How different are people allowed to be in this text? Does it assume everyone is happy and good in the same ways?
In the text The Bravest Girl in the World, a girl is shot in the head because she supports education for girls in Pakistan. Her dad built a school for the girls and according to her description of first day of school, she was excited. She described learning as if it was interesting and that she loved it. The Taliban then came and shot her in hopes to shut her up. It didn't work.
People, or in this case girls, are not allowed to be very different. To be specific, they are not allowed to learn. So when Malala dared to speak out, they tried to eliminate her. But she survived and is still talking. This is a very sexist topic, women are not allowed to learn because well, they're women.
This text does not assume everyone is happy, in fact everyone is scared. Girls are scared that they will be next being shot. They are scared that they will not be able to learn anymore. But there is hope, because Malala is now in a different place and still speaking out against the Taliban. She even got a Noble peace Prize or her purpose. And she will keep speaking for as long as he needs to get her point across.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
And Tango Makes Three By Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
How different are people allowed to be in this text? Does it assume everyone is happy and good in the same ways?
People or in this case, penguins, are allowed to be any way they want to be. Roy and Silo, the main characters are gay, and are okay with that. No place in the text suggests that having a different sexuality is frowned upon. If anything, being different is encouraged. This shows that everyone accepts everybody even though they are different.
The story does assume everyone is happy at first. The authors say "...they did everything together" then later goes on to say that Roy and Silo are in love. And if you are in love, then you are probably happy. They also say that Roy and Silo didn't pay much attention to the girls and vice versa. This, to me just shows that everybody is content with the way they live.
But the authors also show a sad side of the story, which is the conflict. Roy and Silo see the other couples laying eggs and getting baby penguins. But they cant do that since they are both males. So the author gives a sense of hopelessness of Roy and Silo's problem. But then the author resolves this problem by letting the penguin keeper intervene and give them an egg. This story shows acceptance and being what you want to be.
People or in this case, penguins, are allowed to be any way they want to be. Roy and Silo, the main characters are gay, and are okay with that. No place in the text suggests that having a different sexuality is frowned upon. If anything, being different is encouraged. This shows that everyone accepts everybody even though they are different.
The story does assume everyone is happy at first. The authors say "...they did everything together" then later goes on to say that Roy and Silo are in love. And if you are in love, then you are probably happy. They also say that Roy and Silo didn't pay much attention to the girls and vice versa. This, to me just shows that everybody is content with the way they live.
But the authors also show a sad side of the story, which is the conflict. Roy and Silo see the other couples laying eggs and getting baby penguins. But they cant do that since they are both males. So the author gives a sense of hopelessness of Roy and Silo's problem. But then the author resolves this problem by letting the penguin keeper intervene and give them an egg. This story shows acceptance and being what you want to be.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Terrible Things by Eve Bunting
How does this text deal with individuals and groups? Are the people acting alone and in competition with one another, or does the text help us imagine people working together?
In the story Terrible Things by Eve Bunting, there is a lesson of standing up for what you know is right. Every time the terrible things come, the animals look out for themselves and not the animals that are getting taken. The big rabbit even tells the little rabbit to, "Just mind your own business..." Every time a animal is taken, the others just say they were annoying and rude anyway, and turn the other way. This story is just and allegory of the Holocaust.
This text shows that every group is different and the terrible things don't like anything different from them, so they take them. The animals in this story are definitely acting alone and in competition with one another. Every time the terrible things ask for one characteristic everyone else says, "We don't have that" or, "I don't have this". And the animals never try to help each other, they just ignore the ones getting taken away. And just like in Eve Bunting's foreword, the animals ignored their cries for help.
The text most certainly does not lead us to imagine people working together. The animals are very selfish and don't care about anyone else but their species. It even says in the text that, "The rabbits and porcupines looked everywhere, except at each other." Showing that if one or the other got taken , the free animals would not lift a finger to help. And at the end of the story, all the animals were taken except the little rabbit because they did not work together.
In the story Terrible Things by Eve Bunting, there is a lesson of standing up for what you know is right. Every time the terrible things come, the animals look out for themselves and not the animals that are getting taken. The big rabbit even tells the little rabbit to, "Just mind your own business..." Every time a animal is taken, the others just say they were annoying and rude anyway, and turn the other way. This story is just and allegory of the Holocaust.
This text shows that every group is different and the terrible things don't like anything different from them, so they take them. The animals in this story are definitely acting alone and in competition with one another. Every time the terrible things ask for one characteristic everyone else says, "We don't have that" or, "I don't have this". And the animals never try to help each other, they just ignore the ones getting taken away. And just like in Eve Bunting's foreword, the animals ignored their cries for help.
The text most certainly does not lead us to imagine people working together. The animals are very selfish and don't care about anyone else but their species. It even says in the text that, "The rabbits and porcupines looked everywhere, except at each other." Showing that if one or the other got taken , the free animals would not lift a finger to help. And at the end of the story, all the animals were taken except the little rabbit because they did not work together.
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