Paton, Alan. Cry, The Beloved Country. Simon & Schuster New York, 2003.
Creamer Media Reporter "Fear and loathing of the rich infringe on South Africans’ civil liberties" Polity July 07, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Jennifers Biblioagraphy Page for the Power of Fear
Clair L. Bell "South Africa's Femal Tribal Chiefs Often Rule in Fear ." Time Monday, Jun. 07, 2010
Megan's Bibliography Page: The Unifying Power of Love
DeVos, Pierre. Continually Speaking. 10 Feb. 2010. Web. 10 Jan. 2011.
Paton, Alan. Cry, The Beloved Country. Simon & Schuster New York, 2003.
Pennington, Steuart. "An extraordinary South African family" South Africa the Good News. 12 Nov 2010. Web. 10 Jan 2011.
Pennington, Steuart. "An extraordinary South African family" South Africa the Good News. 12 Nov 2010. Web. 10 Jan 2011.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Michelle Ngo's NAMLE.
Audience & Authorship:
This message was created by three people. Alvarez, Jennifer. Bailey, Megan. Ngo, Michelle. This was made to tell the importance of the land, the effect of fear, and the unifying power of love. I believe that this article targeted the audience through whomever is interested in learning about South Africa. Well, it's obvious that those three girls mentioned above will be benefited because this is a school project. This message matters to me, because as I was creating this and doing my part, I actually learned a little bit more than what I had originally learned. All the stuff that I learned before I did this project, and AFTER I read the book, Cry the Beloved Country, along with my homework assignments, has been changed. Well, not drastically changed, but changed to the point where I learn about the weather. When I was reading Cry the Beloved Country, I imagined a sunny place, NOT a place where rain was sometimes scarce, or sometimes too much causing floods.
Messages & Meanings:
This is about the thoughts of Michelle Ngo's, Megan Bailey's, and Jennifer Alvarez's. I know this, because it says so at the top of the blog, and plus, it really does talk about their thoughts. Their ideas are about the three topics of: Importance of land, Unifying power of love, and the Effect of fear. I think, that this blog should have more point to it. Considering that this is a blog, and that this blog should have a bunch of random stuff to it, maybe all that random stuff should lead to one thing. Or maybe more than one thing. The techniques that are used is that they have very clear pictures, and underneath those pictures, there are some very meaningful points that describe the picture. Although there is not a video on the blog at the moment, there are still some good ways to communicate the message. For example, on my post: the importance of land where it talks about the flood. I had a link underneath to go to the page where you can read and find out more interesting information.
Representations & Reality:
This was made a couple days ago starting on January 9th 2010. This is shared through the internet. This is 90% fact, because we got most of our stuff out of the internet that have very true aspects, and our book, Cry, the Beloved Country. This is very much credible, because our articles out of the internet may seem like it is a biased opinion, however, most of our articles are true, and live events that had occurred.
Michelle Ngo's Bibliography Page for the Importance of Land and Cry the Beloved, Country.
Vermaak Maryke. “Clean-up after Floods” The Star 17 Dec 2010. 11 Jan 2010.
Paton, Alan. Cry, The Beloved Country. Simon & Schuster New York, 2003.
News and Novel: The Unifying Power of Love
After you read this article, you can see that through love, this family has been unified! They have endured hardships together and it has not broken them up because of the love they have for each other. In both the novel ad this article the unifying power of love is family. In the novel, Stephen Kumalo loves his family so much. He goes far from his home in Ndotsheni to the town of Johannesburg which was very different from his hometown. He looked for and cared after his sister. He found his son and helped him through his trial and hanging. Stephen Kumalo’s love for his son, his family, and his people affected James Jarvis. Arthur Jarvis also showed love for his fellow man and because James Jarvis loved his son he takes time to learn and understand the feelings and thoughts that Arthur had had while he was alive. This changed how James Jarvis viewed life in South Africa. In he end of the novel, the two races in this situation are in a sense “unified”. James Jarvis sent someone to help teach them about farming, he helps plan out a new water source for Ndotsheni, and he provides funding for a new church. These are examples of how the unifying power of love can be found in this novel due to the lives lived by Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis.
Love and Kindness
“Kumalo looked at him under the light of the lamp. I believe, he said, but I have learned that it is a secret. Pain and suffering they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret. But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.” (Pg. 261, Cry, the Beloved Country)
In this quote, it talks about pain, suffering, kindness, and love, and how they are all a “secret”. The interesting thing is that when these are put together, kindness and love pay for the pain and suffering. The kindness and love help someone get through the pain and suffering that they are experiencing. In the novel, Absalom Kumalo gets into trouble with hanging with the wrong friends. Regardless of if the reader thinks that Absalom is guilty or not, you can only imagine how hard it is for him to go through this with everyone against him. When his dad finds him, his dad shows kindness and love towards him. When Absalom is to be hung, his father comforts his fears of being hung. Absalom is still scared but that fear is calmed when his dad shows that kindness and love toward him. This shows the unifying power of love within the novel and how the relationship between father and son is unified through kindness and love.
Nelson Mandela vs. Arthur Jarvis
Nelson Mandela was a great example and leader in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 for trying to stand up for what he knew was right and was sentenced to 5 years in prison with hard labor. He was released on February 11, 1990. He then charged right into the work that he had started before being thrown into prison. Nelson Mandela is like the character Arthur Jarvis in the novel Cry, the Beloved Country. Nelson Mandela and Arthur Jarvis both mended broken things in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was able to create a hope for the South African people and fought for what he knew was right. Arthur Jarvis also wanted the same things Mandela did. He wanted fairness in South Africa and he wanted the people to remember the importance of the land and respect each other. Nelson Mandela and Arthur Jarvis both had a love for South Africa and its people. This power of love led to a stronger country (in Mandela’s example) and a change of heart in James Jarvis (in Arthur’s example). These two examples prove the power of love and how it can unify people.
The Unifying Power of Love
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” ~Nelson Mandela
South Africa's Femal Tribal Chiefs Often Rule in Fear
In this Article it talks about how many chiefs of tribes are afraid of the people that they rule over. The reason for this is because many of these chiefs are women. Many women sre afraid to sleep at thier home because they are scared that the men are going to come to her house and hurt her, maybe even kill her. In 2007 the chief of Mthonjana village was shot dead and then she was burned in her own hut by four men that did not want to be ruled by a women. This article opens our eyes and lets us know that women don't always have thier rights.
Fear and loathing of the Rich Infringe on South Africans’ Civil Liberties
In this video it talks about how the crime rate in South Africa has gone up. How many have gane to far to their right of saftey and security. How they have been blocking off thier property to fell more secure. They talk about how they need to be a cummunity and become one, so that thier community will become better. That they need to break down walls and build them.
http://www.polity.org.za/article/fear-and-loathing-of-the-rich-infringe-on-south-africans-civil-liberties-2009-07-07
Monday, January 10, 2011
Johannesburg was a beautiful place..
Until December 15, 2010..
there was a flood in Johannesburg.
"Stand unshod upon it, for the ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator. Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it, and man is destroyed."
[Cry the Beloved Country; 33]
On December 15th, 2010, it began to rain heavily for a couple of days. As a result, the flood displaced at least a couple thousands of people. About 1200 people have been housed in churches and community halls and many people began to volunteer to donate items such as: clothes, food, and whatever else they can to help out.
The flood has destroyed nearly everything that cannot withstand it. Volunteers are now donating items and it brings me joy to know that there are at least some good-hearted people who are willing to think besides themselves for a moment. When I was reading the article, thoughts ran across my mind, and one of them was, “What would happen if it was a bigger flood, and that flood destroyed all of Johannesburg and other cities?” Well, I'm going to be very thankful that none of that happened, because we do not need another devastating Haiti moment.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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