Blog Response #7
Throughout this novel, you have been given the opportunity to learn about a different culture from a different country. Take the time to reflect on what you have learned from this culture, and what you will take away from reading this novel. Be sure to use specific examples from your novel to support what you are saying. Would you want to experience this culture, or would you prefer to stay in the United States? Explain why.
In my Book "Night" the jews were always picked on and then eventually murdered and it is really a hard topic to cover. An example would be them put into the cattle cars like animals, tattooing numbers on people and making them seem less than a human. I think I would like to experience a little glimpse of what they went through and how their routine was.
ReplyDeleteIn the book I am Malala she was shot in the head and it was very tragic but she survived that event. And Malala first didnt get a full education and thats very hard to think of because we sometimes take it for granted.
DeleteYour book seems similar to mine, A long way gone has rebels killing people in Africa and trying to overtake the country.
DeleteI agree with you. It would be crazy if we were there when all of this was happening as long as we didn't die. I would fight to survive.
Deleteyes i agree the jews are picked on and i would not like to experience this type of hatred
Deletein my book,they buried two people in sand then threw rocks are theyre face until theyre covered in blood. it can be very burtal and tragic
DeleteI agree the Germans treated the Jews like animals and I personally would not want to experience that.
DeleteIn my book A Thousand Splendid Suns the women were treated terrible and if they didn't follow the rules that they had, they got beaten. They also had to be with a man at all times if they left the house.
DeleteI have learned that there religion and culture of I am Malala is about letting others in there home and the way of girls not going to school and the boys getting full education and taking from that, i think everyone needs a education and not to just do woman things or man things. For example how Malala cant leave the house without a man with her. I would not want to experience this culture because of the fact that i love that i get the chance of a full education.
ReplyDeleteI agree I think everyone should have a chance at having a proper education. Being able to have that privilege in America is amazing and I am super grateful that I can experience it.
DeleteI agree with your belief that everyone deserves a good education. I think it is crazy that they would allow strangers to live in their home, I would never be able to do that.
DeleteThe main character in my book A long way gone, Ishmael also does not get a full education. He had to run from his hometown and try to survive through war.
DeleteI agree with your will to get a full education. I would also never be able to go through what Malala did with being shot and tormented about wanting an education.
DeleteI agree in my book as well Elie does not get and education during his time in the concentration camps. I would despise living in that culture if I could only go out with a male figure it would make me feel like I'm not worth of taking care of myself.
DeleteI am also reading I Am Malala, and I agree that their culture is very sexist, as guys and girls are given very different rules and expectations. It is because of these differences that I enjoy living in the United State's culture, rather than Pakistan's.
DeleteIn my book the kite runner Hasans mom gets hit by the taliban because they think women arent allowed to talk loud.
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ReplyDeleteThe culture in my book, I Am Malala, is extremely different from the United States. For example, the women in Pakistan could not even leave the house without a male present. Like when Malala tried to leave the house, but was told she only could if she brought her male toddler cousin. Even the 3 or 4 year-old guy had more freedom in Pakistan than the teenager Malala. This is crazy to me because in the US tons of people fight for equality between men and women, but in Pakistan the difference is just accepted as fact. I would much rather continue living in my current culture than change to the Pakistani way.
I would agree thats its very different from the US and i also wrote about how a woman cannot leave the house without a man with her. And yes that in the US that men and woman fight for equality
DeleteIn my book night I don't think there is a huge difference between religion. That is crazy how your book has an extreme difference like that.
DeleteIn the book Night the culture is also very different from the U.S. One thing I noticed was the religion, not many people around here are Jewish and it was interesting to read about it.
Deletein the book night it also talks about religion and i thought it was interesting to see what Jewish religion was like and religion in general is really interesting to learn about
DeleteThe culture of Kite Runner is also very different from the U.S.
DeleteI read the book Night and the culture that I learned about was how Jews were treated during the Holocaust by the Nazis. It is very sad that they had to go through this, and it wasn't just adults it was everyone from newborns to the elderly. The Nazis treated them like they were not humans, but just objects that they had to keep track of. Elie told us many examples, such as when they were put in cattle cars to be transported, they used tattooed numbers to identify them, and they had to all be bald and wear the same clothes. I would never want to be in this situation because many people died and it could be anyone.
ReplyDeleteIn my book, I am Malala, there is something similar, but instead of Jews being treated worse than Nazis, women are treated worse than men. I could even argue that my book's difference is worse. Not in terms of severity, but in terms of Pakistan's entire culture has dictated that men are superior and it's been like that for years, while Nazis vs Jews only lasted a couple years.
DeleteThe Hazarah in my book are treated around the same as the jews and it really affects the way they live and how they view themselfs.
DeleteI agree I also thought the Jews were treated like objects and I would not want to experience any part of what they had to go through.
DeleteIn my book A long way gone the culture is way different than in the United States. Ishmael is a young boy going through war and the culture he shows is interesting. The rebels are trying to kill all the soldiers and overtake their cities. It reminds me of Russia and Ukraine right now. The rebels just want to kill every solider in Africa. The rebels run family's out of there town and starve, the soldiers try hiding food but often times their houses get destroyed. one example that was a positive while Ishmael was running was when the old man was sitting on his porch, he stopped Ishmael gave him some food and gave him advice on where to go. As a young boy Ishmaels courage to survive is crazy because he wants to live another day, and often finds himself running multiple miles a day. I would not want to be in Africa during this time and would much rather stay in the United States. The United States has some problems right now but nothing like what Ishmael is going through.
ReplyDeleteIn my book Night, the Jews were also starved and ran out of their towns. Something else that is similar to your book with mine is that the Nazis tried to kill all the Jews and they overtook the cities they were living in.
Deletemy book is similar to that
DeleteIshmael's life seems very hard. I would definitely not want to go day to day wondering where my next meal is coming from. The violence would also be too much for me.
DeleteI agree that Ishmael lived a very rough life for that two years that he was serving in the war. Doing drugs every day and killing others. He lived a very violent lifestyle and i wouldn't want to live a life that way.
DeleteYour characters culture sounds very rough and a little similar to mine because the Taliban invaded my characters town, but he was able to get away didn't have to fight or live under the Taliban.
DeleteIn my book Night, the culture is totally different from the United States. Elie is a 15-year-old boy who is in a concentration camp inside of Auschwitz. While reading his experience in teh camps, thinking about it makes my heart hurt that this culutre exsisted. The culture that was in Auschwitz during the Holocaust was horrific because of the treatment all the Jews went through in the years they were in the camps, getting beat, watching their friends and family getting killed in front of them. Something I will take away from this novel is that the Jews had an unimaginable pain while in the camps. One reason why I know they had unimaginable pain is when they were starved and still expected to be strong to work in the camp. I would want to stay in the United States during this time and not expericne this culture. I say this because I would not be able to handle all the mentally and physically drainign things the Jews went through. I would simply give up on the first day.
ReplyDeleteI agree how can people be cruel and live with themselves knowing they have destroyed a innocent humans life that is just looking to live a simple life nothing more.
DeleteMy book is the same way. The people have to fight to stay alive whereas we don't have too. We don't have to worry about thinks like that.
Deleteour books are very similar mainly because ours are based off war. in a long way gone Ishmael has to see his friends/family get killed right in front of him. When the young boys would get taken for hostage or taken to increase the rebels pop, I wouldn't want to imagine seeing this happen to my family and do nothing about it.
DeleteIt is very sad reading about how gruesome Jews were treated for something they can not control. I can not imagine what they had to experience being in a camp not knowing if your are ever going to make it out alive.
DeleteIn my book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" it is cruel as well women cannot go anywhere without a relative and if they do they will get beat. Women during the war were also raped and then killed by men of the opposing side after they intruded their houses and killed their family. I think it is extremely sad that people can do this to other people I cannot imagine what the women in Afghanistan have gone through.
Deletei agree its very horrible and its hard to think that they still have to deal with something this gruesome and scary that's part of their past and its really not something anyone should have to deal with.
DeleteI would agree that it is terrible how the women got treated. No one should have to go through what they did. Women should be able to leave the house without having to have someone with them.
DeleteI would agree that the Jews were treated poorly throughout the book and it wasn't just adults though. Kids were also in those camps and were being killed.
DeleteIn the book Night I found the culture among the Jews and the Germans. The Germans had treated the Jews poorly they demanded them to separate from the rest of the world resulting in the holocaust. The Germans felt controlled over everyone because they had the right to disrespect the Jewish. For instance when the Germans were shooting babies in the air like they were some type of object that did not sit right with me. How can a human do something like this and not feel miserable about themselves. Personally I would not want to experience a culture like this because killing babies and innocent humans is not an environment I would want to live around. Especially when the Jews had to do labor jobs and have the littlest of food in their system. That is not an Ideal way to treat a human.
ReplyDeletemy book is like that because it afficans vs rebles
Deletethe culture is very different and i wouldnt want to experience it because of all the picking on and hatre towrd the jews in this time period and countries
DeleteThe culture of Kite Runner is some what similar considering Assef wants to get rid of all the Hazara when he climbs to the top of the Taliban.
Deletein my book long way gone the culture is compelety different from the us a young boy ishmael is going though a war and the culture the is showen by him is interesting rebels are killing every soilder and taken over cites kinda like the war we have now with russia and ukraine
ReplyDeleteIshmaels culture is very different from our own in the United States, but I think it would be interesting to see how they live out their everyday life before the war between the rebels and the military
DeleteIn my book A long Way Gone it shows a very different culture than in the US. The culture in this book represents family a lot like in the US but the survival is completley different. It shows a day to day lifestyle of tring to find food and having little to no money and the food culture is also very different. Some foods in this book i have never heard of. Its hard to find a full meal in this book. When they eat cassava a plant that is very nutrition for them. Eating raw meat just to stay alive but which also lead them to die from it. Very rough culture with survival being the biggest want. I would perfer to stay in the US because learning about different cultures we have it very easy to some others.
ReplyDeletein my comment i had said i would like to experience their culture before the war broke out. it'd be interesting to see what went on during a regular day in sierra Leone. I also wouldn't imagine the food being like that before the war happening.
DeleteI am reading A long Way Gone and I think the culture is very different from where we live. They live in a very hot place surrounded by forest. They also don't have a lot of resources for water. Let alone fresh water. They would have to walk to the nearest river to find some. Just like with water, they don't have many food choices. Mostly just the animals they shoot in the woods or catch in the water. Where as if I was hungry right now, I could just go to the store and get some food. I would have no need to hunt. Ishmael has to survive horrible conditions that most people in the United States wouldn't be able to handle. Most of us probably wouldn't even make it passed the first day but since this is the type of stuff they grew up with, its normal to them. Personally, for me, I would definitely rather live in the US than in a place I would have to fight to survive.
ReplyDeleteI agree that most people here could not handle living in a third world country. We have a lot of privilege here in the United States.
Deletefrom what Ishmael described before the war broke out is typically everyone was giving. mostly all tribes worked with each other, and if one tribe had an abundance amount of resources tribes would typically trade to equal out the goods. what I took away from this book is that they're very religious and if you were to do your work and provide for others it is pretty easy to survive in sierra Leone before the war break out. Before the war broke out I would definitely like to experience their culture. itd be interesting to see how they went through their days.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that their culture is interesting. It would be cool to experience their type of worship however, I would not like to not work. The women in the culture do not do a typical job and are expected to be housewives, I would be bored.
Deletei also would be interested in living a day in the life of those from Sierra Leone, the type of work would seem more purposeful, like i am actually contributing something useful to others
DeleteI agree that they are very religious. But however, i believe that no matter how hard you work or provide for others, it doesn't guarantee life. When the rebels came through towns, they killed everybody in sight no matter how much you provided.
DeleteI agree, they are big on being well behaved and providing for others. But they worked for everything they got just for it to get taken from them
DeleteIn my book a lot of the kids from Afghan have very successful fathers who own many businesses which the kids would take over someday, so our book is a little different.
Deleteit is incredible what war can do to the psychology of the mind. In Night it seems as praying is the only escape from the reality of war.
DeleteIshmael's lifestyle before the war was not very wealthy but it was content. He lived in a small village in a dessert. It was a close knit village and they had to grow, make, or find any food they made. When his village was attacked it was apparent how dangerous that type of lifestyle can be. Ishmael was forced to fight as a young child and this took away his childhood. This would never happen in a more developed country. In their culture women are expected to bare children and cook meals while the men worked. I think his culture is very interesting however I would not want to live it because it is hard to imagine how difficult living day to day would be and I am thankful for my freedom to do what I want with my life without predetermined roles.
ReplyDeletein my book i have learned Afghan culture that they're a lot of violent competitions such as kite fighting. when the Taliban's took over they got rid of that special event. afghans are very strict about drinking and have to pray alot. they're also racist to hazarah as Hassan gets rapped just because of that.
ReplyDeleteThis is similar to Night in the way that Praying is something people can always turn to in such events.
Deletein my book night they also lived a very calm and traditional life and for it to just flip upside down like that so quickly would be very difficult to handle especially when your all in it as a family and having to see them suffer too would be too much for me
Deletei agree i read this book. Hassan rape shouldnt of happened though amir should have stopped it
ReplyDeletei am reading nigh and i think the culture is very different to what i experience here. i wouldnt like to have to go throgh things that elie goes through, the hatred, abuse, and being picked on constantly. eventually being so hated to be put into a consentration camp to die. even before this happened, he and his family were required to live in a ghetto, because they were hated.
ReplyDeleteIn the book that I'm reading Kite Runner the culture that the main character Amir has is also very different from the culture that I live in.
DeleteIn my book A Long Way gone I would love to engage in their culture. Families are very close and very loving. I would not choose to go there currently because of the violence the rebels are inflicting on innocent civilians. If life in Sierra Leone remained how it was in the first few pages I would like to experience something new and be able to step away from technology and to spend more time with family.
ReplyDeleteIn my book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" I would not like to engage in their culture because of what they do to women and the rules they have to follow within their country. Women cannot go anywhere or do anything without a male relative with them. Which is another reason why I would not want to live there either.
DeleteI agree as of right now it would definitely be a bad time to go there because of all the violence happening making their life a bad place.
DeleteFrom my book I Am Malala, I would also love to experience and engage with Malala's culture because they are also family oriented, but I would not want to go to Pakistan either because of the violence with the Taliban. And another reason why I would not want to go to Pakistan because women do not have any freedom and they also are not able to have an education without being in danger.
DeleteI would also want to know what their culture is like before the war and all the killing
DeleteIn the book I Am Malala, I have learned about Malala's country's culture and religion and how they treat women. Throughout the book, Malala talked about her culture and how she can live as a women in Pakistan. Things that I have learned from her book, was how limited freedoms women have in Pakistan. Malala talked about how women could not go to school and if they did it would only be to learn how to cook and take care of a family. Malala also talked about how women can not leave the house without a male, and it doesn't matter if the male is a baby or old
ReplyDeleteman. Compared to the United States, almost everything is different because women have more freedom than in Pakistan, which I hate how unfair it is to the women in Pakistan. But from what I have taken away from Malala's story, I would like to live in her culture if they had the same freedoms as the United States.
In, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" the culture and religion is very different from the United States. After the Taliban took over Afghanistan in the 1980s they created laws that everyone was to abide by. For culture women can no longer go out of their houses without a male relative. If they were to leave their houses by themselves they were to be beat if they were caught. Women who had jobs before the Taliban overtook their country lost them and were forced to return to their homes and make food for their husbands and take care of their children. Laila and Mariam were so used to leaving their houses without a male relative that this was a whole new world for them, everything changing around them was a big surprise to them that they disagreed with. For their religion they are supposed to pray two times a day if they do not abide by that law, a new one of many, then they were to be beat for breaking it. As for either wanting to experience this culture or staying in the United States I would rather stay in the United States because I like having my freedom and being able to leave the house without having to have someone come with me. I like to be able to say what I want and work a job.
ReplyDeleteIn my book, "I am Malala", Pakistani culture is very similar to the culture you describe.
Deletein my book called night found the culture among the Jews and the Germans. The Germans had treated the Jews poorly they demanded them to separate from the rest of the world resulting in the holocaust. the Jewish were disrespected and killed which still has left an impact for generations because its a big part of Jewish people's history and an example would be when the Germans killed random jews at camp if they couldn't keep going and couldn't continue to work which was awful.
ReplyDeletethis is like a long way gone. they are separated from the rebels and the government
DeleteThis situation is like my book "A long Way Gone" because The Rebels are fighting the Army and depending on who killed your family thats who you were fighting.
DeleteI agree the Jews were treated very badly and I to think its sad that the Germans separated the Jews from there families and I don't think that was right.
DeleteI agree with the fact that the Jews were treated poorly because the Germans would kill anyone, it didn't matter what they did.
DeleteThe culture in Mattru Jong compared to the culture that we have here in the US is completely different. In Mattru Jong they have villages and huts and we have towns and houses. They dont really have roads to travel on they have paths and dirt roads. They get water from the rivers and we turn on a faucet. When Ishmael is apart of the war, they would have chores and one of them was to get water and they would carry buckets. I wouldn't want to live in this culture because of the fact that I like having my freedom and being able to really do as I please without worrying about death being around the corner.
ReplyDeletealthough the basics of life might not be as advanced as us, i think as a culture these people are generally more happy.
DeleteI agree, they are more happy and they all work together and have alot of hope
DeleteIn the book A Long Way Gone, i would like to experience some time in their culture, before the war started of course. Everything there seems much more simple and peaceful. The things that bring them happiness just seem more fulfilling than the things our culture tells us will bring us happiness. I think that way of life would be a more natural and peaceful way of living. At one point Ishmael mentions how everyone signs a thumbs up to each other, meaning 'One Love' which comes from reggae music. This shows that people are more caring and compassionate than we are in this country.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way I feel like it wouldn't hurt to experience some time in their culture doing what you want when you want.
DeleteI also agree in that aspect that their life is so simple and they seem to enjoy the little things. It kind of reminds me of my childhood before technology really took over the world and playing outside everyday was the most important thing.
DeleteI would also like to visit my place before all the war. It sounded like a good place when Amir described it before the Taliban took over.
Deletei dont think i could experience being in the culture from a long way gone. there are moments where times are so simple and seem like a nice life. there are also moments that are so gruesome and brutal. they almost have no expression.
ReplyDeletethis is nothing compared to my book. a long way gone is purely war and surviving.
ReplyDeleteIn the book A long way gone the culture is very different. Before the war all the kids were seen as innocent and were demanded good behavior and had to be well behaved. They are very close to their parents and have good relationships with them. I would want to experience this culture before the war happened. I want to see how they lived, and how they survive day in and day out. I think it would be a very different culture then the United States
ReplyDeleteI agree the lifes of these kids and how they were with their family is different now when they are not with there parents it has built ishmael to be tough
DeleteThe culture of the kids seems as if it has changed a lot through the war, I would be want to see the change as if it was for the better or if it made them worse out.
Deletei also agree they dont seem the same during the war
DeleteAs someone with a different culture, it was almost amusing seeing how people reacted to something they didn't know. Malala's culture is a lot different than mine, but there are lots of similarities such as government corruption, sexism, and religious influence. But my biggest take from Pakistani culture is that we here in America hold lots of privilege. A lot of the things that are normalized here aren't accessible to everyone and we often take it for granted. Obviously we aren't perfect and there are definitely some things I disagree with when it comes to our country, but I would not trade it for any other place.
ReplyDeleteI am also reading I Am Malala, and I agree with you that there is similarities between our government and Pakistan's government, and that we hold a lot of privileges here than the people of Pakistan. Which is one of the most important things I learned about Pakistan culture and how we may have the same similarities but experience them in different ways.
DeleteIn I Am Malala the women are expected to stay home, cook, and have babies. They aren't allowed to go to school and have an education and men are praised. They also have specific clothes they are expected to wear, and I would not be able to handle that because I do not like dressing up at all, I like being able to choose what I wear and what I do in my free time. It's crazy how girls weren't allowed to go places without a man, or how the girls weren't allowed to play outside with the boys when the Taliban began cracking down on Pakistan. I would definitely prefer to stay in the United States where I am equal, or at least close to equal with other Americans.
ReplyDeleteWhile I am not reading that book the points you brought up are really good reasons on why I would rather live in the United States.
DeleteThe soldiers refer to Hassan as a Hazara, which is a persecuted ethnic group in Afghanistan. The Hazaras originally came from further east in Asia, and their features are more Asian than Arabic. Amir and Baba, on the other hand, are Pashtun. Once, while looking through history books, Amir discovered information on the Hazara. They had an uprising during the nineteenth century, but it was brutally suppressed by the Pashtuns. The book mentions some of the derogatory names they are called, including mice-eating and flat-nosed, and says part of the reason for the animosity is because the Hazara are Shia Muslim while the Pashtuns are Sunni Muslim.
ReplyDeleteI would personally not like to experience this culture. I would stay with the U.S. culture because it is a lose lose situation. If you are on Assef’s side, you are on top but are not a very good person. If you are on Hassan’s side, you are made fun of all of the time and treated like you do not belong. Then if you are in Amir’s situation you are frowned upon for associating with Hazara in a nice or respectful way.
this is very spot on to a key detail in the book very good descripition of how it all works using terminology
DeleteI feel as if this culture is more non caring they as in the don't care what civilians have, they don't care if they have weed or cocaine, so this culture is different because of the places that aren't built as tough as places in America where in their culture they don't even have many rules they don't got many laws. I would like to live there for a more redneck life but I'd rather live here because of the community.
ReplyDeleteI agree less rules and less care in this culuture. I agree the US has a better community
DeleteI also believe that the U.S. has a much better community than that of Afghanistan. We are much better off (especially me, as a woman) in the United States.
Deletei agree in my book night the germans could really care less about what the jews think or do even tho they have done nothing wrong they still have hatrid for them
DeleteIn my book A Long Way Gone I think the culture in Sierra Leone isn't really represented well because of all the fighting and killing going on. Some things that are brought up are the different foods that the people eat and how everyone is really close with each other. Every person in their respective village kind of knows everyone there and are able to live together with little trouble. I would want to know more about this culture and if i were to expirience it i feel like i would really learn a lot about the people.
ReplyDeletethis sounds like a rough one for her gonna have to check this one out more
DeleteI agree the culture isn't explained in too much detail
DeleteI Agree because the culture at the time is represented by the fighting and how Ishmael didn't have a choice of getting thrown into the war.
DeleteI agree, I think the city itself more represents the nation and they are not really as behind in the world as it seems to be when they are in a civil war raging through the jungle.
DeleteJust like your book, there is loads of killing and bombings from the Taliban. Unlike yours though, I would live there due to me risking my life.
DeleteI too am reading a long way gone and think that from what i know the culture pre was sounds lovely but due to the war everyone seems kind of to keep to themselves i wish it talked more about the culture before the war.
Deletein my book the kite runner amir is a pashun and hassan is hazaran they are friends but not the way friends should be friends and amir is higher on the totum pole of social status because of his religon
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning it seems as the Pashtuns our on top of the social status but now the Taliban's seem to taken over all cultures in Kabul.
DeleteIn my book Kite Runner, it exposes me and many readers about the Afghan culture. In this book it clearly shows that many Afghans discriminate against the ethnic Hazara who mostly live in the country. The name Kite Runner comes from a cultural event that happens called fight kiting where the boys of the town will have to fly kites then run around and try and cut other boys kites. I have learned a lot about this culture from this book but I would rather stay in the United States because this book also talks about a lot of the rough things that happen in Afghan.
ReplyDeleteIn along way gone its cool to hear about all the culture things that happen in Africa, but its horrible to hear about the war that always happens cause of corruption and extremist wanting to have it change and they believe war is what it needs.
DeleteIn my book Kite Runner the main two Amir and Hassan have to face many challenges for there culture differences. With Amir being a Pashtun and Hasan being Hazaras, they come to having to hide there friendship whenever anyone else is around. Since Hazaras are viewed at the bottom of the social class. They are seen as servants, and nothing else. But now that the Taliban's have came in, there culture showing nothing but a disgrace. Them taking over and destroying everything that still stands. I would hate to live in Afghanistan because all it contains is war.
ReplyDeleteIn my book A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah had to face many obstacles and later had to change what he was doing it a big way
DeleteI would also hate to live in Afghanistan because of the war. It would be a horrible place to raise children and care for your loved ones.
DeleteI am reading the same book and I agree with you, I think that almost all of the problems that Amir faces in the book have to do with the culture of his people.
Deletemy book a long way gone is very similar to this with everything being ruined by the war making it seem like a terrible spot to live.
DeleteAfter reading Night, there isn't much cultural detail to take out of it other than the jews religion and German examples of this could be Elie's friend he meet who prayed very often in hopes of survival. Eventually this guy ended up dead, although many other Jews have done what he did. I don't think anyone would like to experience World war II a second time, that's why we haven't had a world war III
ReplyDeleteMine didn't have much till halfway through the book and it took a huge 180 on me.
DeleteYes I agree that to experience world war ll a second time would be horrible and no one would want to.
DeleteYeah wwIII would be horrible with what we have now it probably end much worse than wwII.
Deletewwlll would be the end of all life as we know it lots of religions and people would question there place on earth as they did back then
DeleteThings i learned about the culture from a long way gone is that they dance a lot and tell stories. It is mentioned in the book that when he finds a story teller, he is surprised that someone from America would know about his cultures stories. Also they tell stories a lot through the book whenever they get the chance.
ReplyDeletedance alot and tell stories, this sounds like a fun religion i just wish i knew what it was called and where they were from.
DeleteIn "A Long Way Gone" The cultural difference between the culture of the people of Sierra Leone and the people of America are completely different because in Sierra Leone you don't really have the choice of whether or not you get an education where as in America you are given education. In Sierra Leone at a young age you could be thrown into war and depending on who killed your parents that's who you're fighting. In America you have the choice to join the military but you must be 18 in order to.
ReplyDeleteIn "A Long Way Gone", the Cultural of Sierra Leone is not very kid gets educated and just play or work with no education. But for us Americans, we are given education when we hit 5 or 6 years old. We don't allow illegal drugs, in this book its allowed which is very unsetting. They even take kids that are 13 years old to hold a gun and in the army.
ReplyDeleteBeing in Sierra Leon at the time must have been terrifying with soldiers burning down villages and killing everyone with little to no hesitation.
DeleteThe book A Long Way Gone has as very different culture from America. I cant really thing of a single place in America that has its own un governed civil wars like the ones described in the book. The country itself is so far behind America that its just a little bit shocking. Outside of the big capital city Sierra Leone is completely un governed and they all live in rural villages in the middle of the jungle. They have minimal education and where Ishmael is from everyone worked in the mines with no where else to go. There was barely any vehicles throughout the whole story and everything was traveled by foot with little technology. Complete opposite to the USA.
ReplyDeleteIn along way gone It teaches you that in under developed countries money is a big thing and when people see that money has taken over they want to fight it and go back to the old way and be leaders not some money grabbers. I also shows that when they don't want to spend that money on there army to build up power they corrupted the mind of the young and used them as there unstop able killing force that was also disposable and the drugs that were probably found through out the city and used on the kids to make them "tough" but all it did was cloud and destroy what they could have been but corruption killed it for the kids. I would never like to experience this it horrible to see a country fight its self and then kids with elevated anger because of drugs.
ReplyDeleteI read the book "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and the culture was strange compared to America. I'm going to start off by saying...I will not be visiting Kabul...ever. I am terrified at the prospect of stepping foot in Afghanistan, actually. The culture is based on oppressing women, so I would not thrive. In Afghanistan, men can have multiple wives and are allowed to do whatever they please with said wives. NO thanks. Also, women have slim access to health care or education. They have many dialects and separate languages within their country, and if you don't know one, you may not be able to communicate. We don't usually have this issue in the U.S., but it can happen. Over all, I do not have ANY desire to travel to Afghanistan...
ReplyDeleteAs I am also reading this book I would have to agree with you about wanting to never go to Afghanistan in fear of what could happen to me.
DeleteI would not want to go to Kabul either because of the war and the way people were treated, I would be so scared something would happen to me.
DeleteI am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and something about the culture would be the act of a mam having multiple wives some examples of this would be with Jalil with three wives and Rasheed with Laila and Mariam. Another thing would be how a woman has to be with a man to leave their house. For me I would rather stay in the U.S. as it has more freedom for women and if you were a women, you would not have to be as carful here.
ReplyDeleteI would much rather stay in the U.S because the women were street with so much disrespect and the laws are a lot stricter.
DeleteI agree I would much rather stay in the U.S. with the freedoms that women in Afghanistan do not have. I would feel much safer here than if I was there.
DeleteIn the book Nights we saw the side of being a jew and that was hard because in the end they all got shot or beaten enough that they die and so and example of the jews was when they were all put into cattle carts and they sprayed water on full blast so it hurt them when they were so thirsty. I would not like to be placed in this position of being a jew because I would not want to be beaten all the time.
ReplyDeletebeing in that position that the Jews were in would be a terrible experience.
Deletein my book night the author mainly focuses on the culture of the jewish communty and of the german country. in the book it focuses on the holocaust and war of ww2 and in the book the germans hate the jews. before the germans came and captured all of the jews they all lived mostly a normal and traditional life but after they were captured they found themself fighting daily for survival wanted to help eachother but almost having to fend for themselves because they have to focus on there own life. the germans showed no mercy againsed the innocent lives of the jews. in the book they have turned against them after gaining there trust in seeking saving from the germans. they talk about piles of dead bodies including newborns which really made my stomach hurt cause how could you do something to them when they can barley even move
ReplyDeletei agree in the beginning he talked about the Jewish faith often slowly starting to fad away from talking about that until the end where it is almost forgotten entirely
DeleteIn the book Thousand Splendid Suns the cultures were completely different than in the US. The book told many stories about the hardships and the circumstances they have to live in in Afghanistan. The women in this culture do all the cooking, cleaning and other chores, while the men work. After the Taliban made new rules, the women were no longer able to leave the house unless they were with a male relative. In their culture the women also get married at a very young age usually when they can start having baby's. A lot of times the men are very old and can have multiple wives. In the novel it explained that Rasheed married Mariam when she was younger and then later Rasheed married Laila who was only 14 and Rasheed was around 60 years old. This culture is super strict especially towards women. After knowing what the women have to go through, I would not be able to live in this country.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with not being able to live in a place like especially when its okay for a 60-year-old man is able to marry a 14 year old
DeleteI thought the same thing I would hate to live in a country where I have to follow all these restrictions and limitations just because of my gender.
DeleteI'm reading thousand splendid suns. and in the book its a vary religious and male dominate country they make the married women wear a hood like thing around there heads the women are not aloud to do many things for example there not aloud to leave a place like Kubal without a male with them. i would prefer to stay in America because the restrictions women have there.
ReplyDeleteI am also reading a thousand splendid suns and I agree that the book shows how bad that country can be for the rights and safety for women but I also think it can be bad due to the trouble to leave because of the violence and war that is happening.
DeleteIn the book Kite Runner the culture that I saw and learned about was the Muslim culture. The Muslim culture is a very religious culture where everyone that lives around them has the same beliefs. In the book so far the only person who doesn't follow the culture that much is Amir's father Baba, he respects the culture but doesn't follow all of it's rules. In this culture there are people who are called Hazaras who have the same beliefs but are part Asian so they are looked down on by others. This culture is very strict and you must follow it's rules to be accepted but if you look different you will be looked down on even if you have the same beliefs. That is why I would not want to visit this place and experience it's culture.
ReplyDeleteI agree I would not want to study or be a part of this religion and i believe the country they are in is Afghanistan which is not a exactly good country to be in to begin with, sense they really is no rights.
DeleteIn the book I am reading, A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini has a very different culture than we have. I was quite surprised by the things in the book like when Mariam was only 15 when she was forced to marry Rasheed who was around 40. From a young a age children are treated and taught differently based on their gender. Like for boys they are to go to school and get a good job to provide for their wife and children. The girls are taught to cook, clean, and take care of the household work in their families. They are to covert their faces and only leave with a male relative or their husband. That is very different from the US where women wait to get married and they agree to it. Normally with someone close in age to them. Women can wear what ever they want and get an education if they want. One big take away i have from this book is the freedoms we have here are not the same elsewhere and this book has opened my eyes and made me appreciate the opportunities here.
ReplyDeleteI can understand that situation and when a time comes like that there is a saying, "push comes to shove",
DeleteI am also reading a thousand splendid suns and I agree how different and eye opening it was to see some of the simple human rights we have as women in America that they don't get there some we even take for granted.
DeleteI have finished the book Night where Elie is a Jew what i have learned from the religion and culture of Jews and Germany is Jewish people are proud of who they are and they are fighters all they would do is pray and just believe things would get better they always listened and never gave up all the way up to the end now what I have learned about Germany itself just from WWII they are very easily manipulative and just did what they were told no matter how messed up i mean Jews survived years just going from coffee and bread that's all! it amazes me and while SS soldiers are throwing infants and toddlers into a fire honestly I would not want to live anywhere out of the united states especially in a communist country they can do whatever they want and this is why stuff like the holocaust happened and no one wanted to stand up for what was right.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like Elie and Ishmael are going through the same thing even though they are in completely different scenarios.
Deleteyes, i wish someone would have stood up to them but they would have died if they said anything
DeleteThrough out reading A Long Way Gone I have learned so much more about the times of war in 3rd world countries. I now understand the struggles people went through in those times. It feels like everyone that Ishmeal has gotten close with just passes away. In a time like that the only thing you can focus on is survival. If surviving mean killing someone or taking hard drugs that's what you have to do when a time like this arrives.
ReplyDeleteIn the book I'm reading, A Thousand Splendid Suns, their culture is way different where there they are very religious and also very torn politically throughout the book it almost seemed like it could be dangerous to say if you were for or against the Russian communists and everything that is going on. they also are more for women being the ones who cook clean take care of the children and stay at home. in the book you also see how the two main characters Mariam and Laila are actually both wives to the same man who is much, much older than both of them which isn't overly irregular there. many men have multiple wives and this book shows how not every culture is the same some cultures deem some things okay that other cultures don't think are okay like in America typically a man having multiple wives is not okay but in their culture it is. books like this make you more culturally aware. I personally would not want to be in that country because of the struggle women tend to have and because the threat and the danger of the war that is happening so I think America would be a better place to be.
ReplyDeleteI also read this book and it is a very eye opening book for sure. It helps me remain humble and be grateful for all I have. If you could do something about the mistreatment of women in Afghanistan what would you do?
DeleteIn the book Night, we get to see how the Germans treated the Jews. We got to see how the Jews were treated like animals, by packing them in cattle cars and tagging all of them to identify them. The Jews were just beat and mistreated until they finally just killed them. I would not want to experience what the Jews had to go through because they were just beaten and abused until death and nobody did anything about it.
ReplyDeletei agree, going through this would not be fun and there is no way i would want to experiecne this. they were treated like animals
DeleteThe ways the jews were treated back then just isnt right. They are human beings and were treated like animals. They were put in cattle cars and basically got herded around like animals. Then a lot were sent to death. This is no way a human should be treated. They bearly got food and were worked extreamly hard. i for sure prefer to stay in the united state, i do not want to go around and be treated like an animal and possibly die.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night the jews are taken by the Germans and treated like puppets. They are dragged along getting tutored to ne end. Its something you couldn't even think of happening too you. And a person didn't have a choice to run or hid because they would juts be killed. Its crazy to think about all of the lives lost just in a year or two because of one evil person.
ReplyDeleteWhat I have learned from the book Malala and her culture is that her culture is kind of like how it was back in the old days for the most part. Women have to stay home and watch the kids, they have to cook and clean all the time. What I don't like about her culture is that girls are not allowed to go to school but boys can. I don't think that's fair, to have boys go to school and get and education but not let girls go to school and get an education as well.
ReplyDeleteIn my book A Thousand Splendid Suns, the women got treated terribly. They had rules and if they broke them, they would get beat. Women had to be with a man if they wanted to leave the house, they couldn't go without someone. An example would be, Laila and Mariam tried to leave to go back home, and they got caught so their husband Rasheed beat them and then locked them up for three days with no food or water. I would not want this to be my culture, but I also feel terrible for them and nobody should have to go through any of that.
ReplyDeleteIn my book, The Kite Runner, the culture is different from the U.S. Men and women were killed by the Taliban who were storming all throughout Afghanistan. They would bomb buildings, cut trees, and kill innocent civilians. I wouldn't want to experience this culture due to it being a bad place to live in to begin with and with a huge army roaming the streets.
ReplyDeletei think when all is peaceful it would be interesting to go see the culture in the book a long way gone as they are very under developed and everything there is done by hand, the main character Ishmael was confused by an elevator which is unbelievable to me and i would live to see more on the way of life but as is in my book its probably the last place i would want to be as the whole country is corrupt and war is everywhere
ReplyDeleteFrom the book A Long Way Gone I learned more about the Sierra Leonese culture. Some differences are in the fact that most people live in villages and walking miles to a neighboring village is relatively common. The most jarring difference is in warfare. The complete destruction and chaos caused by the war is unlike anything I've every seen or heard about.
ReplyDeletein my book Night the Jews were in the first parts of the book un worried about the Germans being a proud people as the book went along you could see the changes of there moral and who they were by the things that happened to them like being loaded in to cattle cars for days on end no water no food not knowing what to do being lost in themselves not knowing what it was like being a Jew before what they were reduced to as a whole
ReplyDeleteIn my book night I had learned more about what happened in the concentration camps. The Events that the Jews had to go through and the living conditions were very harsh. I wouldn't want to live there because of the events that occurred.
ReplyDeleteIn the book I read A Thousand Splendid Suns it is a huge culture shock compared to America. In Afghanistan the taliban take over and women begin to not have any rights. They cannot leave their homes without a male relative or without being covered head to toe in a Burqa. If women are caught not obeying the law of the Taliban they are beat to a bloody pulp or put in detention centers. I enjoy this book because it helps me realize how lucky I am to be free and not have to deal with something like that. It also makes me want to learn more about the culture.
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