Mississippi Burning

In class, we watched a movie called Mississippi Burning. You can read more about the film here. In January we got different tasks about the movie. Here is my text.

In this text i am going to discuss whether white people in the south hated all blacks, though they were inferior.

First of all, I think that many people in the South were manipulated by the Ku-Klux-Klan and the sheriff to hate all the black people and think they were inferior. A good example in the film is agent Anderson’s lead: “Down here, things are different; here, they believe that some things are worth killing for”. This shows how far the racism have gone, and nobody would have thought this without being manipulated.

Furthermore, I also think that some people in the South really hated the black and thought they were inferior. In the film, I think Mayor Tilman was one of these: “Fact is, we got two cultures down here: a white culture and a colored culture. Now, that’s the way it always has been, and that’s the way it always will be”. I think Tilman ment this when he said it on the court, because he gave the blacks much harder punishment then the white.

As a conclusion, I do not disagree with this claim. Quite many hated the blacks, but some must have thought difference. If all whites in the South hated blacks Mayoir Tilman would have right with his conclusion. Who would help the black people ad their struggle against racism and civil rights?

Arne Ness' deep ecology

In the English lessons we have read texts about pollution and facts about it. In the RLE lessons we have read about Arne Ness’ and his thoughts about deep ecology. In this blog entry I am going to relate these themes together.

Arne Ness was a Norwegian philosopher. He fought for the deep ecology. The term “Deep ecology” involves that every living organism have the same rights to develop, such as trees, nature, animals and humans. In reality, people have treated the nature and animals without respect and empathy. This is totally against Arne Ness’ principles of how we should take care of it. In addition, humans do a lot of bad things against the wildlife. One example is overhunting. Supporters of the deep ecology and Arne Ness think we should ask us self, is this really necessary or not? Can we live without doing this?

Pollution is a really deep and serious problem for the human and the whole world. Searching 10 says that 75 000 tress could be spared each week by recycling the Sunday edition of the New York Times. If the humans recycle their paper every day, this will do a lot. If we do not start to think about the rainforest, this will have big consequences for the animals and the climate. Scientists have found ozone holes over both the North and South Pole, and this is because of chemicals and pollution.

To sum up, I would say that everyone should follow Arne Ness and his thoughts about deep ecology and pollution. Almost every human should change their way of living and start to think about the environment and the future. 

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men is a story about the friendship between two unusual farmers who lived during the Great Depression, and their dream about a better life. George takes care of his avoid and kind friend Lennie. One day, Lennie do something wrong and George must help him out. You can read more about Mice and Men here.

In this text I am going to answer the following questions: “why do you think the story starts and ends in the same place? Is this related to the theme of “the American Dream?” I have chosen this task because I found it very interesting.

First, I want to explain the term “American Dream”. Wisegeek.com says that the term “American Dream” is an idea which suggests that all people have the potential to live happy. Success full lives. I think John Steinbeck disagreees with this, becuase many people in the book do have dreams, but they not come true.

The story starts with Lennie and George who need money to realise their dream. They start with nothing, but they are going to work hard and earn money. Throughout the book they do this, and their inspiration is always a new and better life, but they end up with nothing. I think this is relevant because we know in reflection that the “American Dream” often did not happen. Many people ended their dream where they started. It is also important to mention that many people did succeed. Lennie – who was retarded – did not have many chances to succeed.

I think the book starts and ends in the same place because Steinbeck, the author wants to show what happened with the most people who started with nothing. Lennie and George did this, and they just got trouble and no money. Therefore, I think this is relevant to the “American Dream”. If we think about the definition of the “American Dream” – to start with nothing, work hard and end up with success, is this very relevant. Lennie and George believed in this, and they ended up with nothing, as many other.

SOURCE:

·        www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-american-dream.

Refleksjonsnotat

På skolen har vi fått i lekse å skrive et refleksjonsnotat i RLE. Dette skal være en problemstilling knyttet til turen vår til Berlin. Du kan lese mer om oppgaven HER (Vanskelige valg)

Her er min problemstilling:

Du lever i Øst-Tyskland under den kalde krigen. Du har en datter som skal begynne på universitetet. Hun har gode karakterer og alt ligger til rette for at hun skal komme inn på Universitetet i Berlin. Så sier imidlertid Stasi sier at du må bli informant for dem ellers vil ikke din datter få plassen på universitetet. Hvilket valg tar du?

Før jeg starter, er det noen forhold jeg vil definere. Stasi var et politi i Øst-Tyskland som skulle passe på at 

ingen gjorde opprør mot regimet. I tillegg hadde de mange informanter som drev med etterretning i innland og utland. En informant rapporterer til Stasi om personer som motarbeider regimet. Det fantes ca. 140 000 informanter i Øst-Tyskland da Stasi hadde kontrollen der. HER kan du lese mer om Stasi.

Slik jeg ser det, har jeg to valgmuligheter. Enten så velger jeg å bli informant for Stasi eller ikke.

Hvis jeg velger å bli informant, kan det få store konsekvenser for andre mennesker og de kan bli sendt i fengsel. Dette blir feil konsekvensetikk, ettersom det ikke er en riktig handling. I samfunnet skal man gi barna sine muligheter til utdannelse, slik at de kan få seg en jobb og tjene penger. Lorentz Hermansen, guiden vår i Berlin, fortalte oss om de informantene som ikke fortalte alt de visste til Stasi. I denne situasjonen kan man også velge å gi Stasi verdifull eller ikke verdifull informasjon. Jeg ville ønske å gi barnet mitt skolegang, men samtidig ikke fortelle så mye verdifull informasjon til Stasi. Dette kan også oppfattes som riktig konsekvensetikk.
I tillegg er det normer i samfunnet som sier at man ikke skal tyste eller fortelle hemmelig informasjon om andre personer. Immanuel Kant var en tysk filosof, som utviklet pliktetikken. I følge pliktetikken skal moralske normene og reglene foran, slik at det ikke er rom for å vurdere enkeltsituasjoner. Ut fra dette blir det feil pliktetisk å være informant.  

Den andre muligheten er å si nei til å bli informant. Hvis jeg gjør dette, unngår jeg å sende mange mennesker i fengsel. Dette er riktig konsekvensetikk.
Ved å tenke på visdomsordene “Du skal oppføre deg mot andre slik du ønsker at andre skal oppføre seg mot deg”, blir dette også riktig pliktetikk, ettersom jeg ikke angir hemmelig informasjon om andre personer. En konsekvens av å ikke være informant kan være at datteren min ikke kommer inn på universitetet, og hun vil bli svært skuffet. Det kan føre til at hun ikke får jobb og dermed ikke penger til å leve for.

Jeg ville valgt å bli informant, slik at datteren min ville kommet inn på Universitet i Berlin. Da gjør jeg det både feil og riktig pliktetisk, ettersom det er riktig å gi datteren min en god utdannelse men feil å tyste på andre. I stedet må jeg tenke konsekvenser av hva jeg gjør. Derfor ville jeg gitt Stasi lite og dårlig informasjon, slik at ingen uskyldige kom i fengsel. Dette er selvfølgelig vanskelig å si noe om nå, når vi vet så mye om hva Stasi gjorde mot de som ikke støttet dem. Jeg ville kanskje fortalt litt mer enn det jeg burde, ettersom jeg tenker for mye på datteren min. Derfor er denne muligheten ikke helt perfekt, men når man kommer i en slik situasjon er det nesten umulig å finne en perfekt løsning. Den valgmuligheten som jeg velger nå er den beste jeg kom fram til.

Kilder:

1. http://snl.no/Stasi 
2. http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etikk
3. Horisonter 10, Gyldendal Undervisning 

The Korean War

We have been given as homework to write about a war. I have chosen to write about the Korean War.

The Korean War was fought between North-Korea and South-Korea. After World War II, Korea was split in North Korea occupied by Soviet Union and South Korea occupied by United States of America. They both decided to leave Korea during 1948 to 1949. North Korea was supported by the People’s Republic of China, and South Korea was supported by the United Nations. The war began 25^th of June 1950 and it was signed peace agreement 27^th of July 1953.

The conflict began when North Korea wanted to be communists, while South Korea would continue as a democracy. Josef Stalin convinced North Korea leader, Kim II Sung, to attack South Korea to gather Korea as one country. This developed into a big, international conflict, which also was a part of the cold war. In North Korea, Soviet had built an army with 135 000 soldiers. South Korea did only have 95 000 soldiers.

In the beginning of the war, North Korea did well. They invaded a lot of South Korea, but when the spring came, their progress stopped. South Korea took the invaded land back, and began to invade more and more land of North Korea. The first ceasefire started in 1951, but the peace agreement was signed the 27^th of July 1953. Although the war is over, North and South Korea are still enemies. North Korea claims that South Korea wants a new war. Several times, gun shots have been triggered, and this might end up in a new Korean War. Time will show!

Sources:

• ·        http://snl.no/Koreakrigen

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