Why is Aung San Suu Kyi a hero? I personally think that she is a very important one because she is trying to free the people of Burma from the junta. She gives away her freedom so she can fight for justice in her country. I remembered back in 1st/2nd grade, I had a scenario exactly like it is in Burma. This one girl in my whole class got mad at me and then she got everyone to be on her side.
She kept it like that for a few weeks, I was all alone with only one friend to keep me company. I watched as all the bystanders kept it that way, which was really hard. So eventually, I told the teacher and things got back to normal, except that the girl was still mad at me.I think that it is important for others to speak up for injustice because if left alone, it could become a worldwide problem.
The story of Jesus Colon can occur in anyone's daily life. Jesus came home late from work, and he saw a woman-a white one- holding a big luggage with 3 small children, one is a baby. Colon's Negro side told him that he shouldn't do it because it was the time period when all the blacks and whites are separated in the United States. But his Puerto Rican side told him to help her because it is the right thing to do. Alas, he followed his Negro instincts and ignored the white woman. He feels horrible afterwards. This is a connection to Jason van Genderen's "Mankind is no Island" because in the video, van Genderen said to not walk away from people that need help, but Colon just walked away from the woman that really needs help.
This painting is called One world, One hope by Joe Average. He is a painter that lives with HIV/AIDS.
What Do We Do with a Variation? What do we do with a difference? Do we stand and discuss its oddity or do we ignore it? Do we shut our eyes to it or poke it with a stick? Do we clobber it to death? Do we move around it in rage and enlist the rage of others? Do we will it to go away? Do we look at it in awe or purely in wonderment? Do we work for it to disappear? Do we pass it stealthily Or change route away from it? Do we will it to become like ourselves? What do we do with a difference? Do we communicate to it, let application acknowledge it for barriers to fall down? James Berry
I think that this poem relates to Jesus Colon because instead of breaking the racism in his time period, he just ignores the lady so he doesn't get in trouble. "Do we clobber it to death?" wrote Berry. This line really stood out to me because it reminds me of Hitler. Differences make us who we are and nobody has a right to change that. When I was little, I used to think that everyone in the world lived all happy together, but that was back when I was naive. While growing up, I learnt that not everyone is connected. But I think that that's the way to live. Hand in hand.
No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.
-- John Donne
This poem is the exact opposite of "The Island" by Armin Greder. This poem tells you that everyone is connected to each other in some ways, while "The Island" shows that the people of the island can't accept the little man for who he is. Donne wrote "any man's death diminishes me this line shows that even if it was a stranger that dies, it may affect you in some ways and in "The Island", the little man's arrival affected all the people by scaring them, they all told lies about the man and used him to scare children. "No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent, apart of the main" wrote Donne, this line really stands out to me because it's saying that it's not possible to survive on your own, while the people of the Island is completely isolating themselves from all the other people. They built a tall wall around the Island so that NOBODY ever gets in or out of the Island. They shot all the seagulls because sometimes, people on boats follow them, and the people of the Island want to be separated from the rest of the world.
Video by: Jason van Genderen
I think that the whole message of the video is listen to others, maybe they have an interesting story to share, and to be humane and not ignore all the homeless people on the streets, and just listen to them. The film shows how the 2 cities (New York and Sydney) are joined together by hope and hunger. "I walk by you today, I always look away" describes most of the people that were in the video. The homeless people are just there, sitting, while the luckier people just look away and not help. I have personally experiences this on the weekend. I was in the Great Eastern mall and there was a stand in front of Cold Storage. It was a deaf art stand. I found it really pretty, but didn't tell my parents that I wanted one.The whole trip home felt like a guilt trip. Not helping others makes me have this feeling in my stomach that won't go away for a few hours. Van Genderen took pictures of the words that make up the sentence showing negative things, and that if you show that you care, you might make the person's day, giving them hope, and sort of telling them that someone cares. It also says that nobody's different from each other. Everyone thinks like we do, sure, we might look different, think of the different things, and speak differently, but we're all human. Lending a hand can make a difference to somebody's life.
