Siddhartha Reading Section 4

This section of Siddartha reminded me of when I ran into an old friend from my childhood because in this section Govinda, and Siddartha run into each other again. As well as Govinda, I ran into an old friend who had changed. In the novel Govinda hears of a wise ferryman, and goes to see who it is. This ferryman is Siddharta; who had changed by receiving wisdom from a person named Vasudeva.
When I ran into an old friend from my early childhood I also realized she had really changed, but in a very different way compared to Siddharta. Siddhartha received wisdom and grew as a being, but my friend was full of bad habits when I saw her. Govinda departed after Siddhartha asked him to kiss him in the forehead, but my friend did not even say goodbye, nor happiness that we ran into each other. Like Govinda I understood why my friend became what she became.

Siddharta Readin Section 3

I have never met a person who had abandoned his life , but I read about it in another book. This book is called One Hundred Years of Solitude. In this book a character named Jose Arcadio leaves his entire life. This is similar to when Siddharta leaves Kamasawami and Kamala to move on. Another similarity of these two stories is the fact that Kamala is pregnant with Siddhartha's child, and Pilar Ternera (Jose Arcadio's mistress) was also expecting a child. However there are factors that make the cases different. Kamasawami sent out people to look for Siddhartha because he thought he had been kidnaped, but nobody did much to look for Jose Arcadio because they knew he was leaving voluntarily. The main difference is that Siddhartha was leaving a place where he had previously arrive, but Jose Arcadio left the place where he grew up. These differences in the events will lead do different outcomes in their stories.

Readin Blog Siddhata Section Two

Will siddharta ever see his father again? Will his family ever agree with his decision of living a an ascetic life? What does Kamala represent for him really?

Siddharta Reading Blog Section One

I have never had a discussion about the path I will take in this life. However I have heard of a person who had a big argument with his parents about what he would do with his life. He wanted to be an artist but his parents owned a construction company, and they wanted him to be an architect. This is similar to Siddhartha because Siddhartha's father was a prominent Brahmin leader,and he does not like the idea of his son joining the Samanas. Siddharta stands in the room for several days showing his determination. The person who wanted to become an artist also showed his determination, but he did it in a different way. He said that he would become an artist even if he had to confront his parents. After this his parents agreed just like Siddhartha's father agreed to let his son follow a different path in life.

Analect 4.7

This analect reminds me of Los Nule because they made “mistakes”. They made them to get money or political power. They bribed people, and they Also took vulnerable people´s money. Los Nule betrayed people to get money. They bribed people in order to win the elections. They payed people , and trick them into voting for them. They also threatened people in power to control decisions. An example of this si Los Nule. They did al of this.

Los Nule ofrered money to Samuel Moreno. They did this to get chances to take more money. Of which Samuel Moreno took ten percent for giving them the chance. They threatened people to win elections and trick people to vote for them.They bribed superiors in order to seize power. They payed people to vote for them. They bribe superions to control their decitions, and to gain power. They left their promises unfulfilled , and the government broke. These are the kind of mistakes Confucius talks about.

Confucius states that people'mistakes will show their character. He meant that people's actions showed their intentions. Los Nule's actions show dark intentions. They repeat the same mistakes, and this shows wat kind of people they are. Their actions show them as corrupt people.

Visual Paradoxes

      A paradox is something that is inconsistent in logic. this is a paradox because it is inconsistent to

think that dinosaurs are still living among us . Another illogical property of this image is the fact that

a T-rex in inside a person´s room. First of all this is definitely not their natural habitat, and this

type of dinosaur would be so big that it would not fit inside a house. If it isn't small enough to be in a

house it is too big to be inside a bedroom. I does not make any sense the fact that there is no possible way

in or out for a dinosaur. These are all reasons of why this picture is a paradox.

     This image shows a paradox because it is full of illogical things. The most clear one is the fact that

small planets are floating inside the atmosphere and not in space. This does not make sense of the laws

astrophysics. The fact that balloons and sand clocks are the same size as houses  is also a paradox because these two things should be a lot different in size than what they are. Another inconsistency would be the fact that there is a sign almost the size of a planet. Again these two objects should be more different in size. There are plants hanging out of one planet when gravity should pull them into the planet.This image shows not one but many paradoxes.

 

This picture is a paradox for the following reasons. The typing machine had not been used for decades when the Ipad was invented shows a clear example of a paradox. An ipad can´t be connected to a typing machine because there is

no port that would allow it, and typing machines don't have bluetooth. Another clear inconsistency is the fact that the sticks used to type are typing below where the ipad is. Overall this picture shows a paradox because an electronic device cannot be connected to a non-electronic device.

Into Spellbound

1. Every single person in the movie spellbound wants to win the spelling bee for different reasons. Winning is specially important for Neil. This is because according to spellbound he has been studying the hardest and he also has a lot of pressure from his parents.For him winning is practically an obligation. Indian culture demands excellence in everything in life this means that Neil must feel pressure to win the national spelling bee because he thinks that if he doesn't he will bring shame to his family. As I could tell from the film his family is native of the Indian region of Goa, which is the only christian region in India, this region is also known to be the one with best education in India. These cultural backgrounds must fill Neil with fear of losing because if he loses he will feel that he let down his family and his country. Also Neil has studied really hard and if he loses he will feel that he wasted a lot of effort.

1. After watching some scenes of spellbound I concluded that spelling bees are not necessary. I got to this conclusion because it is pointless that people put so much pressure in kids for something so ridiculous as spelling. It would be the same as if they did a similar nation wide contest on basic arithmetic skills. Spelling is something basic in life there should be no spelling bee because there is simply nothing extraordinary about spelling. It would be like a nation wide contest of babies learning to walk, it is simply something a normal person needs to know for life. Spelling bees are also ridiculous because they put too much pressure on their kids. The pressure these kids feel is almost as if their lives depended on them winning.