We're almost done with this book!
Anyways, the chapter that interested me most from the reading that was due today was chapter 43. I really liked this chapter because I finally get to see that the women stand up for themselves, unlike in most of the other chapters where their power is limited and what not. The women all came together and beat up a man who was convicted for rape. It didn't seem like the first time they did this. It actually seemed like they practice this because after Aunt Lydia blew a whistle, they all go attack the man. I also was surprised at Ofglen's actions because she really just kicked the man's head a bunch of times. Painful, much?!
Onto something else; in class, we've been doing activites on propaganda. I've never knew about all the different types of propaganda there are, such as bandwagon, bad logic, etc., until this activity. I also never knew how often the different types of propaganda are in things in our everyday lives such as TV commercials and online advertisements. And how the propaganda isn't always obvious in commercials.. sometimes you really have to pay attention and listen to what the people are saying because there are a lot of hidden meanings!
Until next time!
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HAHA! i agree! i think that since there was a whistle involved in this man's beating, it might have been premeditated. maybe they planned to punish this man for raping and so that he can take responsibility for his actions. i think that if they were unsure of what to do, their beating would be unsuccessful. i feel as if, without aunt lydia's guidance, they would not have been as prepared to beat him up, since the whistle was their sign to attack. i definitely think if i was ofglen, and if i was as mad about this raper, i think i would have kicked him in the head too =D i think i would do it so that he can understand that his head was not screwed on straight. hehe.
ReplyDeletei agree with you! i never knew there were that many different tactics in which commercials and politicians can use to bribe or attract people - i guess we have to thank ms aaland for teaching us! i think commercials and advertisements and such, use things like subliminal messaging! i think they do not want to be really obvious, but actually really subtle about it because people might think they're too desperate and overexaggerating about their product?