Opinion response
1.The news reporter is about a 14 year old
in Pakistan that was shot. I was very
shocked when I saw it, because its “normal” for an activist to be shot but a
14-year-old activist was more extreme than usual. She would keep a diary about the oppression
from the Taliban in the area kind of like Anne frank and her diary about the
Nazis. I found the whole schools being
closed to girls’ thing very similar to what was happening in Persepolis when
the girls are forced to go to different schools from the boys. Obviously Malala is a type of martyr now
(even tough she didn’t die), and I think she should be an example of some of
the actions that either the Pakistani government, or governments given foreign
aid for why protection should be increased in regions like the Swat Valley.
2.
This news report talks more about Malala´s life in Pakistan, and what
she wanted to be when she grew up. The
report says that she was encouraged to write the blog from her parents who were
also being threatened. I found it
interesting how they used color dresses to school, and the principle told them
that the Taliban would oppose it. Groups
like the Taliban are what in a way stain the Muslim’s religion worldview and
opinion. Thanks to their extreme actions
like banning school to girls they make the whole religion be frowned upon. I think that when Malala´s family left the
region that they should have never comeback, because the father was already
being threatened and if they were already out the should of gone to a safer
location.
Persepolis Reading Blogs
In the beginning of the story the book talks about how the veil was being enforced on women to wear.
That reminded me of how the French government was doing the opposite by forbidding it. Both had similar results mad women that want to choose if they want to or not wear the veil. I think they should be able to choose because it’s a religious think it like as a Jew decided to wear a kippa. I think it kind of funny how a Muslim girl was considering herself the next prophet, especially when they are not a society that allows women to interact much in religion.
I like how she is very clear with her dream for example that she wants to be “justice, love, and wrath of G-d all in one”. She even has conversations with him all the time. I wonder if the demonstrations against the veil will get worse?
Persepolis
In this chapter Marjane is trying to get her grandmother to tell about her grandpa. She wanted to know probably to be able to say he is a hero. Her grandmother is trying to change the subject asking her questions like “how was school?”, she has face expressing that she feels uncomfortable talking about the subject.
However Marjane was persistent trying to get any information she can from her grandma. The story of the Shah reminds a lot of dictators in countries like Africa who had enough money for huge celebrations and big buildings and palaces, but they had nothing for their people. Eventually they would bankrupt the country. I feel a connection to Marjane with the desperation she probably felt when her grandma changed the subject, because it reminds me when I would ask my mom about my dad. She would constantly change the subject or just ignore.
When the grandma talks about how she was ashamed of being poor; in a way that reminds of Colombian society where being poor or having fewer resources is something to be ashamed of. When the adults are talking about the lady and her husband being a martyr they start laughing.
Marjane says she doesn’t understand why they laugh and that reminded me of when I was a kid and I would never understand what the adults were talking about.
The Sheep
In this chapter the fundamentalist are
executing a lot of revolutionaries or family members from those people. One of the things I like about the chapter is
how the author uses the colors of Anoosh clothes to show his feelings like in
page 66 when he is saying with a depressed face” everything will be alright.” you see the dark sweater he is wearing.
The fundamentalist and the bad places have black outfits and a very dark
background. I think it is interesting
how they try to cover up their crime of killing Anoosh by claiming that he was
actually a Russian spy. I can relate to
Marjane when she is mad at G-d for what happened to her uncle because when my
dad died of cancer I also felt mad at G-d that he hadn’t answered my
prayers.
The whole bombing of the city
in a way reminded me of the movie “Narnia in the beginning when they are
running to the basement because the Germans are bombing them.
The Passport
In this chapter Marjane´s uncle Taher has
his third heart attack. I noticed that
he is a heavy smoker like my grandma was and they both shared the fact that
smoking wasn’t really their health problem it was another disease or
condition.
When they are walking through
the hospital with the wounded soldiers I taught about the movie “Pearl Harbor”
when the Japanese bombed and there were injured soldiers everywhere in the
hospital. They were even asking for
blood from volunteers, like in the book the man in the white van. When Taher´s wife is asking for permission so
he could go to England for his surgery I felt the desperation that she had
asking the man and his only response would be “if G-d is willing”.
I also couldn’t believe how misfortunate they
were when they get the man to make the passport so he can leave, he escapes to
Sweden for asylum, and when they get permission from the government fro him to
leave he dies on the same day.
The Dowry
In
this chapter Marjane keeps on rebelling to her teachers even do rebelling in a
way was telling them the truth.
Her
parents decide she should go to Austria to make sure she does not have the
awful faith of being executed. The
de-valuation of the Iranian money was like the one that has been happening with
Zimbabwe just that the Zimbabwe one is extremely bad (one apple can cost more
than a million Zimbabwean dollars).
Marjane is actually really luck in my opinion because even tough she did
get expelled for pushing the principal at her school she wasn’t executed which
in the book seems to be as the most common punishment.
I consider the parents sending her to Austria
a sign of how much they love her and how much they care that she is protected,
and will have a bright future. I found
it kind of stereotypical how when they are going to execute a girl or women she
is raped before. In a lot of movies,
shows, books, history rape is the punishment made to weapon. You can see how much the mother is afraid of
that in page 145 by the claim she made of killing anyone that touches her
daughter.
Tablet XI
In this tablet in a way Gilgamesh reached
his goal. He made it to Utnaspatim and
he is given the opportunity to become immortal.
He asks Utnashpitim about and he tells a story tat is very similar to Noah’s
Ark about the G-ds making a big flood that will destroy all human kind and that
he must take animals with him. When Gilgamesh
is given the test to not sleep for seven days and he actually falls the
challenge by sleeping seven days straight, I felt very annoyed because he had
just messed up his chances of fulfilling his journey. Then when he gets the flower that makes you
younger and he loses that I think that was very dumb on his part how he could
just leave something so valuable just lying around while he went for a
swim. Probably how my mom felt one day
when I jumped into a pool with my phone.
answer to Gilgamesh QUESTion
The epic of Gilgamesh tablets I-III
Gilgamesh is the story of a great king and I’ve
never lived or met a king but from social studies classes we know that kings
liked to talk about themselves and had a lot of pride, Gilgamesh is definitely
one of the kings that like to go out and fight a glory hunter. When we are introduced to Enkindu I predict
that Gilgamesh will meet someone that is stronger than him and he might get
defeated. I imagine the battle they will fight to be one like the gladiators fight in shows like Spartacus.
Tablet IV-V
I was surprised to see Gilgamesh defeat
enkindu and even more to see the “relationship” they developed together I taught
Gilgamesh would of killed Enkindu not do what he did. I relate Huwawa to a form of dragons a lot like the one that the hobbit had to fight in the book “The Hobbit”. The 150 leagues they travel is really amazing
they are like super humans and the whole idea that they are going to kill a
demon is very surreal.
Tablets VI-VII
Gilgamesh achieves ultimate glory practically
by slaying a demon, that reminds of Percy Jackson when he has to defeat the minotaur to save his mom. he even gets proposed by a G-ddes which I think it was very
courageous from his part to not only deny her, but to be in-respectful, that
was obviously going to make something bad happen and it did. The G-ds send the bull and the bull attacks
Enkindu but even that Gilgamesh can slay.
Sadly Enkindu dies and he dies angry at Gilgamesh because he cant do anything about it. I also relate to Percy Jackson that the Gilgamesh is speaking to G-ds and seems to have direct contact with them, just like Percy Jackson.
I know from prior knowledge, that when a team wins the Finals in the NBA, the players get championship rings. From this picture one of the things I can infer is that LeBron James has a golden hand, which means that is where he will put his championship ring. Earned, not given makes me infer of how his persistency in trying to win a ring has finally paid off, since I know how hard his journey there has been, due to the teams he has had to face. From prior knowledge, I know that LeBron has been very criticized for not having a ring, so from the grin on his face, I infer that he is relieved that he has been able to silence the critics.
