Forest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis, is a film about a brainless young man named Forrest Gump and events that took place throughout his life. Despite Forrest being on the dimer side he managed to live life a that was anything but boring.
On Forrest's first day of school as soon as he stood on the school bus everyone said to him "can't sit here" or "seats taken", everyone expect for a girl named Jenny. Jenny had a abusive childhood, we know this because Forrest talked about how Jenny's father "was a very loving man, he was always kissing and touching her and her sisters". That day Forrest went to her house to see her, they ran into the crops and she asked Forrest to pray with her, in their prey she asked "make me a bird so I can fly far, far away from here" which reinforced the idea that Jenny had been sexually abused in her home and wanted to leave. Forrest's unconditional love towards Jenny made her feel like she didn't deserve him which ended in her repeatedly running away and turning to a trail of abusive boyfriends or drug usage. Some years later Jenny invited Forrest around to her house so he could meet their child. Jenny later told Forrest she was getting sick and asked Forrest to marry her, he said "of course" and well they got married.
Since the beginning of the film Forrest showed that he was always willing to help out and protect his friends and family. For example once Forrest graduated a army man approached him and suggested he apply to the army, to which he ended up meeting this best friend Bubba there. Bubba "knew everything there was to know about shrimping" and later asked Forrest "how'd you like to go into the shrimping business with me?" to which Forrest said "okay" to. Forrest kept his promise to his best friend and started a shrimping company. After a few failures a storm started brewing, Forrest and his friend Lieutenant Dan battled the storm and survived unlike all the other shrimping company's. They turned out very successful so Forrest went and gave Bubba's family his share of the money since it was his "fine idea" and "his mom didn't have to work in the kitchen after that" thus showing how far Forest was willing to help out his loved ones.
Throughout the film you often come across the saying "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get". Personally I think this quote is highly iconic because it speaks to everyone in more then one way. For instance hearing that for the first time, one could immediately think "oh yeah okay" and shrug it off as if it were nothing but if you were to really think about it you could get more in-depth with it and even apply it to your own life. I do agree with that quote because life is a box of chocolates, you could be on a winning streak getting all your favorites then you'll get that one you instantly regret picking up.
Friday, 28 April 2017
Reading Log - Novel Mountain Wolf
Mountain Wolf by Rosanne Hawke is about a series of events that happened to a young 14 year old boy, initially set in a small village surrounded by mountains in Pakistan. The story of the young boy named Razaq and the events that follow all started with a natural disaster.
Throughout the novel Razaq was always willing to put the lives he cared about before his. For instance at the beginning of the story an earthquake hit his village killing everyone in his family expect for him. Despite Razaq finding and burying the corps of his dead father he was able to find shelter at his "aunts" house, in return he protected, feed, and supplied for the old whito. During this time a man by the name of Ikram approached Mrs Daud and offered a deal she couldn't refuse. The deal was to give Mrs Daud three hundred rupees, take Razaq away to give him a job and send money home for the old witto until he made enough for her to live on then return. But Razaq refused to leave her because "there was nothing for him there" and he "brought her food", however Mrs dauds wishes was for Razaq to make more money so he did as she asked and left his village. This proves that Razaq was willing to go the extra mile for those he cared about as he went against his own feelings to help this old lady.
From that point forward Razaq was relocated more then once and sold into slavery repeatedly. He was tought to give massages to customers and if ever asked "what else do you do" to always reply with "whatever you want" or else be punished. Considering the position Razaq was in I don't think what he was made to do was wrong at all. Razaq was forced into trafficking and slavery. All was not bad as he meet the love of his life in their, she too was taken and forced into it, just as they all had been. At one stage Razaq even said "the police say we are criminals" followed by "but it isn't our choice", this made me feel empathetic towards Razaq and every other boy and girl that was some how forced into that position especially how the police, the people that you turn to when you need their help and safety go out and call you a criminal for something you arnt in control of.
When Mrs Mumtaz, the brains behind his freedom was pleased with the work he had done he would get rewarded by getting to "eat very well" if he kept it up and having the privilege he wouldn't usually receive that was to be getting to "feel the fresh air". That was what Mrs Mumtaz referred to as "going way too easy". However if and when Razaq did act out and refuse he would be punished by getting locked in his little room for twenty four hours, seven days a week, only seeing light when there were customers or he had a fortune of eating. Razaq told his old friend, Danyal "do not let them take your whole self" because they had "given us these feelings of dirt and shame". This showed me how rough they must have had it, to be pushed to that level of self doubt that your only advice for someone being forcibly shoved into your position was to "not let them brake you".
Throughout the novel Razaq was always willing to put the lives he cared about before his. For instance at the beginning of the story an earthquake hit his village killing everyone in his family expect for him. Despite Razaq finding and burying the corps of his dead father he was able to find shelter at his "aunts" house, in return he protected, feed, and supplied for the old whito. During this time a man by the name of Ikram approached Mrs Daud and offered a deal she couldn't refuse. The deal was to give Mrs Daud three hundred rupees, take Razaq away to give him a job and send money home for the old witto until he made enough for her to live on then return. But Razaq refused to leave her because "there was nothing for him there" and he "brought her food", however Mrs dauds wishes was for Razaq to make more money so he did as she asked and left his village. This proves that Razaq was willing to go the extra mile for those he cared about as he went against his own feelings to help this old lady.
From that point forward Razaq was relocated more then once and sold into slavery repeatedly. He was tought to give massages to customers and if ever asked "what else do you do" to always reply with "whatever you want" or else be punished. Considering the position Razaq was in I don't think what he was made to do was wrong at all. Razaq was forced into trafficking and slavery. All was not bad as he meet the love of his life in their, she too was taken and forced into it, just as they all had been. At one stage Razaq even said "the police say we are criminals" followed by "but it isn't our choice", this made me feel empathetic towards Razaq and every other boy and girl that was some how forced into that position especially how the police, the people that you turn to when you need their help and safety go out and call you a criminal for something you arnt in control of.
When Mrs Mumtaz, the brains behind his freedom was pleased with the work he had done he would get rewarded by getting to "eat very well" if he kept it up and having the privilege he wouldn't usually receive that was to be getting to "feel the fresh air". That was what Mrs Mumtaz referred to as "going way too easy". However if and when Razaq did act out and refuse he would be punished by getting locked in his little room for twenty four hours, seven days a week, only seeing light when there were customers or he had a fortune of eating. Razaq told his old friend, Danyal "do not let them take your whole self" because they had "given us these feelings of dirt and shame". This showed me how rough they must have had it, to be pushed to that level of self doubt that your only advice for someone being forcibly shoved into your position was to "not let them brake you".
Saturday, 8 April 2017
Reading Log - film Clueless
Movie Name: Clueless
During the film Cher thought of herself as a cleaver and cunning individual who could talk her way through her high school grades. I think Cher is very cleaver when it comes to the arts of persuading, for instance after her dad confronted her about her low grades she merely insisted that it was just the begging then set out to argue her way though her grades. In one occasion her English teacher refused to change her C+, but after matchmaking him to another fellow teacher he began falling helplessly in love and started handing out higher grades. We know she was successful because her father repeated himself by saying "you mean to tell me you argued your way through a C+ to a A-?!".
Throughout the film Cher showed that she is more then just a pretty face with shopping skills. For example Cher and her best friend Dee, befriended a new girl named Tia on her first day by asking her if she "wanted to hang". Despite the fact that they originally only asked her because she was "so adorably clueless" Cher still insisted that they "used their popularity for a good cause" and make Tia one of them. To me this both frustrated and stood out to me because Cher was basically making Tia her personal project and being kind at the same time, for instance if you felt empathetic towards Tia for being the new girl you'd feel ecstatic to know that you have the two most popular girls in the school as friends.
At the beginning of the film Cher's step brother Josh, mentions how "misguided" and "stupid" she was but throughout the film they grew a stronger bond. We know they grew closer together because at the end of the film Josh says how Cher "knows she's gorgeous" and "isn't just a pretty face with shopping skills". This language feature was used to show how they are caring towards each other in more then just a ex-sibling sort of way. I think many people can learn from this film, as when Cher and Josh put their hatred aside they ended up realizing how kind and charming they both are.
I think this speaks to everyone by saying don't judge a book by its cover. This is a heart warming film showing how people can change if they meet the right people and could end up alternating your life.
Clueless, a movie directed by Amy Heckerling is about a young girl named Cher, who is both popular and rich during High School. Growing up with just her father, he re-married a few times and she found herself with a step-brother, named Josh. Throughout the film Josh would tell her how misguided she was and she ended up falling for him.
During the film Cher thought of herself as a cleaver and cunning individual who could talk her way through her high school grades. I think Cher is very cleaver when it comes to the arts of persuading, for instance after her dad confronted her about her low grades she merely insisted that it was just the begging then set out to argue her way though her grades. In one occasion her English teacher refused to change her C+, but after matchmaking him to another fellow teacher he began falling helplessly in love and started handing out higher grades. We know she was successful because her father repeated himself by saying "you mean to tell me you argued your way through a C+ to a A-?!".
Throughout the film Cher showed that she is more then just a pretty face with shopping skills. For example Cher and her best friend Dee, befriended a new girl named Tia on her first day by asking her if she "wanted to hang". Despite the fact that they originally only asked her because she was "so adorably clueless" Cher still insisted that they "used their popularity for a good cause" and make Tia one of them. To me this both frustrated and stood out to me because Cher was basically making Tia her personal project and being kind at the same time, for instance if you felt empathetic towards Tia for being the new girl you'd feel ecstatic to know that you have the two most popular girls in the school as friends.
At the beginning of the film Cher's step brother Josh, mentions how "misguided" and "stupid" she was but throughout the film they grew a stronger bond. We know they grew closer together because at the end of the film Josh says how Cher "knows she's gorgeous" and "isn't just a pretty face with shopping skills". This language feature was used to show how they are caring towards each other in more then just a ex-sibling sort of way. I think many people can learn from this film, as when Cher and Josh put their hatred aside they ended up realizing how kind and charming they both are.
I think this speaks to everyone by saying don't judge a book by its cover. This is a heart warming film showing how people can change if they meet the right people and could end up alternating your life.
Monday, 3 April 2017
The Milgram Experiment
In the short story The Milgram Experiment by Saul McLeod a man named Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment focusing on conflict between authority and personal conscience, he did so by drawing straws to determine their roles. The roles were already fixed so the volunteer would automatically be the teacher and the experimenters would pretend to be a leaner. They told the 'teachers' to release volts of electricity into a electric chair every time the leaner got a question wrong to see how far the teacher would go because an authority told them too.
Most 'ordinary' people would obey an authority and risk an innocent persons life. We know this because it stated this by saying "people are likely to follow orders given by an authority to the extent of killing an innocent human being." I think this is accurate yet despicable at the same time because if you know your hurting someone why would you continue but if someones standing over you I guess you feel that pressure a lot more.
I think its "normal" that ordinary people are more likely to follow an authority figure, because if you were told to do an action that you may not 100% agree with its still easier to continue what you've been told to do rather then stand up and make a fuss about your opinion. We know that more people obeyed the authority because it said "65% of participants continues to the highest level volts".
I don't think that it was necessarily wrong and or "evil" of the participant to continue the course and obey the authority because even if they did hesitate to shock a innocent person the exterminator would read a series of "prods" to ensure they'd continue. For instance they would say " please continue" then " the experiment requires you to continue" and that "it was essential you continued" because "you have no other choice but to continue", thus putting more and more pressure on the teacher to administer a shock.
This physiological experiment made me think about how people act on their own verse's when they have a bigger authority and or a bigger group of people to follow along. It also made me annoyed to think how easy it is to just do what your told because you feel its just easier to do as your told then make a fuss over something that's potentially a minor issue just because their in a higher position then you.
Most 'ordinary' people would obey an authority and risk an innocent persons life. We know this because it stated this by saying "people are likely to follow orders given by an authority to the extent of killing an innocent human being." I think this is accurate yet despicable at the same time because if you know your hurting someone why would you continue but if someones standing over you I guess you feel that pressure a lot more.
I think its "normal" that ordinary people are more likely to follow an authority figure, because if you were told to do an action that you may not 100% agree with its still easier to continue what you've been told to do rather then stand up and make a fuss about your opinion. We know that more people obeyed the authority because it said "65% of participants continues to the highest level volts".
I don't think that it was necessarily wrong and or "evil" of the participant to continue the course and obey the authority because even if they did hesitate to shock a innocent person the exterminator would read a series of "prods" to ensure they'd continue. For instance they would say " please continue" then " the experiment requires you to continue" and that "it was essential you continued" because "you have no other choice but to continue", thus putting more and more pressure on the teacher to administer a shock.
This physiological experiment made me think about how people act on their own verse's when they have a bigger authority and or a bigger group of people to follow along. It also made me annoyed to think how easy it is to just do what your told because you feel its just easier to do as your told then make a fuss over something that's potentially a minor issue just because their in a higher position then you.
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