Blog Response #8
Upon completion of reading your novel, what have you learned about a different culture? What shocked you? What seemed strange to you? What couldn't you believe? Take time to give specific examples from your novel that share what you learned about history and a different culture. Share your feelings about what you read.
In Kite Runner, I was shocked to learn that in Afghanistan and Pakistan they sell kids and use them as labor. Life doesn't seem to matter there and they kill people in the name of religion. When they are in the arena and stone the two people during half time of a game because they were "sinners" and made it a public spectacle was something I can't wrap my head around. This is something that would never happen in America and I believe many people would be shocked to witness such a thing and it's just common there.
ReplyDeleteI was also surprised on their take on family and that adoption wasn't accepted because it's not your "blood". When Amir and his wife brought up adoption, her father was not accepting and Amir and her decided against raising someone else's problem. My dad was adopted was given a really good life because of it. It's a shame when there are so many kids there that could use a loving family.
The book was a glimpse of how different our lives are here compared to there, and how lucky we are to live in America . We don't face the brutality, prosecution and wide spread poverty. I think everyone should be made to see the condition others in the world live in and realize how lucky we have it and work to keep our country as great as it is, and help where we can to make lives of others in the world better.
I also read kite runner and I think it was a pretty descriptive and good book. I would definitely recommend this book to others to read.
DeleteIn night they dont sell the kids they just take them. Depending on age and health they either lived or died its just the way they were ordered to do. doesn't mean they wanted to
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DeleteIn "I Am Malala" I learned that our culture in the United States is a blessing compared to some cultures like Malala's. In Malala's culture girls were not allowed to receive education so Malala and her father had to fight for it. It also shocked me how girls were not allowed to leave the house without their faces covered so nobody could see them. I also thought that it was strange how women would get in huge trouble if they were seen talking to another man who was not their husband or their relative. I could not believe how the Taliban shot Malala even when they said that they would never ever shoot a kid, I think that is crazy. In Malala's culture it is also very normal for the Taliban to kill people who did not support them. In the United States you would not get shot by the president because you did not like them. Pakistan is also a very dangerous country compared to the United States, Malala goes to sleep at night hearing gun shots all the time right outside her house. I thought this book was good but it was very boring for most of the book until towards the end. The end of the book was good.
ReplyDeleteit is really an eye opener when reading these books about what its like over there and how good we have it here in the united states.
Deletei think after reading this book it really changed the way we look at things, its true when you leave the water running and your parents say shut that off theirs kids that dont have it. After reading the book i learned they most times did not have running water and if they did it was usually contaminated. way different way of living their vs here
DeleteMy book, the kite Runner is also set in the middle east but in that case Afghanistan. through it is a different country there are similarities in the mistreatment of kids. In my novel a child named Sohrab gets beaten by the manager of the orphanage he lives at. This is horrible and I am glad our situation in the United States is leagues better from what they have to go through over there.
Deletethis book was very interesting and educational. There are way more cultures out there than we know about. living in this culture would be very tough and you would feel like you are always targeted..
DeleteIn a thousand splendid suns Laila was allowed to go to school then after the Taliban came, she was not allowed to go back to school. So, in a way I can relate to your character with my character which sucks, and they should have been allowed to go in the first place.
Deletethe book really gave you a prospective on our lives and cultures compared showing some don't have it as well in certain country's.
DeleteThe way she grew up really shows how lucky kids are living in normal places where getting an education is common and recommended.
DeleteMalala had a tough time growing up and i feel like connects with ishmael struggling in war and how to forgive himslef. Id agree that our culture in the US must seem like a blessing toward other countries because they definently have the economic status we have here
DeleteMy book also was boring at some times but there were many times I was shocked or grateful for what I have. They go through so much just to try and have the things that are just expected from us.
DeleteI read kite runner and something I learned about the different culture is that when they try and leave their home country they have a hard time getting going again even if they were rich in their own country. something that shocked me while reading the book was that their lives are not as good and nice as what we have here. something that was strange to me was that the rich people that have servants that the kids live together they are not friends when others are around but when they are alone they are friends. something that I couldn't believe was when there was gun shots during the night and the kids asked what that noise was and the parents said it was just hunters shooting ducks at night even though it was a war that was going on.
ReplyDeleteI also found that out in "I Am Malala." I also agree that they have a rougher life over there compared to here in America. I also think that that is strange. Malala also heard gun shots right by her house all the time when she was trying to go to sleep. I feel bad for them that they had to live through all of that.
Deletei also read the kite runner and i think its intresting how you talk about how they had to start a new life in america. as an american we would never think about having to start all over in a new world. but for people in third world countries this could be a serious problem which is crazy to think about.
DeleteKite runner sound similar to malala's story but twisted because where malala was shot in her hometown of pakistian they were always a lower class even though her father owned a big school, something was always coming up or happening, but after Malala was shot and they got moved to bermingham things went uphill for them. they could live happily but were still used to their old life in pakistan.
DeleteThe story is somewhat similar to night because everyone one became one class once they lost everything
DeleteI agree with this Carter. I didn't realize that we had so much more than what other countries have. It was totally an eye opening.
DeleteThe Kite Runner has opened my eyes to many elements of Afghanistan's culture. What most shocked me about their culture was how inhumanely the ethnic group of the Hazaras were treated. An example of this from the novel is how Hassan and Ali are repeatedly called slurs like "Babalu" and "Flat-Nosed". Another but more extreme example is how Hassan and later Sohrab are assaulted by Assef and other Pashtuns.
ReplyDeleteWhat seemed the most strange to me about their culture was the rituals surrounding death in their cultural. This is brought to light when Baba passes away then Amir and Rahim Khan perform the Islamic ritual of ghusl. They wash his body with water and soap to clean him for the afterlife. This is a sign of respect towards Baba and helps prepare him for his journey in the afterlife.
As for what I could not believe I would have to say the kite fights only because even though the culture in Afghanistan is very fractured and there is a lot of hatred within people are able to come together and enjoy a common pastime. This is showcased when Amir and Hassan, kids from the two different ethnic groups the Pashtuns and the Hazaras (which at the beginning of the story have a healthy relationship) kite fight together.
This novel has been a great insight into the culture of Afghanistan and has shown me the complexity of challenges these people have to navigate through throughout their lives that I feel I couldn't have gotten elsewhere without being in their shoes.
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ReplyDeletei also read kite runner and when i read about babas death i definely thought it was different but also very intresting and respecting. i thought this was different because in America the funeral home would normally do all the preparations on the body but the way amir and rahim did it i thnik shows more respect to baba.
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone there is also a character that is buried by a group. I think its interesting to see how different cultures deal with death. and the ways the remember them
Deletein the book kite runner i saw many stark contrast from my everyday american life. there was a major racial thing going on with the hazara in this story. it says how lots of the hazara are survents because once tried to rise up but they were struck down, now everyone looks down on them. saying things like how they have large noses and how they think its weird that amir and his father are so kind to there survents. i defenitly learned about the harsh realities of war. i was thocked when it dived into the ethnic divide between Pashtuns and Hazaras. The cultural shocks include the rigid expectations placed on people in afganistand, the discrimination faced by the hazara, and the challenges of redemption in a changing Afghanistan. but in the end this wasnt my favorite read but thats ok because it taught me about the afgan culture.
ReplyDeleteI also read the kite runner and i would have to agree with you because it wasn't my favorite book but it wasn't a bad book.And i also taught me alot about there tradition and cultures in Afhganastan
DeleteMy book a long way gone, the main character ishmael also is stuck in a war. He has to fight for his life and gather his own food. Our main characters are kind of alike in this way.
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ReplyDeleteI read the kite runner I would say I learned more traditions because i didn't know of the kite fights till i read the book. What shocked me the most was how Amir and Baba were kind of alike after all because they both have guilt on there past mistakes. It felt strange when Baba talked to Amir about the one sin you can do I theft/stealing but he stole the chance at Amir having a brother/ at least knowing that he had one. I couldn't believe Baba didn't say anything about Hassan being his son because maybe he was ashamed. And another thing thing I really couldn't believe was that Baba had an affair with Ali's wife and how his wife is Hassan and Amir's mother. Overall this book was very well and taught me many different thing like new traditions and culture and how difficult it is moving/fleeing a country to go to another one.
ReplyDeletethis book sounds interesting. it must have been a hard regret to live with after he had an affair with Ali's wife. he probably felt a lot of guilt after than. it is interesting on how many different cultures there really are.
DeleteThe traditions in your book are way different than A thousand splendid suns, like how Baba didn't care to notice his brother in your book is how Rasheed didn't care for "his daughter" Aziza in my book. I hope they finally realize that no matter what happens they are still apart of each other's family.
DeleteI feel like kite runner sort of connects with a long way gone because ishmael learns to forgive himself of something he couldnt control with being in war and taught to kill, and he learned revenge is not alwyas the right thing. But our book are in much different scenes. Hope you enjoyed your book Mr. Troester
DeleteIn the book I Am Malala she is brought up in northern Pakistan in a swat district. some things that shocked me is how much the society is different their vs in America. The taliban rules the people, if you don't dress properly they may kill you. if you don't do something properly they'd kill you. Then they had something called a bloody square, where the Taliban threw dead people into a pile and labeled why they were killed. i just cannot get it through my head that this all took place just about 18 years ago. i also could not believe how an inocient child can just be shot on her way home from school. She was on her way home and the bus slowed and a taliban member got on the back and asked who Malala was and before anyone said anything he shot her. The bus driver also got arrested for speeding her to the hospital. Life in pakistan seems like a whole different world compared to where we are from. mostly during this book i just seemed shocked at the culture differences between their and here. I also learned that even to this day it is not safe to be in certain parts of pakistan.
ReplyDeleteThe Taliban seem similar to the rebel army in my book "A Long Way Gone" who would also kill civilians just because they felt like it and to scare the people into obeying them. The main character Ishmael in my book also was on a bus and it was stopped by road blocks many times and the rebels would charge the passengers just for trying to travel and if they could not pay they would either be sent back or killed. My book was also an eye opener to another culture that is very different form ours.
DeleteThis book is similar to my book in the sense that women don't have many rights and the Taliban controls everything. Reading it made me learn a lot about this culture because it's something I knew nothing about because it's nothing like America.
DeleteTaliban is very similar to the rebels of A Long Way Gone, with how they will kill you if you simply do something they don't like, don't wear something they don't like, etc. If you even look at them wrong they may shoot you because they just feel like it.
DeleteThe taliban in your book is a lot like the nazis in my book, Night. They both slaughter people for no reason.
DeleteI am Malala. we learned about the Afghanistan Taliban's and how dangerous they are. They went to Pakistan and blew everything up and started killing people. In the middle of the town they shot people and let them lay for everyone to see. their logic to everyone seeing is making everyone scared and nobody will stand up and instead stay home. where all the bodies were they called it bloody square. the Pakistan's all wear face coverings and Malala went on field trip and didn't wear her face coverings. after that the book took a turn. Malala was on the way home on the school bus and a Taliban gets on the bus and says "who is Malala". then shoots her in the head. her and two other people got shot and the bus driver took off and rushed them to the hospital. the army helicopter picked her up and rushed her to England where the specialty doctors are. she ends up living and tells her story to this day. she ends up getting a letter from the Taliban's saying she was shot not because she was trying to get an education but because she didn't abide the Islamic law. I think this culture is very different than ours and it would be tough living in that culture. if you don't follow the face covering rule you will end up getting shot by the Taliban's.
ReplyDeleteThis is just like my book because both of the characters get shot and are wounded. It makes us realize how good of a life we have.
DeleteI could not even imagine living that that and being scared to even walk out of the house.
DeleteThis reminds me of A Long Way Gone because of the way the bad people had no remorse for anyone and would almost show off dead people to scare others
DeleteI would have to agree with very thing you said about Malala and her time against the Taliban and fighting for woman's rights.
DeleteIn my book "Night" I have learned about the Jewish culture and how mistreated they are and how the Nazis wanted to wipe them all away from the face of the earth. What shocked me the most was how poorly they were treated. Especially when it came to food and living conditions. They were given such small rations of only bread and soup that was not even barely enough to give them any energy or strength. The living conditions were not great and the conditions they were put in when they traveled was sad and it shocked me how some of them even lived for as long as they did. What seemed most strange to me was the showers that they had to take. Every new camp they had went to they had to get disinfectant dumped over them and then get a hot shower and receive new clothes. I find it strange on how they had to get the disinfectant poured over them and it confuses me on why they did that. I couldn't believe on how much love Elie had for his father during this time. Especially when his father was on his death bed and the fact that he tried so hard to try and save him when they were so close to being released. Overall this novel has been a great book to get a better understanding of the holocaust and what everything was like. It showed me how horrible everything was during this time and how poorly they were treated.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of parts of my book "A Long Way Gone" where the people during time of war were also treated very poorly and food was scarce and living conditions were not good. The main character in my book Ishmael also cared a lot about his new father which was actually his uncle.
DeleteI think the disinfectant was to potentially stop sicknesses from spreading from those who don't show signs of being sick though this is my best guess
Deleteyour book seems very interesting and also an impactful read
DeleteIn "A Long Way Gone" I have learned a few things about the culture in Sierra Leone where the book takes place. It was shocking to me that a lot of the children including Ishmael didn't receive an education because their families could not afford to send them to school. Also that the countries army would force children younger than us to fight in the war and pump them full of drugs and make them do all sorts of unspeakable acts. To me it was strange that the army and the rebel army had teamed up to overthrow the government and too control of the country. I learned that the army did not care about the civilians and would kill anyone they came across rebels or not just to steal their food and supplies for themselves. In the remote part of the country there were no roads really and no cars so they would walk many miles to other villages and it would take sometimes days. In the capital Freetown there were cars and roads and it was a fairly busy city which was completely opposite from the back country of the country.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that mistreatment of children is common thread between all of out books. In my book The Kite Runner, children in my book that are of the looked down upon ethnic group, the Hazaras are beaten just because of their genetic and religious differences.
DeleteYour book seems very interesting and sad on how the children could not go to school because of how poor the families were. Not only that but I could never imagine being a child and having to fight in the war. Its also heartbreaking that they never were cared about and they would kill anyone who came across as rebels or anything else. That part kind of reminds me in my book "Night" on how they never cared about any of the Jews and treated them so poorly and killed practically anyone from not really any known reasoning.
DeleteIn the book night it reminded me of how much the jewish population around the world get treated back in the beginning through the present day. The jewish population in this book were forced to leave their homes for a life of unknown, They didn't know where they were going or anything of the slightest but the only thing is they were told to and they do what they are told to do without objecting. What surprised me was the way the nazis handled things, More specifically the speed at which everything took place. They built barbed wire fences around their community's and after that nothing happened for weeks until one random night where there governing appointed body told them they need to leave everything behind and depart. My feelings about this book is it perfectly describes what really happened during the holocaust in the concentration camp but the only thing i don't like is how fast a different subject can happen. It seemed like 1 page they talk about going into one camp the next they go to another one how hard is it to slow it down and bring in more details, i know it may be hard to talk about, but the more descriptive the better
ReplyDeleteI agree that the changes between camps seemed quite soon and I agree that not only the description would make it better but it was also make the book more sad and make the reader really feel like they are living in the moment. It would make the reader understand what life was completely like during this time instead of making it seem like they just go to a new camp all the time.
Deletein i am Malala people also get treated badly but i can't imagine having to go through what you talked happens to the Jewish people like it's just sad reading these books knowing that actual people went through all of this, and they thought it was normal.
DeleteIn a thousand splendid suns, I have learned that the cultural beliefs are really different than ours are today. They marry off their children at 14-15 years old to men over the age of 30 to have their children to carry on their name. A female is unhelpful when you're in this culture because all you are is a baby maker and a housewife. Like with Miriam, she could not conceive, and she became useless to Rasheed. Then he found Laila, and she was already pregnant with her friend Tariq's baby, but Rasheed did not know that. But she could conceive which is what he had been searching for. I found it unusual and disturbing that the parents are okay with marrying of their CHILD but what do I know I am only reading the book and learning about it.
ReplyDeleteIn the book A Long Way Gone, the African culture is very different from around here. When the main character ishmael is running for his life after he fled the rebels, he went into a village and he hears them dancing, singing and are all cooking food. They are welcoming and feed the hungry soldier. A thing that shocked me in this book is how descriptive it was. It talked about all of the people getting killed and how they died. It would talk about people getting shot in the head, war prisoners getting their head chopped off in a killing competition, and a grenade blowing up and killing six people. A thing that i found starnge in the book is how they just left their families and did not see them for 2 years. Another thing that is strange is how Ishmael the main character leaves and goes to New York at the end of the book. A thing i would like to add to the book is it makes the reader realize how good of a life we really live and how that we are not fighting for our lives.
ReplyDeleteit is a good book but its very graphic and it really makes you think about what you have in life
DeleteIn my book A Long Way Gone, i have learned and realized that the poor countries run through very tough times all the time. The Taliban are terrozing the whole village and killing everything in sight of them and burning down the villages. Some things that really shocked me were doing the throat slitting challenge that was really bad. Also, i could not believe that they just destroy villages for fun. A part in the book where Ishamel the main character gets carpeted and drugged hard and doesn't know what he is doing being crazy that was strange to me.
ReplyDeletein my book I am Malala it is similar, and the people and homes are being destroyed and even killed in Pakistan.
DeleteMy book talks about the Taliban and how they moved in and started to raid houses and steal.
Deleteya the Thorat slitting contest really shocked me
DeleteKind of reminds me of night, After the ghettos were cleared of people their home was ruined
DeleteI am reading the book I Am Malala, the book taught me that we as a culture are incredibly lucky to have the rights and freedoms we have in our current day. Pakistan's, in my book have very few freedoms and have a very hard time disputing the rights that they wish they could have, and to speak out to those who do not wish to change can mean death, such as when Malala is shot in the head for being a voice of hope and freedom.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night we don't get a lot of culture exposure other than a small dose of "culture" at the end due to the main characters wish to stay with his father but there are a few instances of his culture recorded in the book. a thing that shocked me about his culture was his extreme attachment to his father and I couldn't believe the germens were so fast about trapping people in their homes
ReplyDeleteIn my book Kite Runner Amir really wants to prove to his father that he is his son and can be proud of Amir.
DeleteIn the book I am Malala in her culture going to school and having an education was not very common, what shocked me was the fact that school is not required everywhere and also that not everyone has the chance to get an education. My feelings against this book would have to be that I am a little frustrated that they're people out there to this day still getting treated like this, I think everyone should be able to have an education if they would like one, no matter the circumstances.
ReplyDeletei completely agree with you i didn't know that in her culture going to school wasn't common and i also don't think how they are treating people is okay.
DeleteHaving a lot of education was very uncommon for Ishmael in A Long Way Gone as well, and school isn't required because most people outside of the capital of Sierra Leone were severely poor. Education in my opinion is a must, and maybe more people would live if they simply knew more about life or whatever they teach in these foreign countries.
DeleteMy booth A Thousand Splendid Suns was full of unimaginable things. The way the women were treated, the conditions these people lived in, all the deaths. It was an unfortunate book but it opened my eyes and allowed me to look at things from an inside perspective. From the very beginning, I found this story strange. When Miriam's mother killed herself and her dad didn't want her so she was forced into marriage as a teenager. Laila's parents get killed and she is also basically forced into marriage at a young age and have children. While there were so many more negative things going on in this story from beatings to women not being able to essentially do anything but have kids, what shocked me the most was the characters' ability to stay positive through it all. Towards the end of the story, Miriam was executed for doing something she had to in order for her and the rest of her family to survive. And while she's walking into her death, she feels at peace and content because she came into her life a bastard child and was proud of what she made of her life and that she got to leave it giving love and feeling loved. Those were her final thoughts. It's astonishing because I can't even imagine being in their shoes for a day and what these people had to deal with was considered normal and everyday things it's hard to believe that this is what happens nowadays. It seems like something so old like history or dystopian but it's very real and actually happens. This book made me feel a lot more grateful for my life and reflect on it. I'm able to do all the things I want and never have to worry about constantly being in danger or getting killed or punished for doing basic things like reading and writing.
ReplyDeleteA Long Way Gone has both similar and very different cultures and traditions than ours. While we somewhat prioritize education, they are unable to afford education a lot of the time, and they have to make it so older kids have less of a chance to go to school so younger kids get some experience. Something I don't understand is why there are dances and celebrations on a much higher scale for newborn children. Alongside this, the parents don't pick the names for their own child. It's just weird to me, I don't understand it and I don't think I ever will. If I was a parent I would want to name my child something I came up with, not something like a mayor.
ReplyDeleteIn "A Long Way Gone" I learned a few things about the culture of Sierra Leone. A lot of the children didn't receive an education because their families could not afford to send them to school. There country would pump young kids full of drugs and make them fight. The army and the rebels had teamed up to overthrow the government and control the country. The army did not care about the civilians and would kill anyone they came across, just to steal their food and supplies. The book takes place In the remote part of the country so there were no roads or cars so they would walk many miles to other villages just to survive. This all kind of brought light to me of how well we have it and how many things our country takes for granted.
ReplyDeleteIn my book A Thousand Splendid Suns almost the same thing was happening but the girls weren't allowed to have an education passed a certain point and the boys could but when the war came they were expected to fight.
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ReplyDeleteIn the novel "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah, this story takes place in Sierra Leon which is has very unique culture. They have a very relaxed culture built with lots of love but mainly they struggle with money. One thing that seemed interesting to me would be children not having an opportunity for an education. I couldnt beleive how the goverment corrputed all the citys and created a civil war destorying familys and homes. All the rebels wanted to do were destroy the lives of inocent families and so how much power that they have against the goverment. In Sierra Leon the seem to have lots of tribal traditions with only eating rice, fish, and cassava leaves. This suprised me because i feel like you have to get bored of what you eat all the time especially the same thing. Lastly the one that suprised me the most was the influence on music in the counrty, mostly rap quite interested me.
ReplyDeleteIn kite runner what surprised me the most was when Amir watched hassan get beat up. Normally Amir would stand up for hassan but for some reason this time he didn't. It was hard to believe that Amir wanted to run away from his problems and framed hassan for stealing i mean he has always been nice and hung out with him then all of a sudden he is just rude and mean towards him and later inn the end of the book he regrets all of it. But the culture in that country is very different they have two standards you are either wealthy or you are a peasent i mean theree is an in between but it isn't really focused on and what was really strange is if you aree wealthy and you are friends with a peasent you get made fun of all the time.;
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of this. The fact that you can constantly get judged just because you hang out with someone from a lower class is something I have never seen before.
DeleteI think the reason he might've left him alone is because he is a Hazara.
Deletesonuds like a good book
Deletei read the book night and the way the got treated makes me think how easy what shocked me the most was that how could another human do that to person i cannot rape my stomach around it the way they where treated by the ss it was just horrible
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Deletei feel the same way about what happened to the jews.
DeleteNot only the S.S. soldiers but the harsh situations they were put in some had to cremate other Jews and possibly their family
DeleteIn Kite Runner I was surprised that Afghanistan was able to sell orphans just to get some money. I just didn't think that a human being could do that to someone else. The owner of the orphanage that Sohrab was staying at would sell a kid about every month to the Taliban. One of the times, it was Sohrab that got sold and Amir had to go through a lot to find him and get him out of the country and into America. That also wasn't the only thing that I noticed. There are multiple times in the novel where people are sexually abused. It opened up the world to me showing what people in other countries go through.
ReplyDeleteseems like a cruel culture
DeleteThis happened in my book as well and it really surprised me that someone would do that.
DeleteThe book night the germans did not have remorse for the jewish people. The way they treated makes me think how easy what shocked me the most was that how could another human do that to person. its the way they where treated by the ss it was just horrible.
ReplyDeleteThey were treated very poorly it doesn't make sense to me how hitler conviced all of the Germans that jew were evil snd they needed to kill them all
Deletei cant believe what the Germans did to the Jews
DeleteIt is sickening to think about what the Germans did to the jews but it also showed a lot about the jews character
DeleteThe book A thousand splendid suns gave me a perspective on the Muslim culture I've never seen/ read about before. The women truly do have no rights under the power of the Taliban and I can't imagine living a life under those rules. Even the rules for men seem strange to me. Some of the ideas they have religion wise kind of gross me out like marrying and having kids at such young ages. I've never taken a look at the Muslim culture this way, the only way I've ever viewed it was in movies and what not.
ReplyDeleteI read Kite Runner, and what surprised me is that they care about family lineage. You aren't allowed to marry some random that you had love at first sight. It has to be a respectful person from a respectable family, and it also can not, under any circumstances, be a Hazara, because that is just how they do it.
ReplyDeleteIn the book I am Malala I learned that in different cultures then America they have many different rules In this book woman have no rights they have to wear face covering and are not able to be seen with any other man expect for there husbands or relative,. It surprised me that woman aren't able to get an education until her father fixed that by having a school that woman are aloud to get an education. it was very sad when the Taliban was putting death threats on Malala and her father. I think she she did a very good job writing this book not only talking about her self but other people and things that she was not involved in.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it seems that Pakistani culture sees men as strong while they see women as weak, unable to make any change within their system.
Deletein my book a long way gone now finishing the book reflecting on it i realize how terrible other countries have it and how bad they get treated. I realize all the things we take for granted like eating whatever we want whenever we want, we can have all the things were want we have cars and Atv's and all sorts of stuff that the people don't and will never have. in this story the main character Ishmel talks about how the rebels would come into any village at any time and kill anyone in site. he also talked about how the rebels would torcher families and kids I couldn't imagine setting there watching your family get murdered right in front of you. a thing that really shocked me was when Ishmel talked about the throat slitting contest. things like that are just so crazy to me like why would they do all that stuff for fun.
ReplyDeleteI had these thoughts too people won't realize how good they have it until its all gone
Deletemy book a long way gone i reflect on the things he had to go through along with how different their lives are weither it be through barley eating to the children being under the influence of drugs only at the age of 14. the stuff we treat like its nothing they barely get as if its food or even 4 walls and roof around us everyday. we may never know what its like to go through war or have to fight for our lives as a 14-year-old but what they had to go through makes me take my life for granted and enjoy the things i have and go through more than what they did because they deal with much more harder and life impacting things. it shocked me that their only escape from it all was a having to leave and go to a whole new country or place such as new york for ishmael.
ReplyDeleteI read the book Night I can't really say there's a culture because obviously the Jews didn't act the same in concentration camps as they would in their normal lives however it was very different that the Germans took them all as prisoners and nobody seemed to think there was anything wrong with this picture the Jews did pray to god for their salvation but some quit believing in him because they said if god was truly real he wouldn't put his people through this.
ReplyDeleteI agree I do not think we got to see the true culture of jews because they were basically being held against there will.
DeleteIn night by Elie Wiesel, I learned that different countries other than America can be harsh. I live in a society where everyone can be who they want to be and practice what they want to but in places such as Germany, jews were being slaughtered because they were "perfect". this really opened my eyes on how good it is in America and what other countries are like. During the book, I was thinking to myself on what it would feel and look like if that happened to me in my own country. I would be lost and scared for my life because you know the end goal and what is probably going to happen to you. it's just a crazy thought to have and to think anyone would ever even think about going that far.
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from I Am Malala, is how different Pakistani culture is to the traditional American cultures we've grown accustomed to. For one, while women in America do face hardships of sexism and such, they are still more free than the women of Pakistan in I Am Malala. In Pakistan, women are more regulated to housewives/mothers an aren't treated with the same nobility as the men. If a woman were to try and challenge these ideals, she would be shamed by her family/people, beaten, and even killed. This opened my eyes on how the rest of the world operates in contrast to places like The United States and The United Kingdom, where women can make their own decisions and not be beaten, shamed, or killed. It goes to show how privileged we truly are to live in a country that isn't as oppressive as Swat. Whilst I was reading the book, I started to put myself in Malala's situation, not being able to pursue your goals because of your gender sounds disheartening at best. I would be sad whilst also being furious due to the amount of privilege all the men have in contrast to the women. How Malala is shot just because she wants a better future for herself and young girls like her, or how she responds to her brother complaining about having to go to school by saying that he's lucky because she can't even do that.
ReplyDeleteYour book is very similar to mine and I also realized how fortunate we are to have the right to be ourselves. I struggled to read some parts too because of how dark and sickening they were. It's unbelievable to think that these are real stories and people actually experienced this.
ReplyDeleteI agree as well, while women do face hardships in America, they have more freedom then the women of Pakistan.
ReplyDeleteAfter finishing Night you start to see some cruel things that have happened in other countries, somethings I found that shocked me was the fact they were tossing babies into ditch fires and to also think how many died of starvation. One thing I couldn't believe was how Elie ran through the night with the condition of his foot. Also the way the S.S. soldiers handled everything just very harsh and cruel like they weren't even people
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the book "Night" I did not learn much about there culture itself, but more so what they went through during the holocaust. Something that shocked me was the way the jews were treated at concentration camps. It is ridiculous to think about how they were beat for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Something that seemed strange to me was how one day they all just got taken from there home and all of there belongings. Something I couldnt believe is how they would ration there food. It got to the point where they would kill eachother for a slice of bread. I also learned how strong jews really are for going through something so harsh and not giving up along the way.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading A Thousand Splendid Suns I learned a lot more about how women are treated differently in the Middle East culture. I knew beforehand that females have a lot stricter rules, to begin with, but I didn't realize their home lives could be that bad and that the law or others can't interfere because it's "private matters". I didn't realize that without fertility often women are treated poorly because that's there only Job is to cook clean and raise the children. America has a lot of similar social norms like women cooking and clean over the men doing it. Even though women can vote, hold office, and equal employment some things still aren't fair.
ReplyDeleteI was also shocked at the level of closure the culture keeps these women in.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people do not realize how bad women are actually treated, they only see the tip of the iceberg.
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