10- question
So I'm not really creative enough to search the Internet and find a question, so I went back to the blog page. I actually decided to answer one of my own questions, even though it has to do with the last unit we learned, the Middle East.
Do you feel that women in the Middle East have a strong role?
-must use the language- I feel..
20- evidence
Ok so, I'm on vacation and don't have my sources with me. But I definatly remember sources from the latter half of the unit that I thought really displayed the role women in the Middle East played. In my eyes, it was a very strong one. It wasn't really something that was on the outer layer of Mazon's glob, blob, whatever, because that would have shown the idea that women were being oppressed, etc. It's more in the innter later, the one that you can't see, that shows how they dominate.
Thesis: At first glance, it would seem that women in the MIddle East are oppressed, but when looking deeper, into the inner layer of Mazon's glob, it's eveident that they have a stong role.
30- writing
At first glance, it would seem as if the women in the Middle East were oppressed, but when looking deeper, into the inner layer of Mazon's glob, it's evident they have a strong role. We can see this through the importance of the little girl's shoes in Children of Heaven, the affects of the presence of the character Hamida in Midaq Alley, and how women affet the religion of Islam itself.
In the highly allegorical and symbolic Iranian film, Children of Heaven, the filmmaker uses the importance of the little girl's shoes as a statement about the role of women in the Middle Eastern culture. The little girl demands a new pair of shoes because her brother lost hers, so he begins on a journey to fulfill her wishes. To the outsider, it may seem as if the things he did were for himself, for hisown personal gain, like winning the race, helping his father with work, being late for school ,etc. In reality, these actions were a result of attempting to get his sister shoes. Although the girl herself isn't going out and doing these things, sge us tge reason they're being done. Behind the scenes, she wears the pants in the relationship and she determines what's done. She plays a very strong role.
Another woman who determined the fate of alot of men's lives was the promiscuous Hamida, from Midaq Alley. True, her effects weren't great but her presence created some all the same. When news got out that she was to marry another man, Salim Alwan, the businessman who lusted after her, had a heart attack. When Abbas tried to save her from a life of prostitution, he was beaten to death by a mob of men. Although she didn't positively affect anyone, she changed the lives of at least two people, as well as the whole alley, forever.
Another very strong woman that determined alot for the Middle Eastern culture was the wife of the Prophet Mohammed. When he first received the angel Gabriel, the first person Mohammed told was his wife. She encouraged him to spread word of these revelations and was Islam's first follower. Mohammed wouldn't have married her if not for her business, which gave both of them legitimacy, and allowed him to gain respect among the community. Islam dominates the MIddle Eastern culture and if it weren't for this woman, it wouldn't have existed. IT is clear that women play a strong role in Middle Eastern culture.
Through looking at the little Iranian girl in Children of Heaven, Hamida, and Mohammed's wife, it's evident that women in the MIddle East have a role that is strong. Quiet maybe, but strong all the same.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
10- searching for a question
I was looking for something that would go along with what we learned about Dostoevsky yesterday in the film that followed The Crocodile. I remembered that there was a question on the writing group blog involving Dostoevsky and what Tolstoy's opinion of him might be. Although I didn't know much about Tolstoy, from his 'How Much Land Does a Man Need?', I figured he'd be big on community sense. Perhaps he'd supposed the Socialitic ideas arising in Russia at that time that Dostoevsky so disliked. Who knows. Evidence shall point me in the right direction!
What would Tolstoy think of Dostoevsky?
The question asks about Tolstoy's opinion.
20- Evidence
I had to do a ton of research on Leo Tolstoy to find what what he believed in , what his views were, etc. Then I had to see how they related to those of Dostoevsky. One thing I noticed was that some of their views had similar cores, that they were actually alot alike. Two big ones seemed to be how they felt about order and self-reliance. I also found some on their relationship.
Thesis: Although Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy believed in different things, they reflected the same core values, which led to Tolstoy to think highly of Dostoevsky.
paragraph 1- Tolstoy's Christian anarchism, Dostoevsky's opinion on order
paragraph 2- both possessing an air of existentialism
paragraph 3- mututal respect
30- writing
Although Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy believed in different things, they reflected the same core values, which led Tolstoy to think highly of Dostoevsky. We'll look at two similarities in the beliefs, opposition to order although religious, and self reliance, as well as their relationship with one another.
A common theme between the to authors is their rejection of order, even though they themselves were relgious people. Leo Tolstoy's political views have been stated as those that support Christian anarchism. He was against the Russian governemtnt of the time, and wanted a state in which there were no laws. Maybe not no laws, but only laws that upheld Christian values. Dostoevsky on the other hand only became religious when he got back from Siberia after being emprisoned for writing radical things against the government. He hated order vehemently, claiming it restricted the individual, and even made fun of those that supported it (as we saw in The Crocodile). Both writer were religious men who called for smaller government and less oppression.
Along with so adamently denouncing order, Dostoevsky was also big on rationality, and other elements that would become what we now today as existentialism. It is claimed that his 'Noes from Underground' was the beginning of that school of thought. Such beliefs include the individual having sole responsibility in the meaning of their life, and the importance of freedom of choice and free will (which would be restricted by order). Leo Tolstoy's teachings of Christian anarchism are rationalized ones, and rationality is a huge component of existentialism. Tolstoy also had been caught saying that man can't exist without the idea of free will. These self reliant ideas linked Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, which may have lead to the mutual respect of the two authors.
True, they may never have met face-to-face, but it is known that Tolstoy and Dostoevsky deeply respected one another. They often critisized and praised each other's works. Dostoevsky once said that he thought Tolstoy to be one of the finest of all living writers. There was even a meeting set up between the two men, but there was confusion as to where it would be held, and they never got together. Tolstoy may have denounced Crime and Punishment, but he still had very high opinions of Fyodor Dostoevsky and it has been reported that he wept when the news of his death was broken to him.
There are many elements of Fyodor Dostoevsky's writings and views that are similar to those of Leo Tolstoy's. Both men respected one another, and Tolstoy had very high opinions of Dostoevsky.
I was looking for something that would go along with what we learned about Dostoevsky yesterday in the film that followed The Crocodile. I remembered that there was a question on the writing group blog involving Dostoevsky and what Tolstoy's opinion of him might be. Although I didn't know much about Tolstoy, from his 'How Much Land Does a Man Need?', I figured he'd be big on community sense. Perhaps he'd supposed the Socialitic ideas arising in Russia at that time that Dostoevsky so disliked. Who knows. Evidence shall point me in the right direction!
What would Tolstoy think of Dostoevsky?
The question asks about Tolstoy's opinion.
20- Evidence
I had to do a ton of research on Leo Tolstoy to find what what he believed in , what his views were, etc. Then I had to see how they related to those of Dostoevsky. One thing I noticed was that some of their views had similar cores, that they were actually alot alike. Two big ones seemed to be how they felt about order and self-reliance. I also found some on their relationship.
Thesis: Although Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy believed in different things, they reflected the same core values, which led to Tolstoy to think highly of Dostoevsky.
paragraph 1- Tolstoy's Christian anarchism, Dostoevsky's opinion on order
paragraph 2- both possessing an air of existentialism
paragraph 3- mututal respect
30- writing
Although Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy believed in different things, they reflected the same core values, which led Tolstoy to think highly of Dostoevsky. We'll look at two similarities in the beliefs, opposition to order although religious, and self reliance, as well as their relationship with one another.
A common theme between the to authors is their rejection of order, even though they themselves were relgious people. Leo Tolstoy's political views have been stated as those that support Christian anarchism. He was against the Russian governemtnt of the time, and wanted a state in which there were no laws. Maybe not no laws, but only laws that upheld Christian values. Dostoevsky on the other hand only became religious when he got back from Siberia after being emprisoned for writing radical things against the government. He hated order vehemently, claiming it restricted the individual, and even made fun of those that supported it (as we saw in The Crocodile). Both writer were religious men who called for smaller government and less oppression.
Along with so adamently denouncing order, Dostoevsky was also big on rationality, and other elements that would become what we now today as existentialism. It is claimed that his 'Noes from Underground' was the beginning of that school of thought. Such beliefs include the individual having sole responsibility in the meaning of their life, and the importance of freedom of choice and free will (which would be restricted by order). Leo Tolstoy's teachings of Christian anarchism are rationalized ones, and rationality is a huge component of existentialism. Tolstoy also had been caught saying that man can't exist without the idea of free will. These self reliant ideas linked Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, which may have lead to the mutual respect of the two authors.
True, they may never have met face-to-face, but it is known that Tolstoy and Dostoevsky deeply respected one another. They often critisized and praised each other's works. Dostoevsky once said that he thought Tolstoy to be one of the finest of all living writers. There was even a meeting set up between the two men, but there was confusion as to where it would be held, and they never got together. Tolstoy may have denounced Crime and Punishment, but he still had very high opinions of Fyodor Dostoevsky and it has been reported that he wept when the news of his death was broken to him.
There are many elements of Fyodor Dostoevsky's writings and views that are similar to those of Leo Tolstoy's. Both men respected one another, and Tolstoy had very high opinions of Dostoevsky.
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