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Overpopulation

In the world presently there are several issues that subject threats to daily living (Einspruch, 2013). Some persons believe that Overpopulation is currently an issue that will result in negative outcomes and should be controlled by the government through limits.  They support their claim by stating that overpopulation may result to huge effects that will results in the eradication of the human race. On the other hand, some individual believes that the world can never be overpopulated as there is adequate space for everyone.  They, therefore, state that overpopulation is of much benefit to the modern world because it results in the provision of more technological thoughts.  This group, therefore, states that overpopulation should never be addressed by the limitation of the number of children that an individual can have by the government since nature is expected to take its course to balance population (Einspruch, 2013).  These individuals believe that people have the human right of having children and this right should therefore not be limited. Both arguments hold some extent of validity because overpopulation may results to lowered rate of development since the responsibilities of caregivers and the government is increased.  On the other hand, individuals hold the capability to control the occurrence of overpopulation based on that they have the right to give birth and this right can only be limited by self (Einspruch, 2013).  I believe that overpopulation can be controlled by the government and individuals.

 

Sentence Structure Analysis

In the world (O) presently there are several issues (C) that subject threats to daily living. Some persons (S) believe (TV) that Overpopulation is currently an issue that will result in negative outcomes and should be controlled by the government through limits.  They (S) support their claim (IV) by stating that overpopulation may result to huge effects that will results in the eradication of the human race. On the other hand, some individual (S) believes (TV) that the world can never be overpopulated as there is adequate space for everyone.  They, (S) therefore, (IV) state that overpopulation (O) is of much benefit to the modern world because it results in the provision of more technological thoughts This group, (S) therefore, (IV) states that overpopulation (O) should (IV) never be addressed by the limitation of the number of children that an individual can have by the government since nature is expected to take its course to balance population.  These individuals (S) believe (TV) that people have the human right of having children (S) and (O) this right should (IV) therefore not be limited (O). Both arguments (S) hold (IV) some extent of validity because (IV) overpopulation may results to lowered rate of development since the responsibilities of caregivers (S) and (O) the government (S) is increased.  On the other hand, individuals hold (IV) the capability to control the occurrence of overpopulation (S) based on that they (S) have the right to give birth and this right can only be limited by self.  I (S) believe (TV) that Overpopulation can be controlled by the government (S) and (O) individuals (S).

 

 

 

 

Reference

Einspruch, A. (2013). Overpopulation. New York: PowerKids Press.

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  1. English Teaching in a Foreign Country

English is my best language and I enjoy teaching it simply because it flows. Moreover I personally enjoy teaching people how to speak English particularly if it is not their first language. Over the summer break, I was obliged to teach at Presto School in Sudan, whose first language is Arab. First and foremost, I started by teaching them the alphabetical order, and to my surprise they did not know how to write the letters of the alphabet. The lessons were very interesting, mainly because, my students were used to writing starting from the left going right, since they were Arabs. I was therefore forced to change their way of writing that is, from left to right, to writing from, write to left.

The weather was not favourable due to the high temperatures of about 38°c, which was not conducive for teaching. I however managed to plan my work and teach without any hitches at all. What really impressed me with my students, was their ability to understand whatever they were being taught within the shortest time possible. Within the first two weeks of teaching, the lesson had become very enjoyable simple because all students were able to speak fluent English even though they had an Arab accent. They started telling stories in English which really amazed me because most of them were able to tell their stories in a well-constructed English. Finally, I completed the syllabus and I received an award from the school principal who was very grateful because no teacher had been able to teach English in that school.  

In order to organize my first draft, I planned my work. Planning my work was very helpful as it helped to be able to write the draft in an orderly manner without having a lot of mistakes. Moreover, I was also able to arrange my points, thus making the flow of events to be in a systematic manner. Organizing my first draft has therefore enabled me to be able to focus on the key points of my paragraph hence avoiding unnecessary mistakes. The introduction I used was giving an overview, this is mainly because it allows the reader to be able to understand whatever he is about to read (Chapter 3). Moreover, it provides the reader with the general information in the story thus making it easy for one to enjoy reading such a story. I therefore compared different aspects in my paragraph hence giving the reader the inward look of my story hence making it very interesting.

When writing a quality paper, one should first and foremost, choose a topic, secondly, prepare an outline, thirdly, write the thesis statement and the body, and finally, write the introduction. Using this approach will really help in making sure that the paper is written in a quality way thus making it to stand out (Chapter 3). On the other hand, through planning in advance, it will make it easier for the writer to be able to reflect on what he or she is supposed to write, thus avoiding making a lot of mistakes. One should therefore be equipped with the above approaches hence making sure that his or her paper is written in a very orderly manner.

What do you believe is going well in your paper? With what in your paper do you feel confident and do good?

I think the flow of events, and the choice of words is good in my paper. The use of transitional words, adjectives and adverbs makes me feel confident with my paper (Chapter 3).

What are you more uncertain and concerned about? What would you like your readers to look at and give feedback on especially?

I am uncertain about my description of events. I would like readers to give me a feedback about my description of events (Chapter 3).

How do you feel overall about your work on this assignment? Why do you feel this way?

I feel at ease with my assignment because I know I have done my best using the approaches that I had learnt in this unit (Chapter 3).

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What writing skills in this unit do you believe you have mastered and do well? Why do you think so?

I have mastered vocabulary building skills, organizational skills and punctuation skills. This is mainly because I am able to work with these writing skills without any problems at all (Chapter 3).

What new skills and practices have you learned in this unit? How will they help you in the future as a writer?

I have learnt organizational skills in this unit, and they will really help me in writing high quality papers (Chapter 3).

What challenged you or proved difficult in this assignment? With what writing skills do you believe you need further practice?

Choosing the topic was very difficult for me, I will therefore use the main event to get the topic of the paper (Chapter 3).

What have you learned about yourself as a writer from this assignment?

I have learnt that whatever one does not pay attention to, may lead to future problems (Chapter 3).

Reference

Chapter 3. Pastimes and Entertainment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Other Wes Moore

            Both boys in the Other Wes Moore fall in the same category at the risk factors.  This is because Wes Moore as explained by the book grew much in poverty.  His life and that of his family was challenging as they grew up due to the death of their father.   His live and his behaviors advanced after he was sent to the military schools.  After getting the education he decides to visit the other Wes Moore in prison to talk about their past (Wes, 1).  The other Wes Moore had also the difficult life as he grew due to the absence of his father.  He grew up in the streets and sold drugs, he robbed a certain store and planned for the death of one of the police officers and this made him have a life sentence.  He can be said to have grown out of poverty and lack of education (Wes, 67). 

            The similarity that the two boys went through was that they had the same life challenges. The boys faced what the other young men go through as they faced poverty and other legacies of elimination and with low prospect.  The difference between the two boys is that despite the growing under poverty, one of them was lucky to have the military education (Wes, 96).  

            The research that the NCCP is doing in order to help find the answers to the community problems is by measuring the poverty status by a narrow income standard.  This research does not consider the imperfect housing or debts.  The research shows that the current poverty standard shows that families spend much of their income on food thus making an increase in the poverty level by multiplying the food costs. Thus the research brings the conclusion in that the American families need an income of about twice the national poverty level so as to meet their main basic needs (Gunn, Jeanne, Aber, 13)

 

Work cited

Moore, Wes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2011. Print. 

Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Greg J. Duncan, and J L. Aber. Neighborhood Poverty: Context and Consequences for Children. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997. Print.

 

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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was a famous author who had experienced shocking events through his life.  These shocking matters in his life played a huge role in what he wrote about and the consequences of his story.  He had experience many problems on his childhood and this contributed to his individuality and wisdom for his future outcomes. He grew up in the northern Michigan where he was raised with a strong religion, hard task culture and though self determination.  Being raised in the northern, he was taught by his father how to hunt and fish while his mother brought him to church activities.  During the summer, his family spends much of their time in the woods of the northern Michigan (Frederic, 4). 

            The northern Michigan played a role in the writing of Hemingway as it put a thoughtful effect on the American writers of his life time.  Many of his tasks were viewed as the classic of America while some of them have been made into motion portraits. The northern Michigan helped him in his writing as it was a society very strict in disciplinarians.  He had tried so much in trying to evade from the code of manners in his society that was forced on him when he was still a young kid (Frederic, 16).   

            The person who is mainly interviewed in the documentary would be Liz and Jim who has fallen in love.  They both move to the end of the dock and makes love without the wish of Liz. She later walks home crying.  The similar situation happens with Hemingway where he has his first sexual encounter.  The story does not have the seduction of Hemingway and his was his first interview as he experiences the female psyche.  This was the event that fully attracts his whole career (Frederic, 52).   

 

 

Work cited

Svoboda, Frederic J. Hemingway: Up in Michigan Perspectives. East Lansing, Mich: Mich. State Univ. Press, 1995. Print.

Retrieved from: https://vimeo.com/95674989

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Hemingway's 'Last Good Country

Thesis

            Hemingway’s country was best for his survival as it was an imagined border as the fictional north woods reveals a memory that is more passionate holding an imaginative mind in Hemingway.  According to the author, last good country to Hemingway meant a conducive northern air, the best trout fishing in the country, a country that had good air, good freedom with no summer and had lots of paintable substances (John, 5).  

            As a youth, Hemingway was such a rebellious person and was part of the youth revolution in the 1910’s.  He spent much of his time writing though he was addicted to sex and alcohol.  Before he engaged much in his youth events such as bullfighting, hunting and fishing, the northern Michigan inspired his youth experience.  He had a lot of experience in his youth as his father had taught him how to fish along the lake shores and hunts in the forests that neared Lake Michigan.  This was something that he could always go back to through his life (John, 7). 

            The influence that the northern Michigan had on Hemingway life was that nature changed his life and work and this made him work in places like Toronto and Paris in his adulthood career. As his mother had taken him to church and he joined the choir, he had musical experience and this knowledge helped him to share it with his first wife who had a huge interest in playing piano (John, 17). 

            He gained experience with the Native Americans who lived in Michigan as he spent many years with his family in the North Michigan.  This was a sacred place of the Native Americans and Hemingway used to travel so much around the country.  The Native Americans were inspired by his relations with them since his childhood.  He was familiar with the traditions of the Native Americans as his mother usually dressed him in the Native American clothes while he accompanied his father to the Native American rifle shooting and this increased their friendship (John, 20).

            The details in the Indian Camp can be explained in that Hemingway became a doctor who treated many in the Indian camp for free.  His writing reveals his sympathy toward the problems of the Native Americans and his identification with them (John, 20). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work cited

Cohassey, John. "Hemingway's 'Last Good Country.'" Detroit Metro Times. 7 July 2010.

Retrieved from:

http://henryfordcc.mrooms.net/pluginfile.php/807665/mod_forum/intro/Hemingways%20Last%20Good%20Country%20_%20Books%20_%20Detroit%20Metro%20Times.pdf

 

 

 

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            Plato, Euthyphro

            Question 1

            Socrates investigation suggestions would generate progress towards a response in the case through defining dialogue ethical behavior. Socrates believed that the most suitable way of acquiring knowledge was through involving conversations that were meaningful with persons based on normal practices (Weiss, 287). This would not require Euthyphro who is a confusion to meditate. The basic principle of the investigation suggestion is ethical behaviors in dialogue and since the Socrates is ignorant this requires Euthyphro to get into conversations.  According to Socrates in order for an individual to make an inquiry develop they have to know something (Weiss, 287). This helps in gaining direction or lifting the inquiry off the ground with the acquired information about a particular thing.

            Question 2

            Socratic Method yields positive effects because it focuses on an individual’s original and critical thoughts development in life’s context.  These, therefore, help in the development of answers for the distinct questions that life subjects to an individual.  Socratic Method can be termed as the individual's ethical development foundation as it is among the valuable humanity accomplishments (Zuckert, 181).  This is mainly because Socratic Method makes inquiry of ethics as a normal individual enterprise that can be accessed by everyone.  The practice of the method does not necessitate any philosophical program adherence or the understanding of different approaches as it only needs an individual to be there.  This, therefore, necessitates normal senses as well as speeches. Based on these methods the living of individuals is the concern of every individual as is the easiest form of accessing knowledge. Piety is more understood and more knowledge about it is more accessed at the end of every conversation as compared to the beginning of the conversation (Zuckert, 182).

           

 

 

            Work Cited

Weiss, Michael N. The Socratic Handbook. , 2015. Print.

            Zuckert, Catherine H. Plato's Philosophers: The Coherence of the Dialogues. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Internet resource.

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What Is One Thing You Know For Certain And How Can You Justify It?

Main argument: slavery is typically evil

It is virtually agreed by everyone that slavery is inhumane and wrong despite its defense by a few people. Slavery is where people are handled and treated as items to be traded, and forced to work beyond their capacity (Manning, 2004). It is important to express how and why slavery is wrong. The main knowledge question is that ‘what are the negative consequences of slavery?’.

 

Despite the fact that slavery was being regarded natural in the ancient days, it was necessary to abolish it due to the negative observations of the act. The negative impacts of slavery are being obtained after analyzing the rights that every human must possess by virtue of being a human being (Manning, 2004). This act of slavery instead opposes these rights making the lives of other people hard and less enjoyable. Being a beneficiary of this act, one could also put oneself in the shoes of the sufferer in order to feel the pain of the act.

 

The negative consequences of slavery was felt by slaves first of which was the denial of a voice to defend themselves. Human beings are all equal and they must all have a right to speak out what affects them. However, this right was denied all slaves and they could not express their pain to any authority regarding their suffering. Slaves were meant to work in the fields sunup to sundown and having food which was not suitable for human beings including rough and poor sheltering (Manning, 2004). This condition affects the health of any human being for example working beyond one’s capacity reduces one’s life span and the poor feeding affects one’s growth life and the general functionality of the body. The slave women suffered rape and sexual abuse by the fact that they were used as mere properties. Slaves suffered punishments like beating, whipping, mutilation and imprisonment. Such punishments were to assert dominance over their servants. Pregnant women were beaten regardless of the dangers associated to them. Slaves were forced to change from their original names to their masters’ names leaving them without their individual identity as human beings but under the identity of their masters just as properties (Manning, 2004). The impact of slavery in the later days led to the rising of rebellions formed by slaves agitating slavery abolition. In general, slavery was associated with malpractices which involved mistreatment of other human beings basing on their status which was abuse of human rights. Every human being has a right to live a free life with freedom of speech. All human beings have a right to safe health including shelter and this was deprived to slaves. Other rights include freedom from torture, execution and imprisonment. It therefore implies that treatment of slaves opposed the rights of human.

 

However, slavery has a second area of knowledge that expresses its positive implication to those who carried the activity. They believed that all people must not be equal hence creating the gap between the master and the servant and the distinct relationship between the two. Therefore it is regarded as a natural order of universe for some people to be slaves (Inikori, 1992). It is believed that people differ thus we should expect those who are superior in any aspect of life for example in intelligence, knowledge, technology will appear masters of those below them in this regard. Slaves are regarded as inferior beings therefore treating them with cruelty is not a matter of concern and their suffering is regarded ethically acceptable just like the suffering of animals. It is also claimed that slavery is good to slaves meaning slaves are always happier when their lives are being run by their masters (Inikori, 1992). The importance of slaves to certain industries strengthened the positive implication of slavery where a number of industries depended on slave labor to operate. Therefore treating it as evil would be so disastrous to such industries. It was also claimed that it is important for common people to be slaves than leaving them to be free. This is because such common people when left free, they can get involved in some crimes in the society.

Conclusion

However, the main argument states that slavery is atypical evil practice because it creates a big gap between the higher class of people and the lower class. Whereby the upper class treats their servants with little attention of the rights they are entitled to by virtue of being human beings. This therefore makes slaves to be treated with cruelty, denying them a voice to air out their personal feelings, denying them rights to a better and proper life for example their style of living has to be different from that of their masters in terms of feeding, clothing, sheltering and in other aspects of life. Therefore, basing on these grounds, my argument is strongly supported that slavery is an evil practice because of how other people are denied their natural rights.

 

References

Inikori, J. E. (1992). The Atlantic slave trade: Effects on economies, societies, and peoples in Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Durham [u.a.: Duke Univ. Press.

Manning, P. (2004). Slavery, colonialism and economic growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

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‘My Sassy Girl’ and ‘Kilsodeum 1985’

The background information behind the two films (Kilsodeum 1985 and My Sassy Girl) is based on post-war in Korea and how the gender role was displayed.  Both films reflect principle ideologies from anti stereotypical angle on how male gender opposes female gender.  It is important to say that even though gender role in social context are promoted in terms of gender equality, women are disempowered   in a way that they have a limited opportunity in the family.   Lack of opportunity has resulted in conflict between the women role and male dominion in the society.  The conflict emerges when women tries to eliminate a sorrow which comes as a result of men’s dominion. The films focus on institutional frameworks in terms of system disruption, socio-political order and limits of freedom in historical period.  Both films have some instances of romance but the romance is the key thing which introduces the gender dynamics. In general, there is an internal conflict as a result of gender crisis and this shows how women role are disempowered   in pre-modern era in the films.

 The film ‘My Sassy Girl’ introduces the limited freedom in female characters despite their   important role in motherhood.  In this film, women tend to present their eccentric behavior toward sexual desire and the important thing to note is that their behaviors are not regarded as   a positive liberation but it is viewed a defensive mechanism.[1]  The gender roles in this film are not only represented as a comedy but also as an inversion of gender roles. According to the movie, Korea for several years have  tried to cope with feminists issues  and  several studies have shown that  the country should eliminate the  traditional heritage in order to eliminate feminist issues[2].   The film introduces the gender inversion and sexuality in Cheol-su. This character displays the feminine traits in her relationship with Chun-hui. Despite that fact that this male character lives in a dusty apartment, the female character shows her much love by maintaining cleanliness.

 In this scenario, gender role is disempowered in the family  though it is disempowered in this scenario  when  Cheol-su suggest that they should   add sexual  scenes in the film so that viewers can be interested and Chun-hui opposes her suggestions   since his sexual desires  are natural   at the end their  relationship fails   since Cheol-su does  not give him  romantic love[3]. Jeon is a female character in   the film ‘My Sassy Girl’ and  this character  posses negatives traits as she  is seen drunkard  with her boyfriend  and as the movie continues, there is a melodramatic turn  where Jeon changes her behavior and recognizes her vulnerable nature[4].  It is important to note that being eccentric develops   differences in social norms and other challenges from patriarchal society.  This is apparent in that, initially she feels discontented with conventional gender behaviors and tries to free away from the sentimentality[5].   

 Despite the fact that   heroines in the film embrace an eccentric character, there is a contradiction in their gender roles.  Note that, Jeon appears to be the protagonist character who   fails to sustain her independent behaviors[6].  Her desire clearly presents the contemporary Korean women and how they struggle to isolate themselves from sexual discrimination and other difficult is seen as they try to achieve true romantic love. Women try to run away from men violence and they define themselves as diffident and conservative[7].  They struggle to have a control on their relationships under the male control. Gender relation is the key thing which introduces the new look where the male views the female as a masculine visual pleasure.   According to the different scenarios of the female characters, male’s blatant role is apparent in the film for instance when Kyun-Woo wakes Jun up by giving her a medicine[8].  On this scenario, the male character embraces an opposite mind on sexuality   compared with male gaze.  On the other hand, Jun is positioned as an objective and this shows how females are dependent of men[9].  Jun in the film reveals the Korean young females and how their definition of love is based on cultural identity.  Traditionally, female believed that  they are object to men but they have to realize that  they have their own gender structure  and male should be associated with them  under  their own control and willingness,  It is important to note that the fact that Jun  is  not given the name reveals that  female do not have the identity  in popular culture[10].  Men always use objectives through commercial strategies and thus strategies deny them personal control in social context[11].  

The film, “Kilsodeum 1985” explores the political division and the real tragedy and effect to the gender in the society. The film portrays the tragedy of the war by presenting Hwa-young who lives with her family but now she is an orphan after losing the family in an epidemic.  Before the epidemic, she lives with her father’s friend and forms a friendship with Dong-jin and becomes pregnant[12]. However, the two are separated by chaotic events and Hwa-young lose her son and start to live a miserable life.  After thirty three years,   the two meets at Reunion Square and they are reunited and they retraces their memories on the past and remembers Seok-cheol.

            Through various characters, the film portrays a great need for reunion in order to heal the traditional wound between the individuals life.   The division which occurred during the   war tragedy led to effects which impacted the lives of people in a negative way.  Just to provide a little background on information on this film is that about 10million were displaced and this introduced a kind of emotional problems as families were separated[13].  The film introduces the main character, Hwa-young who is searching for her family and specifically her son whom she lost during the war.  Hwa-young is in a difficult situation as a motherhood and her maternal responsibility in searching for her son.    In the process of searching for family members, individual have a great love over each other[14].  The female protagonist   loses her family  during Korean  independence  unlike the male protagonists where we are told that  they are obstructed  by  communal valued in  fulfilling  their  sentiment with  their lovers.  Other thing which presents the disempowerment in female gender is that men are not displayed with emotions of searching their mothers.  According to the reading, it is clear that women feel awkwardness and unconfident   and they do not get sentimentality[15].  

            There is a painful reality in the beauty and innocence where unbearable pain is arising through nostalgic memories. Korean women are not able to bear the present pain and this triggers the past experience   since present reality is completely ignored.  The film puts much concentration on home to show that females are vulnerable to challenges despite the fact they are innocent souls[16].  The protagonist and the characters that are in need of their beloved face socio-economic challenges, and it is clear that the modern Korean society faces the same challenges. The challenges arise simply because nation is not responding to the issues with original intention.  Other irritating thing is that the separated families not only did they separate due to war but also due to poverty.  In addition, the Post-war economy has developed social inequality in that the victims’ social solidarity is lost as a result of class division and disintegration.   The ongoing tragedy is affecting the lives of people as they lack identity and a sense of unity[17].

Hwa-young is the real mother of her son from medical evidence, but she rejects due to some reasons.  The reason for these actions is that she is interested with forgetting the past and maintaining the peace which she has struggled to get.   According to the reading, the mother opts to forget the bullet stuck since it does not affect her everyday life[18].   She understand that in order to move forward, she must forget the past  and avoid to reflect the mind on war periods  since by doing so she will  experience the war again in a indirect manner. This is a symbolism that Korea bloodline’ is very important and women have a positive image though the film shows that the Korean society does not recognize the maternal love, women perseverance as well as sacrifice on their children[19].  Women are not empowered but rather they are left in a confused situation.   The society overlooks the need to recognize the women nor does it pass moral judgment   but   it views  such people just as ‘human beings’ no matter the pain of separation  exists in their heart.

Work cited

Park, JaeYoon. 2008. Seeing stars: female film stars and female audiences in post-colonial Korea.

http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3316023.

 

JINHEE CHOI. THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM RENAISSANCE.  Local Hitmakers. Global Provocateurs.

 

Korean Film Archive (2012). Women On Screen. Understranding Korean Society and Women through

Films.

 

[1] JINHEE CHOI. THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM RENAISSANCE.  Local Hitmakers. Global Provocateurs. Pg.89

 

[2] JINHEE CHOI. THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM RENAISSANCE.  Local Hitmakers. Global Provocateurs. Pg 85

 

[3] Park, JaeYoon. 2008. Seeing stars: female film stars and female audiences in post-colonial Korea. Pg 91

 

[4] Park, JaeYoon. 2008. Seeing stars: female film stars and female audiences in post-colonial Korea. Pg92

 

[5] JINHEE CHOI. THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM RENAISSANCE.  Local Hitmakers. Global Provocateurs. Pg 93

 

[6] JINHEE CHOI. THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM RENAISSANCE.  Local Hitmakers. Global Provocateurs. 94

 

[7] Park, JaeYoon. 2008. Seeing stars: female film stars and female audiences in post-colonial Korea.

http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3316023.pg 7

 

 

[8] JINHEE CHOI. THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM RENAISSANCE.  Local Hitmakers. Global Provocateurs. Pg 97

 

[9] Park, JaeYoon. 2008. Seeing stars: female film stars and female audiences in post-colonial Korea.

http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3316023.pg 9

 

 

[10] JINHEE CHOI. THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM RENAISSANCE.  Local Hitmakers. Global Provocateurs. Pg 97

 

[11] Park, JaeYoon. 2008. Seeing stars: female film stars and female audiences in post-colonial Korea.

http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3316023.pg 10

 

 

[12] Korean Film Archive (2012). Women On Screen. Understranding Korean Society and Women through

Films. Pg 197

 

[13] Park, JaeYoon. 2008. Seeing stars: female film stars and female audiences in post-colonial Korea.

http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3316023.pg 7

 

 

[14] Korean Film Archive (2012). Women On Screen. Understranding Korean Society and Women through

Films. pg 201

 

[15] Korean Film Archive (2012). Women On Screen. Understranding Korean Society and Women through

Films. pg 201

 

[16] Korean Film Archive (2012). Women On Screen. Understranding Korean Society and Women through

Films. pg 203

 

[17] Korean Film Archive (2012). Women On Screen. Understranding Korean Society and Women through

Films. pg 207

 

[18] Korean Film Archive (2012). Women On Screen. Understranding Korean Society and Women through

Films. pg 215

 

[19] Korean Film Archive (2012). Women On Screen. Understranding Korean Society and Women through

Films. 215

 

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The Couple in the Cage

The pair in the cage is a sequence of concerts done by Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Coco Fusco. The two adorned themselves out in nascent gears and locked themselves in a golden cage. In it they appeared before the public as “undiscovered Amerlndians” which was an exercise based on racist images of natives in the faux anthropology. This performance has been done in four different countries for eight times where it evoked various responses (R.R. Bowker Company. 2000). Among the responses was one which was most startling where a big number of people did not find the inkling “natives” tamper-proofed in a cage obnoxious. The confrontational video advocates that the “primitive” is nothing more than a profitable of the west and makes use of amusing fiction to report ancient truths and calamities.

They voyaged through numerous western cities where they presented this calling themselves and their homeland Guatinauis. The couple performed their traditional responsibilities from watching television to the lady darning voodoo dolls while displayed in the cage. The couple even placed a box for donation outside the cage where they were to present some of their performances for a fee hence making a show out of it. This entailed of a traditional dance from the lady while the man would narrate outmoded stories all in a made-up semantic (R.R. Bowker Company. 2000). They had also security guards who stood around the cage with the task of answering any arising questions, feeding the Guatinauis and on leashes take them to the bathroom. All the couple did in the cage was found to be profoundly melodramatic, where their skulls were measured, feed on bananas and were estimated samples. This all are characters of monkeys at the zoo.

All this now a documentary served to dissect the audience’s responses to the peculiar display. Most surprisingly a good percentage of the audience believed in the authenticity of the Guatinauis. However, the intension of the documentary or rather the displays was to exaggerate the western discernments of a primeval and primal ‘other’ for an ironic and comedic verge. Other than the anticipated it led to the recognition of just how protuberant chauvinistic dogmas were in their postcolonial humanity (Slaughter, Moreno, & Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2009). Therefore from then the documentary served as an indirect proof that colonial thoughts which concession the concept of non-western people being original and lesser in all facets to western people, still pervade our domain today. In fact the ideas ties back those of N’gugi of how orature is dependably minimized today because its origin and progress happened in the occupied or more aboriginal lands.

One of the articles about the performance is an argument that the spectators’ instant response discloses their essential beliefs. The incorporation of a discussion of morality where human being were quite simply handling other human being as unusual curiosities. There was a complete disregard of the notion that they too were human being with brains, species and body as they themselves (Slaughter, Moreno, & Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2009). Further, the documentary served to question the accustomed notions of concert rotating around line memorization, a stage in the amphitheater and prepared body engagements. The sort of performance in the in the documentary was all the more powerful for the audience being in a certain position, performing behaviors that had not been rehearsed and propelling viewers into a field or a theater. Moreover, what makes this performance more intriguing is the fact that unlike in the theater where the audience has no clue of what they watch. In this there is room for the viewer to watch his or her responses as the third party in the documentary.

 

 

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Slaughter, S., Moreno, H., & Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. (2009). Representación y fronteras: El performance en los límites del género. México, D.F: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género.

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R.R. Bowker Company. (2000). Bowker's complete video directory 2000. New Providence, N.J: R.R. Bowker.

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