Reflection on "Hotel Rwanda"

the movie's intention was to show us how brutal the hutu rebels were on the tutsis. and it did manage to affect our mind against hutus and to show more sympathy on the tutsis.

reflection on rwandan genocide

http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_rwanda2.html

i found this genocide quite unfortunate for the Rwandans. i personally think neither hutus nor tutsis were the cause of the genocide, but the belgians who intervened between the relationship of those two. before the europeans arrived to Rwanda, both hutus and tutsis were in fairly good relationship. however, when belgians interrupted and gave higher titles to tutsis, the tutsis began to think highly of themselves and look down upon the hutus. since the belgians interfered, the seed of hatred toward tutsis start to grow inside the hutus' hearts. later, the belgians left without thinking of the consequences, and that was what caused the hutus, the majority, to start taking revenge on the tutsis.
however, i found it unfortunate that this kinds of european or american intervention has caused many, many conflicts inside weaker countries. many african countries still have civil war or ethnic conflicts inside their countries, including zimbabwe and congo DR.

There May Be Some Who've Wondered Why the Rat

There May Be Some Who've Wondered Why the Rat

There may be some who've wondered why the rat
Happens to be first to have a year
Exclusively devoted to his name.
Yet clever, crafty creatures never fear:
Eventually they'll win -- that's where they're at!
And this is how it came about: The rat,
Racing for the prize, fell towards the rear.
Out of breath, he thought he'd lost the game.
Fast rampaging Bull was drawing near;
The problem was: How to reach his back?
Here came by the lost, high-leaping cat.
Eureka! Up they went, the two friends dear,
Riding on the bull's back towards fame.
At the last, Rat pushes Pussy clear,
Then leaps ahead of Bull -- and that was that!

Question: why is the rat considered the first?

Still I Rise :P

Still I Rise


You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou


Reflection : Seriously I have no idea what this poem is talking about. i am not a poetry guy so i dont feel anything when i read this poem. i do feel like it is a nice poem though. i think what its trying to say is that nothing can stop the author's determination of success. im not sure...

Alone by Maya Angelou

Alone
by Maya Angelou


Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

There are some millionaires
With money they can't use
Their wives run round like banshees
Their children sing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone.
But nobody
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Now if you listen closely
I'll tell you what I know
Storm clouds are gathering
The wind is gonna blow
The race of man is suffering
And I can hear the moan,
'Cause nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Entry 8 -- Lord of the Flies

Entry of your choice

This book Lord of the Flies weren't the book that drew me into attention at the first when we received the blog assignment from Mrs. McAllister, because I thought the book was about some flies after I read the title of the book. So I read three books, Enders Game, Animal Farm, and Fahrenheit 451 first, but my ambition didn't seem to satisfy just by reading three books. So I reluctantly read this book. Unlike my thought and judgement I gave to this book before reading, this story was incredible. I found the author William Gerald Golding an astounding author. The main characters weren't flies, but humans. After finish reading this book, I think I realized that the flies mentioned on the title represent the stupid children locked inside the island. The lord from the title represented the leader, I think. The story was depressing and frustrating, but had some beautiful moments inside it. I loved the story.

Entry 7 -- Lord of the Flies

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.

The most memorable part was of course when Piggy was killed, but since I have already mentioned before quite a few times, I won't need to describe why.
I found the parts where Jack and his followers hunting the pig the most disturbing inside the story. They were of course hunting the animals for their survival, but still I didn't like Jack at the first, and I don't like his attitude toward his enemies.
The part when Ralph wept for the wise friend Piggy were beautiful to me. I could feel Ralph's love toward the Piggy.

Entry 6 -- Lord of the Flies

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.

"Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed." Chapter 11, pg. 165.
This quote is all about the description of Piggy body after he is killed. This quote is meaningful to me because it describes the remain of the last friend of Ralph. I wonder how Ralph felt when he sees Piggy, his last friend, lying dead like this.