The Lion Sleeps Tonight: 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Eyes on someone else's Africa

Peer review of Christine's Project topic.

(South Africa - Anglo Boer War)
p.s. I decide to change to formal report, Kyning
1. South Africa
My finish touching is to make a power point include picture, diagram...etc.

Christine decided her topic to be about the Anglo Boer War, and was presented as a formal report using a power point to be her guide.

Here are some comments about it:

The facts are really interesting, but more could be added that hasn't been talked about. The idea of a power point was great, but there could/should be more personal creation on the topic involved. For example: A drawing, song, movie, etc.

Hotel Rwanda Post 2

Under the Belgium rule, the dividing of classes began the whole tension of the two groups, Hutus and Tutsis. Having to favor one more than the other, in this case Tutsis over Hutu, gave more the reason for the Hutus to hold a grudge. Once a little bit of power was earned by the Hutus, things went off like the atomic bomb. The Hutus began to rebel! Causing the split between Burundi and Rwanda. The split did little help, only caused the Tutsis to get killed when trying to escape the the dominant Tutsis rule, Burundi. Rwanda's chaos dragged on. It seems as if once aid is called upon, the more massacres the Hutus have. By the year of 1994, everything exploded. The president was killed and that left the vaccant spot of rule open. Power is a very dangerous thing. One needs to have some in order to keep others in check. But when the scale is off balance, and one gets more than the other, the strain begins. For once the weaker side takes just one sliver, everything would be off the scale. Power begin held by a people that have been beaten down to the bottom leads mainly to dictatorial rule which leads to killings, which possible/most likely leads to war.

Hotel Rwanda Post 1

At the beginning of the movie, Paul showed the sense of privacy, wanting to protect his family and get out as soon as possible. But due to the sudden rush at the hotel, he was left with no choice but to stay. While at the house arrest, he managed to save his family as well as a few neighbors (though at the beginning he was reluctant). Their new home as well as other's soon became the hotel. While running the business, Paul was struggling to keep the Hutu's out and save more lives. This whole burden began to grow too heavy and he was showing his frustration more than he wanted to. Though he manage to wiggle his way through, many were loss. By the end of the movie, no matter how he tried he seemed to be hopeless. The foreigner nations were reluctant to help out, and there was little time left. But like an other miracle, the change of survival glittered off the beaten track, in the reach of one's hand.