I raised it.Since then I have not known what to do.I stopped feeding it,only to find that its growthhas nothing to do with food.I stopped cleaning itand found that it cleans itself.I stopped singing it to sleepand found that it falls asleep faster without my song.I don't know what to do.I no longer make My Life do tricks.I leave the animal aloneand, for now, it leaves me alone, too.I have nothing to say, nothing to do.Between My Life and me,a silence is coming.Together, we will not get through this.
Poem
Love Song
Carol Muske-Dukes
Love comes hungry to anyone’s hand.I found the newborn sparrow next tothe tumbled nest on the grass. Bravely
opening its beak. Cats circled, squirrels.I tried to set the nest right but the wildbirds had fled. The knot of pin feathers
sat in my hand and spoke. Just becauseI’ve raised it by touch, doesn’t mean itfollows. All day it pecks at the tin image of
a faceless bird. It refuses to fly,though I’ve opened the door. Whatsends us to each other? He and I
had a blue landscape, a village street,some poems, bread on a plate. Lovewas a camera in a doorway, love was
a script, a tin bird. Love was faceless,even when we’d memorized each other’slines. Love was hungry, love was faceless,
the sparrow sings, famished, in my hand.
Carol Muske-Dukes
Love comes hungry to anyone’s hand.I found the newborn sparrow next tothe tumbled nest on the grass. Bravely
opening its beak. Cats circled, squirrels.I tried to set the nest right but the wildbirds had fled. The knot of pin feathers
sat in my hand and spoke. Just becauseI’ve raised it by touch, doesn’t mean itfollows. All day it pecks at the tin image of
a faceless bird. It refuses to fly,though I’ve opened the door. Whatsends us to each other? He and I
had a blue landscape, a village street,some poems, bread on a plate. Lovewas a camera in a doorway, love was
a script, a tin bird. Love was faceless,even when we’d memorized each other’slines. Love was hungry, love was faceless,
the sparrow sings, famished, in my hand.
I like this poem, because it talks about what love is. The poem seems to be calm and gentle (to me). People like to be loved or give love. I like to be loved by someone.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Entry 8
Free Entry
Ender is a brilliant six-year-old boy, born a third child into a United States that only permits families two children each. His very existence requires permission from the government. He has been closely watched for years through a monitor on the back of his neck. The book opens with its removal. As a Third and as an exceptionally smart student, he invites scorn from the children surrounding him. At the end of the school day, the bullies of the school begin teasing and mildly attacking him for the loss of his monitor. In response and to defend himself, Ender beats the ringleader, Stilson, until he could no longer get up. He then continues to brutally assault Stilson, kicking him in the ribs as hard as he can, to end not just that fight, but all future fights with the bully and his gang. Unknown to Ender, Stilson dies as a result of the beating.
When Ender returns to his home, the reader meets Ender's older brother Peter, a boy just as brilliant but far more sadistic than Ender, and Ender's older sister Valentine. Valentine is as intelligent as Peter, but her sweet temperament is completely opposite that of Peter. The next morning, members of the International Fleet, or IF, arrive at Ender's home to ask him why he attacked Stilson. By responding that he did so to prevent Stilson from ever approaching him again, instead of saying that he attacked him for revenge, Ender passes the last test. The IF offers him a place at the battle school, a space station where children are trained for military command. Colonel Graff, the leader of the Battle School, believes that Ender is the last hope for the survival of mankind against the alien, buggers . He reluctantly accepts.
From the moment Ender meets the other children, Colonel Graff begins to isolate him through favoritism, inviting jealousy and dislike of Ender from the other students. This is a strategy that will be employed throughout the entire book, forcing Ender to deal with his problems alone instead of relying on others. It also makes him work hard to make friends and stay ahead of his enemies. Ender is psychologically compelled to perform flawlessly in all that he does, proving Colonel Graff correct in his praises, leaving his peers with little to say. Antagonism toward him, however, continues.
Due to his extremely high aptitude for tactics and leadership and to the teachers' deadline to ready him for the coming war, Ender is advanced through his training much faster than the other students. He has just succeeded in making his first real friend, Alai, when he is yanked out of basic training and assigned straight to Salamander Army, under the command of prideful Bonzo. Battle School revolves (literally) around the Battle Room, where 41-man armies fight in a 0-gravity form of laser. Ender, who never got the standard training for these battles, is tutored by Petra, but ordered by Bonzo to never fire his weapon in battle. Eventually, though, he defies these orders to save Salamander from certain defeat, earning Bonzo respect for "his" tactical brilliance. Bonzo, however, sees only defiance and trades Ender to Rat Army, whose commander, Rose de Nose, places Ender in Dink's toon. The elder Dink begins to look after Ender. Meanwhile, Ender's psychological development is monitored by the "Mind Fantasy Game", a complex computer game embedded in the school's computer network, and manipulated to a large extent by Colonel Graff. Later, Colonel Graff asks Ender's beloved sister Valentine to send an encouraging letter to Ender in response to potential psychological issues caused by the very machine designed to monitor them.
Ender is a brilliant six-year-old boy, born a third child into a United States that only permits families two children each. His very existence requires permission from the government. He has been closely watched for years through a monitor on the back of his neck. The book opens with its removal. As a Third and as an exceptionally smart student, he invites scorn from the children surrounding him. At the end of the school day, the bullies of the school begin teasing and mildly attacking him for the loss of his monitor. In response and to defend himself, Ender beats the ringleader, Stilson, until he could no longer get up. He then continues to brutally assault Stilson, kicking him in the ribs as hard as he can, to end not just that fight, but all future fights with the bully and his gang. Unknown to Ender, Stilson dies as a result of the beating.
When Ender returns to his home, the reader meets Ender's older brother Peter, a boy just as brilliant but far more sadistic than Ender, and Ender's older sister Valentine. Valentine is as intelligent as Peter, but her sweet temperament is completely opposite that of Peter. The next morning, members of the International Fleet, or IF, arrive at Ender's home to ask him why he attacked Stilson. By responding that he did so to prevent Stilson from ever approaching him again, instead of saying that he attacked him for revenge, Ender passes the last test. The IF offers him a place at the battle school, a space station where children are trained for military command. Colonel Graff, the leader of the Battle School, believes that Ender is the last hope for the survival of mankind against the alien, buggers . He reluctantly accepts.
From the moment Ender meets the other children, Colonel Graff begins to isolate him through favoritism, inviting jealousy and dislike of Ender from the other students. This is a strategy that will be employed throughout the entire book, forcing Ender to deal with his problems alone instead of relying on others. It also makes him work hard to make friends and stay ahead of his enemies. Ender is psychologically compelled to perform flawlessly in all that he does, proving Colonel Graff correct in his praises, leaving his peers with little to say. Antagonism toward him, however, continues.
Due to his extremely high aptitude for tactics and leadership and to the teachers' deadline to ready him for the coming war, Ender is advanced through his training much faster than the other students. He has just succeeded in making his first real friend, Alai, when he is yanked out of basic training and assigned straight to Salamander Army, under the command of prideful Bonzo. Battle School revolves (literally) around the Battle Room, where 41-man armies fight in a 0-gravity form of laser. Ender, who never got the standard training for these battles, is tutored by Petra, but ordered by Bonzo to never fire his weapon in battle. Eventually, though, he defies these orders to save Salamander from certain defeat, earning Bonzo respect for "his" tactical brilliance. Bonzo, however, sees only defiance and trades Ender to Rat Army, whose commander, Rose de Nose, places Ender in Dink's toon. The elder Dink begins to look after Ender. Meanwhile, Ender's psychological development is monitored by the "Mind Fantasy Game", a complex computer game embedded in the school's computer network, and manipulated to a large extent by Colonel Graff. Later, Colonel Graff asks Ender's beloved sister Valentine to send an encouraging letter to Ender in response to potential psychological issues caused by the very machine designed to monitor them.
Entry 7
* Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.
I like the setting when he does the game and he looses, but he never gives up. I don't know if it is beautiful and memorable, but it is not disturbing. The whole was just fantasitic. It was just really good book. The main point of the book is just killing aliens. The setting was started in hosipital, I guess because he was taking out his monitor.
I like the setting when he does the game and he looses, but he never gives up. I don't know if it is beautiful and memorable, but it is not disturbing. The whole was just fantasitic. It was just really good book. The main point of the book is just killing aliens. The setting was started in hosipital, I guess because he was taking out his monitor.
Entry 6
* Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. Why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.
When he thinks that family is useless. He now finds out that he can survive without family. Well, I think it is meaningful because I feel same way with Ender. I don't know why... Families are important and you need them order to success your life. Still it doesn't mean that you can't live without your parents. Someday you will have to live with your wife. Well, in the first sentence, not really useless, but you can live alone by yourself with anyone.
When he thinks that family is useless. He now finds out that he can survive without family. Well, I think it is meaningful because I feel same way with Ender. I don't know why... Families are important and you need them order to success your life. Still it doesn't mean that you can't live without your parents. Someday you will have to live with your wife. Well, in the first sentence, not really useless, but you can live alone by yourself with anyone.
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