After watching Hotel Rwanda

For last few classes, our English class watched a movie named, "Hotel Rwanda". It was a little violent and also sad. It is basically about the time back at 1994, when a country in Africa, Rwanda had genocide or internal war between Tutsi and Hutu. But Hutu had the more power on Tutsi. The main character, Paul who was a hotel manager was Hutu but his wife and childrens were Tutsi. His hotel was the refuge for Tutsi with protection of UN. The story is about how Paul saves his people and over 800,000 Tutsi die. Throughout the movie we could see the war declare being reported through the radio. Also many Tutsi depended on news on radio because that was the only media they could use. There were also reporters from the other country reporting the news on Rwanda to tell other country about the news.
When I was watching the movie, I was really shocked several times. It was like a hell to be in the genocide. It was worse than a war because this genocide was targeted for citizens not the soldiers or army. Why would they fight each other even though they are in a same country? What would make them better? I really couldn't understand. It's pretty similar to the Korean war. We fought each other by being splited in South and North. What benefit did we have after winning? The most shocking part was when Paul and Dube were driving back to their hotel taking supplies. The road was full of dead Tutsi bodies. Over 800,000 died! After watching the movie, I really felt sorry for the Rwanda and I thanked God to make me born in the safe country. I really hope no more genocide or war happen.

Reflection of Hotel Rwanda

Last few English classes, we watched the movie, "Hotel Rwanda". We focused on the media used in the movie. Basically, this is the story of the genocide that happened in Rwanda in 1994. It was a conflict between the Tutsi and Hutu. Tutsi being beatened and killed by Hutu, try to hide in the hotel while the UN comes and help. In the movie, we can see the media being used for the outside of the country for the help. In the movie, reporters from America comes and to gather news and report. So that many people from outside will know about what's happening in the Rwanda. However, when one of the reporter said "I think if people see this footage, they'll say Oh, my God, that's horrible. And then they'll go on eating their dinners" really strucked the main character Paul and me. What is the point of the news if that is all that they think. I think more severe and intense news for the media is needed. Also in the movie, we can see that radio does a big role on the media telling people in the Rwanda about the news. The movie "Hotel Rwanda" gives also a big influence to audience telling about the genocide. We can consider this as media it self as well.

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A Patch of Old Snowby: Robert Frost

There's a patch of old snow in a corner
That I should have guessed
Was a blow-away paper the rain
Had brought to rest.

It is speckled with grime as if
Small print overspread it,
The news of a day I've forgotten--
If I ever read it.

When I first read it, I didn't really understand what it means. I thought the author was talking about the actual snow which had been dirty. But I asked Mr. Craig and he said it was about a scrumbled paper in the corner that just has been useless, wet and messed up. The author compared crumbled paper and snowball. At last, when the author said that he has forgotten, we can know that the paper contains a lot of important news but is became useless, thrown away in the corner where nobody can see it. I think the theme of this poem is from small things, there always may be something important and worthy.

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The Night Has a Thousand Eye
Francis William Bourdillon

The night has a thousand eyes,
and the day but one;
yet the light of the bright world dies
with the dying sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
and the heart but one;
yet the light of a whole life dies
when love is done.

Reflection
When I first read this poem, I felt really sad. I can understand how the author wants to describe the love as beautiful thing. In this poem, the author compared first stanza and second stanza. He compared night with mind, day with heart, life with world, and dying sun with done love. He said light of whole life dies when love is done. From that, we can know that the main theme is that it is meaningless without love. But I don't understand what the eyes means. In fisrt stanza, the author used it for the stars, but in second stanza, I don't get it.

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What is the mood of this novel?
Do you find this novel saddens you in any way?
Why?

The mood of "Brave New World" is very negative. You can barely find the happy part in the book. It's very miserable, depressing, and sad. In the novel, there are only sad events. There are part when Linda, John's mother dies, when John dies at the end, and also, when Lenina cries because he can't get loved from John. All the people in the New World doesn't have right, they are not free. They have caste system which is very miserable. Low levels, such as delta and Epsilon, they are badly mistreaten. They were born like slaves. But they don't know that they are being mistreaten because they use the drug, soma. They are conditioned to like that. To me, I think the part where John got mad and throws soma rations out of the window, was very depressing part. John doesn't fit in to that New World and can't exist until he gets sends to jail, or island. Living in normal world and move to this New World, where people are born by machines, where people have to eat the drug, and where you have to worship the science with caste system, would be very odd for him. And these events lead him to commit suicide at the end. That is really depressing mood. What a shocking ending!

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What is the climax of this novel?
What happens?
How do the events of this novel make you feel?

I think there are a lot of climax in this novel. To pick the highest point, I think it is when John got mad. It is when John tries to stop the distribution of the Soma to Delta. John is from the Savage Reservation, where soma is not provided. Soma is a medicine that people eat whenever they feel depressed. In other word, you can call it "drug". People eat this too often, they get addicted to it, until they can't live without it. People in New World always use this drugs. But John doesn't get fit into that culture which makes him get mad. He gets sent to the island with Bernard. This event makes me feel very mad. I hate the New World people's culture. To say it in word, I think it's very rigid and solid. If I was in John's situation, I would do same thing as him. I would not be able to stand and do something crazy, to criticize the world. John threw the soma rations out of the windows, and I would do the same thing. I am really afraid that our future might turn out like this.

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Who are the main characters in the novel?
Do you like them?
Why or why not?

What is special about them?

What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

Lenina- She works in the Conditioning Center of the World State. She brings John to the New World. She falls in love with John. But I think she's kind of selfish. She always puts herself first. I think she relies too much on soma, the drug.

John - He's from the reservation, outside of the New World. He gets braught to the New World by Lenina and Bernard. He has a lot of conflict with Bernard. He's son of the director of the New World and Linda. He's special because he wasn't born by the machines. I really like him since he's normal. He also likes Shakesphere's novel. He doesn't fit in well in the New World and comits suicide.

Bernard - When he was young there were some mistakes which led him to be pysically wrong. He has too much of his individual thought, I think. He brings John to the New World with Lenina. At the end of the story he goes to the island with John