Thursday, August 30, 2012
Things Fall Apart
1) Who was Achebe’s intended audience? Who did he write Things Fall Apart for? What was he trying to communicate to his audience?
I would say that his intended audience was for unknowing people. The average person that never understood a culture like the Igbo. He is trying to communicate the way culture, the personalities of these characters so people can understand what it’s like.
2) What does the opening epigraph by Yeats tell us about the novel? What themes does it introduce?
Looking back now, I think that Okonkwo is the falcon and the falconer is his dad. Anarchy meaning, the power that Okonkwo’s father had on him is fading - “Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.”
3) Is Okonkwo destined for tragedy or did his choices (made of his own free will) lead him to his tragic end?
Okonkwo’s choices lead him to tragedy. He chose to not be like his father. He wanted to be powerful. He didn’t show emotion, well anything other than anger. Love or compassion was a sign of weakness. People who want power and aren’t nice about how they get it...it’s called Karma.
4) Why does Okonkwo hang himself? Is it a cowardly act or brave? Weak or noble?
Okonkwo hanged himself because he didn’t want to be ruled by the Europeans. In the book, it is said that it is cowardly and weak, because it’s a disgrace to the Earth to take away your life, but I think that from a political and social stand point, that it was a way to rebel against the Europeans and prove a point to them, that he wasn’t going to abide by their rules and religious views.
5) What do the constant references to gender (male/female) say about Okonkwo? About Igbo culture?
Throughout the book there were references it says that Okonkwo and the Igbo culture are outdated and sexist. Unfortunately, woman were treated with a small degree of respect. Not so often you heard anything neg. about a man, but it shows how respect is lacked in the culture and from Okonkwo.
6) Why do you think Achebe often used untranslated Igbo words? What kind of tone was he trying to evoke?
I think that Achebe used the words because he wanted the reader to feel like they were in their culture and experience the events that were happening in the book. The tone he was trying to create was a realistic one. He wanted the reader to be connected to the incidents, not just treat the story as another book. He wanted the connection to be real.
7) Why do you think the people of Umuofia maintain the belief that the egwugwu are gods when they are clearly masked humans?
I think that belief is a big part in that. Someone who believes strongly enough in something or has had a strong tradition and has respect for it, is more apt to not believe the truth. Is more likely to continue to believe because of the rich heritage.
8) The Western canon has traditionally imagined white European culture as humane and civilizing. On the other hand, Eastern and African cultures have been depicted as primitive and savage. Does this hold true for Things Fall Apart? How are the representations of both parties – the Igbo and the white men – more complex than this traditional model?
The concepts do hold true in some ways because i'm not used to their culture. I wouldn't agree with how their treat the women or children, to be seen and not heard, but that also goes by a frequent stereotype, that the white European is arrogant and wants power and wealth. It’s more complex because there is more sides and reasons to why the Europeans went to different parts of the world.
9) Does Things Fall Apart present a one-dimensional perspective of white people or a holistic and accurate one?
I think it’s a one-dimensional perspective because the author doesn’t explain why the Europeans came, why they wanted to spread christianity, and so forth. The author only talked about the negative and not the positive.
10) Is the story told about the Igbo and colonization only relevant to this specific Nigerian group or is it representative of other colonized groups as well?
I represents other colonized groups as well because other colony’s have been taken over by Europeans or anyone else. It show religion being spread throughout the world, which is a major event in the world’s history. It’s an all around story.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Things Fall Apart
Who was Achebe’s intended audience? Who did he write Things Fall Apart for? What was he trying to communicate to his audience?
I would say that his intended audience was for unknowing people. The average person that never understood a culture like the Igbo. He is trying to communicate the way culture, the personalities of these characters so people can understand what it’s like.
What does the opening epigraph by Yeats tell us about the novel? What themes does it introduce?
Looking back now, I think that Okonkwo is the falcon and the falconer is his dad. Anarchy meaning, the power that Okonkwo’s father had on him is fading - “Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.”
Is Okonkwo destined for tragedy or did his choices (made of his own free will) lead him to his tragic end?
Okonkwo’s choices lead him to tragedy. He chose to not be like his father. He wanted to be powerful. He didn’t show emotion, well anything other than anger. Love or compassion was a sign of weakness. People who want power and aren’t nice about how they get it...it’s called Karma.
Why does Okonkwo hang himself? Is it a cowardly act or brave? Weak or noble?
What do the constant references to gender (male/female) say about Okonkwo? About Igbo culture?
Throughout the book there were references it says that Okonkwo and the Igbo culture are outdated and sexist. Unfortunately, woman were treated with a small degree of respect. Not so often you heard anything neg. about a man, but it shows how respect is lacked in the culture and from Okonkwo.
Why do you think Achebe often used untranslated Igbo words? What kind of tone was he trying to evoke?
I think that Achebe used the words because he wanted the reader to feel like they were in their culture and experience the events that were happening in the book. The tone he was trying to create was a realistic one. He wanted the reader to be connected to the incidents, not just treat the story as another book. He wanted the connection to be real.
Why do you think the people of Umuofia maintain the belief that the egwugwu are gods when they are clearly masked humans?
The Western canon has traditionally imagined white European culture as humane and civilizing. On the other hand, Eastern and African cultures have been depicted as primitive and savage. Does this hold true for Things Fall Apart? How are the representations of both parties – the Igbo and the white men – more complex than this traditional model?
Does Things Fall Apart present a one-dimensional perspective of white people or a holistic and accurate one?
Is the story told about the Igbo and colonization only relevant to this specific Nigerian group or is it representative of other colonized groups as well?
Germs. Guns. and Steel.
1. What are the commonly espoused answers to "Yali's question," and how does Jared Diamond address and refute each of them?
Some common answers are that there is a biological difference between people, political and economic development, also technology. Jared Diamond proves that these could be false by comparing White immigrants in Australia who became literate, had metal tools, food production to Aborigines who were hunter/gatherers.
2. Why does Diamond hypothesize that New Guineans might be, on the average, "smarter" than Westerners?
Diamond hypothesized that New Guineans might be smarter than westerners because of how little New Guineans rely on other people or their government to supply them with their necessities. New Guineans are self sustaining while, westerners on average, are not.
3. Why is it important to differentiate between proximate and ultimate causes?
It’s important to differentiate between proximate and ultimate causes because the proximate is the little stuff that keeps building up the ultimate cause. The ultimate is the all mighty in a way.
4. Do you find some of Diamond's methodologies more compelling than others? Which, and why?
5. What is the importance of the order of the chapters? Why, for example, is "Collision at Cajamarca"—which describes events that occur thousands of years after those described in the subsequent chapters—placed where it is?
It is placed where it is because each part answers Yali’s question in a way where each chapter adds on or compliments the previous one and the next.
6. How are Polynesian Islands "an experiment of history"? What conclusions does Diamond draw from their history?
Polynesian Islands are “an experiment of history” because the trends that they came up with such as, economic specialization, social complexity, and material products, were what the world started to do. The conclusions that he draws are the same categories that came from all over the world. It was the starting point. The Polynesians were reliant on stone tools, while South America was getting into precious metal.
7. How does Diamond challenge our assumptions about the transition from hunter-gathering to farming?
There are two key assumptions that Diamond wanted to point out. He wanted to show people that people don’t just chose to be hunter and gatherers. It was the area and the time where it took place. Also I believe that Nomadic hunters was another one. Lea brought up a good point, (well what Diamond said) It was how people lived. When enough area had enough space and resources to live and prosper were provided was when farming became what it is.
8. How is farming an "auto-catalytic" process? How does this account for the great disparities in societies, as well as for the possibilities of parallel evolution?
Farming is an auto-catalytic process because it’s the making of a mass supply of food and making different kinds. This causes more people to eat, more people to be born. But when creating food or any product, things adapt and eat it. This accounts for disparities in societies by, creating diseases or ‘super bugs’, the ones that have already adapted and spread disease or cause the food to be not edible. Which then leads to starvation.
9. Why did almonds prove domesticable while acorns were not? What significance does this have?
Almonds were domesticable because they had only one thing of dna that made them unedible, while that bad dna has more in the acorn. The significance of that is that well it’s harder to find stuff to eat. For example...I don’t think there are any almonds in maine, while there are more acorns. So that makes less of a resource for food.
10. How does Diamond explain the fact that domesticable American apples and grapes were not domesticated until the arrival of Europeans?
The apples and grapes weren’t from America until the Europeans because of the climate. There is no way that Natives would know how to plant those or have them grow under the right conditions because they weren’t a native plant.
11. What were the advantages enjoyed by the Fertile Crescent that allowed it to be the earliest site of development for most of the building blocks of civilization? How does Diamond explain the fact that it was nevertheless Europe and not Southwest Asia that ended up spreading its culture to the rest of the world?
Well climate was a major factor. It allowed the food to grow well. The crescent contains flora which helped with pollination. Diamond said that Southwest Asia didn’t end up spreading its culture to the world because like Lea said, the communication was terrible.
*****12. How does Diamond refute the argument that the failure to domesticate certain animals arose from cultural differences? What does the modern failure to domesticate, for example, the eland suggest about the reasons why some peoples independently developed domestic animals and others did not?
Diamond disproved that argument because he said that domestication of animals, when given the opportunity, it has been going on for years. Well house animals are a good example because they were just easy to tame, while some are not.
13. What is the importance of the "Anna Karenina principle"?
The important of the “anna karenina principle” is it’s the reason why few animals were able to be domesticated. There are 6 reasons why: Diet, Growth, Problems of Captive Breeding, Disposition, Common Panic Attacks, Social Order.
14. How does comparing mutations help one trace the spread of agriculture?
It helps to trace because you can compare where exactly a food was genetically altered, how it flourished, the conditions it endured, and what the difference actually was. It shows how different societies managed to grow the same crop, but with different techniques and style.
15. How does civilization lead to epidemics?
Civilization leads to epidemics through evolution and adaptation. As people get more inventive and stronger, so does the world around them. Creation and curiosity is what creates epidemics because that’s what opens the door to widespread disease and other nasty germs. With a society that has never had an outbreak, their immune systems aren’t up to par and well, they would just die.
16. How does Diamond's theory that invention is, in fact, the mother of necessity bear upon the traditional "heroic" model of invention?
Invention, the mother of necessity goes with ‘heroic’ invention because in 1942 was the start of the manhattan project. The United States needed to create an atomic bomb. This bomb was a necessity to end the war. It was a heroic invention because it was used in combat.
17. According to Diamond, how does religion evolve along with increasingly complex societies?
Well I know that from previous knowledge that government has a huge part in religion. Whether it be forced or not. As people become more advanced and more populated so does that religion and the amount of faith.
18. How is linguistic evidence used to draw conclusions about the spread of peoples in China, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Africa?
This is one that I didn’t get. But Lea said that you can’t borrow or take another place’s language. To add on to that, these places are not in the same region, there are in different settings and an environment. For language to travel it would have to be in a close area. That’s why usually, Americans first language is English, and Italian natives, speak Italian.
19. What is the significance of the differing outcomes of Austronesian expansion in Indonesia and New Guinea?
The significance is that the Austronesians were way better off they produced food and were advanced in technology. Then the Indonesians were occupied by them. Then the Portuguese came and then the English because they wouldn’t have that. The indonesians were better off when the English came because of their production of food.
20. How does Diamond explain China's striking unity and Europe's persistent disunity? What consequences do these conditions have for world history?
Well basically, China has one language. Europe on the other hand speaks many different languages and has different cultures within regions. This makes for problems throughout world history because Europe wasn’t as unified, while the Chinese were basically uniform and refined. (Also China is
21. How does Diamond refute the charge that Australia is proof that differences in the fates of human societies are a matter of people and not environment? In what other areas of the world could Diamond's argument be used?
You can live in any environment it’s just harder in some. He says that Australian people could have chosen to do other things for gathering resources, like hunting. Other areas of the world could be Egypt because of hot, dry days, and cold nights.
22. What aspects of Diamond's evidence do lay readers have to take on faith? Which aspects are explained?
Quite honestly, I never doubted that Diamond wasn’t making stuff up because one, he has a huge bibliography in the back, the book is so long, and that everything is proven and almost disproven. He explained why the book is called Germs, Guns, and Steel.
23. Diamond offers two tribes, the Chimbu and the Daribi, as examples of differing receptivities to innovation. Do you think he would accept larger, continent-wide differences in receptivity? Why or why not? How problematic might cultural factors prove for Diamond's arguments?
I would think that he would accept the differences because he wrote a whole book just trying to answer Yali’s question. I think just a little, cultures are all different and won’t always go by what Diamond has said.
24. How, throughout the book, does Diamond address the issues he discusses in the last few pages of his final chapter, when he proposes a science of human history?
Diamond, throughout the book, showed that he was a person, just trying to answer Yali’s question. He knew that he didn’t have all the answers. By using “I” throughout this book, you know that it’s only his look at things. Also when he proposes Human history he knew that there was no way that he could fit all the possible answers.
Some common answers are that there is a biological difference between people, political and economic development, also technology. Jared Diamond proves that these could be false by comparing White immigrants in Australia who became literate, had metal tools, food production to Aborigines who were hunter/gatherers.
2. Why does Diamond hypothesize that New Guineans might be, on the average, "smarter" than Westerners?
Diamond hypothesized that New Guineans might be smarter than westerners because of how little New Guineans rely on other people or their government to supply them with their necessities. New Guineans are self sustaining while, westerners on average, are not.
3. Why is it important to differentiate between proximate and ultimate causes?
It’s important to differentiate between proximate and ultimate causes because the proximate is the little stuff that keeps building up the ultimate cause. The ultimate is the all mighty in a way.
4. Do you find some of Diamond's methodologies more compelling than others? Which, and why?
5. What is the importance of the order of the chapters? Why, for example, is "Collision at Cajamarca"—which describes events that occur thousands of years after those described in the subsequent chapters—placed where it is?
It is placed where it is because each part answers Yali’s question in a way where each chapter adds on or compliments the previous one and the next.
6. How are Polynesian Islands "an experiment of history"? What conclusions does Diamond draw from their history?
Polynesian Islands are “an experiment of history” because the trends that they came up with such as, economic specialization, social complexity, and material products, were what the world started to do. The conclusions that he draws are the same categories that came from all over the world. It was the starting point. The Polynesians were reliant on stone tools, while South America was getting into precious metal.
7. How does Diamond challenge our assumptions about the transition from hunter-gathering to farming?
There are two key assumptions that Diamond wanted to point out. He wanted to show people that people don’t just chose to be hunter and gatherers. It was the area and the time where it took place. Also I believe that Nomadic hunters was another one. Lea brought up a good point, (well what Diamond said) It was how people lived. When enough area had enough space and resources to live and prosper were provided was when farming became what it is.
8. How is farming an "auto-catalytic" process? How does this account for the great disparities in societies, as well as for the possibilities of parallel evolution?
Farming is an auto-catalytic process because it’s the making of a mass supply of food and making different kinds. This causes more people to eat, more people to be born. But when creating food or any product, things adapt and eat it. This accounts for disparities in societies by, creating diseases or ‘super bugs’, the ones that have already adapted and spread disease or cause the food to be not edible. Which then leads to starvation.
9. Why did almonds prove domesticable while acorns were not? What significance does this have?
Almonds were domesticable because they had only one thing of dna that made them unedible, while that bad dna has more in the acorn. The significance of that is that well it’s harder to find stuff to eat. For example...I don’t think there are any almonds in maine, while there are more acorns. So that makes less of a resource for food.
10. How does Diamond explain the fact that domesticable American apples and grapes were not domesticated until the arrival of Europeans?
The apples and grapes weren’t from America until the Europeans because of the climate. There is no way that Natives would know how to plant those or have them grow under the right conditions because they weren’t a native plant.
11. What were the advantages enjoyed by the Fertile Crescent that allowed it to be the earliest site of development for most of the building blocks of civilization? How does Diamond explain the fact that it was nevertheless Europe and not Southwest Asia that ended up spreading its culture to the rest of the world?
Well climate was a major factor. It allowed the food to grow well. The crescent contains flora which helped with pollination. Diamond said that Southwest Asia didn’t end up spreading its culture to the world because like Lea said, the communication was terrible.
*****12. How does Diamond refute the argument that the failure to domesticate certain animals arose from cultural differences? What does the modern failure to domesticate, for example, the eland suggest about the reasons why some peoples independently developed domestic animals and others did not?
Diamond disproved that argument because he said that domestication of animals, when given the opportunity, it has been going on for years. Well house animals are a good example because they were just easy to tame, while some are not.
13. What is the importance of the "Anna Karenina principle"?
The important of the “anna karenina principle” is it’s the reason why few animals were able to be domesticated. There are 6 reasons why: Diet, Growth, Problems of Captive Breeding, Disposition, Common Panic Attacks, Social Order.
14. How does comparing mutations help one trace the spread of agriculture?
It helps to trace because you can compare where exactly a food was genetically altered, how it flourished, the conditions it endured, and what the difference actually was. It shows how different societies managed to grow the same crop, but with different techniques and style.
15. How does civilization lead to epidemics?
Civilization leads to epidemics through evolution and adaptation. As people get more inventive and stronger, so does the world around them. Creation and curiosity is what creates epidemics because that’s what opens the door to widespread disease and other nasty germs. With a society that has never had an outbreak, their immune systems aren’t up to par and well, they would just die.
16. How does Diamond's theory that invention is, in fact, the mother of necessity bear upon the traditional "heroic" model of invention?
Invention, the mother of necessity goes with ‘heroic’ invention because in 1942 was the start of the manhattan project. The United States needed to create an atomic bomb. This bomb was a necessity to end the war. It was a heroic invention because it was used in combat.
17. According to Diamond, how does religion evolve along with increasingly complex societies?
Well I know that from previous knowledge that government has a huge part in religion. Whether it be forced or not. As people become more advanced and more populated so does that religion and the amount of faith.
18. How is linguistic evidence used to draw conclusions about the spread of peoples in China, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Africa?
This is one that I didn’t get. But Lea said that you can’t borrow or take another place’s language. To add on to that, these places are not in the same region, there are in different settings and an environment. For language to travel it would have to be in a close area. That’s why usually, Americans first language is English, and Italian natives, speak Italian.
19. What is the significance of the differing outcomes of Austronesian expansion in Indonesia and New Guinea?
The significance is that the Austronesians were way better off they produced food and were advanced in technology. Then the Indonesians were occupied by them. Then the Portuguese came and then the English because they wouldn’t have that. The indonesians were better off when the English came because of their production of food.
20. How does Diamond explain China's striking unity and Europe's persistent disunity? What consequences do these conditions have for world history?
Well basically, China has one language. Europe on the other hand speaks many different languages and has different cultures within regions. This makes for problems throughout world history because Europe wasn’t as unified, while the Chinese were basically uniform and refined. (Also China is
21. How does Diamond refute the charge that Australia is proof that differences in the fates of human societies are a matter of people and not environment? In what other areas of the world could Diamond's argument be used?
You can live in any environment it’s just harder in some. He says that Australian people could have chosen to do other things for gathering resources, like hunting. Other areas of the world could be Egypt because of hot, dry days, and cold nights.
22. What aspects of Diamond's evidence do lay readers have to take on faith? Which aspects are explained?
Quite honestly, I never doubted that Diamond wasn’t making stuff up because one, he has a huge bibliography in the back, the book is so long, and that everything is proven and almost disproven. He explained why the book is called Germs, Guns, and Steel.
23. Diamond offers two tribes, the Chimbu and the Daribi, as examples of differing receptivities to innovation. Do you think he would accept larger, continent-wide differences in receptivity? Why or why not? How problematic might cultural factors prove for Diamond's arguments?
I would think that he would accept the differences because he wrote a whole book just trying to answer Yali’s question. I think just a little, cultures are all different and won’t always go by what Diamond has said.
24. How, throughout the book, does Diamond address the issues he discusses in the last few pages of his final chapter, when he proposes a science of human history?
Diamond, throughout the book, showed that he was a person, just trying to answer Yali’s question. He knew that he didn’t have all the answers. By using “I” throughout this book, you know that it’s only his look at things. Also when he proposes Human history he knew that there was no way that he could fit all the possible answers.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Exercies 1,2, and 3 for Delvelopement of Questions
Exercise 1:
Question A: YES
Question B: YES
Question C: NO
Question D: YES
Question E: NO
Exercise 2:
2A - A
2B - C
2C - B
2D - C
2E - A
Exercise 3:
How does the current conflict between Iran and Israel resemble Cold War, Europe.
Question A: YES
Question B: YES
Question C: NO
Question D: YES
Question E: NO
Exercise 2:
2A - A
2B - C
2C - B
2D - C
2E - A
Exercise 3:
How does the current conflict between Iran and Israel resemble Cold War, Europe.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
UN Law
Ellen Wainwright
March 14, 2012
United Nation Law:
All countries that are members of the United Nations are to abide by the following rules concerning genocide: 1) When Red Cross gets involved in a certain area or country concerning mass killings, action should be considered. 2) If hate propaganda is sprayed using the use of radio’s, internet, or campaigns to spread a message of mass murder, this is genocide. 3) If the government is involved in any campaign, UN forces must take action. 4) If the military is used to spread propaganda, then UN force must take action. 5) If a group is involved in anyway, (extremist etc.) then an investigation must be conducted.
There is no set worth to someone’s life. It is the priority of the UN to take any action, any step to make sure the mass murdering of people will never happen again. Take the steps and procautions to stop the problem. If any tips or evidence is broughten up, it will not be ignored, and won’t be taken lightly.
Any country that refuses to help in anyway, when there is a proven genocide, they will be sent to trial and face humanitary charges, by not acting to help human beings. Also will be considered removed from the UN.
Post Genocide, an investigation must be conducted in order for a fair prosecution. If the government is involved, the government will be cleaned out.
March 14, 2012
United Nation Law:
All countries that are members of the United Nations are to abide by the following rules concerning genocide: 1) When Red Cross gets involved in a certain area or country concerning mass killings, action should be considered. 2) If hate propaganda is sprayed using the use of radio’s, internet, or campaigns to spread a message of mass murder, this is genocide. 3) If the government is involved in any campaign, UN forces must take action. 4) If the military is used to spread propaganda, then UN force must take action. 5) If a group is involved in anyway, (extremist etc.) then an investigation must be conducted.
There is no set worth to someone’s life. It is the priority of the UN to take any action, any step to make sure the mass murdering of people will never happen again. Take the steps and procautions to stop the problem. If any tips or evidence is broughten up, it will not be ignored, and won’t be taken lightly.
Any country that refuses to help in anyway, when there is a proven genocide, they will be sent to trial and face humanitary charges, by not acting to help human beings. Also will be considered removed from the UN.
Post Genocide, an investigation must be conducted in order for a fair prosecution. If the government is involved, the government will be cleaned out.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Rwanda
Imagine you were Valentina. What would you do or say if you were confronted by Bagaruka in the village after the genocide?
I would probably, honestly try to hurt him. I don’t know if I could say that I would be the better person and rise above, but how could you confront him after a situation like that? He killed the people that I loved and knew, he took them away in front of me. I don’t think that I would ever be able to look him in the eyes and not say anything nasty or hateful. It’s a shame, but it’s probably what would happen.
Put yourself in the shoes of Denis Bagaruka. How could you kill all of these innocent people? What would you have to do to create a mindset that would make it possible for you to murder innocent women, men and children?
I don’t know how Denis Bagaruka could kill those innocent people. I cannot even imagine the thought of someone ending another persons life. The only reason that I can think of - that would help him have the “strength” to kill those people would be fear. Also being crazy - crazy from the fear. The more he thought about it, the crazier and more fearful he got and eventually, it got to him. The type of mindset would be revenge, and power. He wants his culture to be dominant and he would do anything to get there, even it meant killing innocent people. He wanted revenge for the previous years.
What kind of punishment should Bagaruka be given?
I believe he should have life in prison. Not to be executed or humiliated. Just sit in jail for the rest of his life. All alone, alone with his thoughts. The thoughts of killing innocent people, the screams, and cries for help can consume him. He shouldn’t have the luxury to forget and
. He should sit there in his own mess.
Try to put yourself in Valentina’s shoes. It is three years after the end of the genocide. In what ways does the genocide still impact your life?
The genocide still impacts my life when I can’t trust someone. I wouldn’t be able to love someone because I would fear them take advantage of me. I would also not people to love other things, because then I might lose them, and they would be gone. The emotional detachment would be unbearable.
When did the UN Officials receive warning signs about the genocide?
The UN received warning signs 3 months before the genocide. They asked for more troops, but it was ignored.
Besides the warning signs given by one of the planners, what were other warning signs of the genocide?
The other warning signs were when the training militia was open. The people behind the genocide started to hand out weapons, and the government sent out open hate speeches. They also created death lists.
How did state-sponsored propoganda present the Tutsi group?
The portrayed the group as evil and manipulative people. They were cockroaches and snakes whose goal was to regain power and return Rwanda to a country that mistreated Hutus’s.
What prevented the international community from calling the violence “genocide?” What would have happened if they had?
The international community didn’t believe that it was genocide. They wanted to ignore it so they wouldn’t have to waste the resources and time to go there. Which was there job.
If they went there, they probably would have stopped it and the genocide wouldn’t have happened.
Once the international community withdrew its troops, what did the militia decide to do?
Once the troops were withdraw, the militia made the genocide worse. They went on a rampage.
Who does Bill Clinton say must share responsibility for the genocide?
He said that countries in Africa and the U.N.
In what ways did genocide impact the development of the “developing” country?
Post-genocide, the country had no water, hospitals, schools, shelters, food programs, or factories. Public uses were not in function, like telephones and electricity.
Where does the rebuilding of a country shattered by genocide begin? What can people do? What can the government do? What can the international community do?
It starts with the people. They can either let it define them or let it strengthen them. The people can unite and become better people. They can let go of the hatred towards one another. The government can support the united stand and create laws and opportunities for everyone. The international community can support them by sending supplies and supporting growth and stability.
How can justice be found in post-genocide Rwanda?
Peace can be found in post genocide Rwanda by bringing justice to the people that were murdered. Also, est. a legal system would help the international courts, so prosecution would go by faster.
Which can bring justice to the people Rwanda more effectively - the international courts or the community courts? Explain.
The international courts can bring justice more effectively because, even though it takes more time, they are getting the proper punishment. It said that the community courts are not as harsh - but they are quicker. In order for justice to be served, the proper punishment should be given, no matter how long it takes.
I would probably, honestly try to hurt him. I don’t know if I could say that I would be the better person and rise above, but how could you confront him after a situation like that? He killed the people that I loved and knew, he took them away in front of me. I don’t think that I would ever be able to look him in the eyes and not say anything nasty or hateful. It’s a shame, but it’s probably what would happen.
Put yourself in the shoes of Denis Bagaruka. How could you kill all of these innocent people? What would you have to do to create a mindset that would make it possible for you to murder innocent women, men and children?
I don’t know how Denis Bagaruka could kill those innocent people. I cannot even imagine the thought of someone ending another persons life. The only reason that I can think of - that would help him have the “strength” to kill those people would be fear. Also being crazy - crazy from the fear. The more he thought about it, the crazier and more fearful he got and eventually, it got to him. The type of mindset would be revenge, and power. He wants his culture to be dominant and he would do anything to get there, even it meant killing innocent people. He wanted revenge for the previous years.
What kind of punishment should Bagaruka be given?
I believe he should have life in prison. Not to be executed or humiliated. Just sit in jail for the rest of his life. All alone, alone with his thoughts. The thoughts of killing innocent people, the screams, and cries for help can consume him. He shouldn’t have the luxury to forget and
. He should sit there in his own mess.
Try to put yourself in Valentina’s shoes. It is three years after the end of the genocide. In what ways does the genocide still impact your life?
The genocide still impacts my life when I can’t trust someone. I wouldn’t be able to love someone because I would fear them take advantage of me. I would also not people to love other things, because then I might lose them, and they would be gone. The emotional detachment would be unbearable.
When did the UN Officials receive warning signs about the genocide?
The UN received warning signs 3 months before the genocide. They asked for more troops, but it was ignored.
Besides the warning signs given by one of the planners, what were other warning signs of the genocide?
The other warning signs were when the training militia was open. The people behind the genocide started to hand out weapons, and the government sent out open hate speeches. They also created death lists.
How did state-sponsored propoganda present the Tutsi group?
The portrayed the group as evil and manipulative people. They were cockroaches and snakes whose goal was to regain power and return Rwanda to a country that mistreated Hutus’s.
What prevented the international community from calling the violence “genocide?” What would have happened if they had?
The international community didn’t believe that it was genocide. They wanted to ignore it so they wouldn’t have to waste the resources and time to go there. Which was there job.
If they went there, they probably would have stopped it and the genocide wouldn’t have happened.
Once the international community withdrew its troops, what did the militia decide to do?
Once the troops were withdraw, the militia made the genocide worse. They went on a rampage.
Who does Bill Clinton say must share responsibility for the genocide?
He said that countries in Africa and the U.N.
In what ways did genocide impact the development of the “developing” country?
Post-genocide, the country had no water, hospitals, schools, shelters, food programs, or factories. Public uses were not in function, like telephones and electricity.
Where does the rebuilding of a country shattered by genocide begin? What can people do? What can the government do? What can the international community do?
It starts with the people. They can either let it define them or let it strengthen them. The people can unite and become better people. They can let go of the hatred towards one another. The government can support the united stand and create laws and opportunities for everyone. The international community can support them by sending supplies and supporting growth and stability.
How can justice be found in post-genocide Rwanda?
Peace can be found in post genocide Rwanda by bringing justice to the people that were murdered. Also, est. a legal system would help the international courts, so prosecution would go by faster.
Which can bring justice to the people Rwanda more effectively - the international courts or the community courts? Explain.
The international courts can bring justice more effectively because, even though it takes more time, they are getting the proper punishment. It said that the community courts are not as harsh - but they are quicker. In order for justice to be served, the proper punishment should be given, no matter how long it takes.
Monday, October 3, 2011
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