Internship

Some things that struck me about the internships was how diverse each persons opinion was. One person had a mentor that spent a lot of time with them and others had a mentor that just read the paper all day. I realized that I need to make sure I choose an internship in which I have a mentor that will have time and will be willing to assist me and show me the ropes.

In the talk, One girl talked about how boring her internship was, and how she did nothing but be on  the computer the whole time. For my internship i will pick something that requires hands on work. Other workingon photoshop all day, or writing letters. I was thinking about doing my internship at the zoo.

The person that really painted a picture of what her internship was like was the one who talked about her spot. She did not only talk about her spot and why she loved it, but she also talked about what might happened if she was not in her spot. And described what she did in that spot, and expressed what other people were doing in their own individual spaces.

Revolution- Both authors think of revolution as a cultural change. Marjanes culture changed because the government started repressing them so much. And Suheirs' country changed by children going to war. Also, It made her entire race recognized as terrorists. When in reality, they are human beings just like anyone else. Stereotypes are made from revolutions and war. 


Revolutionaries- Marjane was a revolutionary her whole life and even when she was a small child she was chanting "down with the shaw!". She always rebelled from anything the government said. Suheir was a revolutionary because she spoke what was on her mind about a country that does not care about their people. Which is why she left, she was not going to die for a country that does nothing for the people."i have never felt less american and more new yorker, particularly brooklyn, than these past days. the stars and stripes on all these cars and apartment windows represent the dead as citizens first, not family members, not lovers." This shows how many people people are fleeing their home countries to the United States out of fear". 


War- Both authors define war as an unnecessary part of society. And a heartbreaking event, " My hand went to my head, and my head went to the dead Iraqi children". Marjane experienced her neighbor blown to pieces in the rubble in what was once the girls home. Suheir life was taken away and all compassion of her people was taken away from the traumatizing war. "i am looking for evidence of compassion. any evidence of life. i am looking for life".War causes anger, the need for revenge."we"re gonna burn them so bad, i swear, so bad." War is horrible, war is unpreventable. 

Some parts of Suheirs' poem included when she talked about the boys dying in war. "Our boys' deaths galvanized". This astounded me because there are countries that recruit children to the front lines of war with no military training. And Die. This quote send chills through my spine. "I will not side with you or dance to your bombs because everyone is dancing. Everyone can be wrong". This quote struck me because she was able to hold on to her opinion and say that this war is wrong, whether or not everyone thought otherwise. She never thought she was wrong. Suheir believed that she was right, and everyone around her was wrong. That to me is an amazing thing, It is so hard to hold on to your conception of something when everyone is "dancing" about their perspective. 

When Suheir spoke about how the government repressed her people in this line,  "I will dance and resist and dance and persist and dance".  I thought of how Marjane and her think very much alike. The two both lived in a country where a government took away rights and tied people down, they also both rebelled and wanted change. "I will not forget where i come from". I also found a connection between this quote from Suheir and Marjane. Because Marjaned grandmother told her to never forget who you are. Both Marjane and Suheir were greatly devoted to their background. 

The part that struck me the most was how much poverty the authors went through. Its unbelievable that some people live in terror, for example having bomb alarms and never knowing when that alarm will go off, and who will die. It could be you, that alarm is the sound of death. Another thing that appalled me was the part where Suheir talked about talked about land mines. That just made my stomach turn. 

Islam Marriage

Before marriage, the man has very little dress code to follow. But when the man is married, the couples clothing is equal. which means the man should cover up as well as the woman. Both genders have the right to choose who they want to marry. But there are some restrictions, for example, Muslim men are expected to marry other muslim women, but he is also allowed to marry a jeweish or christian women. A women is expected to only marry a muslim man. A man is encouraged to marry a religiously devoted women. Divorces are strongly condemned in Islam. Many people believe that the man can just say "I divorce you" to his wife and they are automatically divorced. But this is not the case, each person must appoint a arbitrator to resolve the marriage(a person who is used to settle any non criminal dispute). Also, Same sex marriage is forbidden. If someone are caught doing homosexual acts. They receive the death penalty

The purposes of a muslim marriage are:

1. To restrain sexual passion.
2. The ordering of domestic life.
3. The care and responsibility towards children.
4. The expansion of the family.

Our Indian Partners

India, which its official name is Republic of India, is located in south asia. India has a population of over 1.2 billion people. which is the second most populatd country in india. India is a democracy and is the most populus democracy in the world today.

Until the late 1990s, the US ignored India. Today however, The United states is growing more more interstested in India. India is dynamic and transforming. India is now an important and economic power. India should be one of the top five global economys by 2030. With its new found economic growth, India is able to withstand the capacity to act on issues primarily strategic and economic concern to the USA. So India and the united states are now economic partners. With indias new found partner they will try to convince to United States to not be as strict for our Visa polcies.

Street Art

Some Qualities I noticed in the documentary was how different artists made their art differently. Some artists used stencils to show their art and others printed there art and just pasted it onto a wall.  For our art pieces we will use the Chris Jorden art style. we will make a coffee cup and pixelate the image and make each pixel represent how many coffee cups end up in a landfill every second. Its going to be epic.

Something that amazed me was the fact that the artists went through so much work and risked getting arrested, not only that, they they risked their lives. It amazed me to see how important it was to get their art out there and express themselves.

The decided that instead of having a boring art exhibit. They would post there art all over the city. Some artists wrote a note explaining what their art piece's message is. And others made there message made it a little bit harder to grasp. Like  Invader, all he did was post space invaders all over the city and it was hard to tell that he was saying that we are being invaded by technology.

Harrison Bergeron Political Cartoon

This political cartoon explains that if everyone is equal in every way it is painful and depressing, as shown on the left side. But this cartoon also shows that if everyone acts like their self then everyone will be happy.  This represents the book because in the story everyone must be equal and if something made a person different(like being tall), then the government would issue that person a handicap which that person must wear or the person would go to jail.