ANDREA
According to Ishmael the only way to save the world is by having someone like the narrator, who has realized and released himself from the arms of mother culture, can help the rest of humanity by approaching them and slowly repeating the same process Ishmael made with him. To be more specific, Ishmael said that first Cain must stop murdering Abel. An expression that demonstrates that we should stop killing the Leavers because not only are they an endangered species, the are the Takers only hope to show them that they the destroyers, don't realize that there is no one right way to live. Then you must spit out the fruit from the forbidden tree which means you must stop believing you have authority and the right to know who lives and who dies. All the men have dominated the order of this world and have killed of a lot of species in order to make room for themselves and their needs. All it takes is one person to spread the word around and inspire them to want to change and leave mother culture behind in order for people to stop enacting the story that's destroying the world (248-249).
I think that we can't really do much to save the world but I believe it's possible to slow down the destruction in the world by keeping the environment and ourselves clean to preserve our resources that have a great impact on us and not spread diseases and prevent new ones to emerge. The most important thing that helps the story we're enacting reverse itself is by having people change their ideology on how to save the world. Once that's done we need to take action and make a movement worth fighting for. Goals to save the world also need to be reasonable since not all people will give in to easily and you can't do it all at once. It would be a long process but the result would be worthwhile and rewarding for everyone. However, not everyone has the same mentality and so that is why things won't work and the story will never be reversed. Education and respect is also key because at a young age people can be dominated and shaped to be a certain way and since they are the future rulers of this world they need to understand the importance this world is as well as all of its inhabitants. Of coarse, this would be done in a positive, caring and loving manner (not like Hitler and other dictators). Education is maybe even the most important thing to saving the world. Will that ever be accomplished?
Friday, May 29, 2009
QQC #4
ANDREA
Quote: "A man is scrabbling along a ridge at twilight. in this world it's always twilight. the man is short, thin, dark, and naked. He's running in a half crunch, looking for tracks." (pg.219)
Question: Why do people like the narrator believe that their ancestors are ape-like. If man was made this way then that means Adam and Eve were like this since they are the first humans on Earth. Are they not going based on what the Bible says or are they? Is mother culture also get involved with religion? Does everyone have a different version of mother culture? Because religion plays a big role in culture.
Comment: In this quote it's referring to how Ishmael wants the narrator to dig deep into the roots of human kind and mother culture because takers like on the terror of what mother culture tells them and so they don't want to go back to being leavers. The narrator thinks it's impossible to do so but when he keeps thinking on he comes to the conclusion that his ancestors looks disgusting and wild and so people fear of being like them and live by that terror. It's funny however that everyone is told the same story but like me, I don't believe our ancestors came from the wild and were vicious hunters with no control over themselves and so I don't feel like I live by that terror. That led me to think that maybe Mother Culture is different for every individual. That's possible right?
Quote: "A man is scrabbling along a ridge at twilight. in this world it's always twilight. the man is short, thin, dark, and naked. He's running in a half crunch, looking for tracks." (pg.219)
Question: Why do people like the narrator believe that their ancestors are ape-like. If man was made this way then that means Adam and Eve were like this since they are the first humans on Earth. Are they not going based on what the Bible says or are they? Is mother culture also get involved with religion? Does everyone have a different version of mother culture? Because religion plays a big role in culture.
Comment: In this quote it's referring to how Ishmael wants the narrator to dig deep into the roots of human kind and mother culture because takers like on the terror of what mother culture tells them and so they don't want to go back to being leavers. The narrator thinks it's impossible to do so but when he keeps thinking on he comes to the conclusion that his ancestors looks disgusting and wild and so people fear of being like them and live by that terror. It's funny however that everyone is told the same story but like me, I don't believe our ancestors came from the wild and were vicious hunters with no control over themselves and so I don't feel like I live by that terror. That led me to think that maybe Mother Culture is different for every individual. That's possible right?
Thursday, May 28, 2009
QQC #3
ANDREA
Quote: "Because by action or inaction we send them good one day and evil the next without knowing what we should do." Pages 158-9
Question: Why can't we please all people and all things? (Especially since Ishmael is refering to the gods in this quote.) So, is he saying the gods are not perfect, just like humans, because they ate from ''the tree of knowledge.'' Why do they make mistakes?
Comment: It's funny how, like Ishmael mentions with world hunger and global population control, mother culture wants to please all and make everyone happy but she can only do so much. She starts by helping what's visually there/occurring and worries about the concequences that are at stake tomorrow.Why isn't there a balance between both? Why can't things be controlled. I understand that humans can't solve every problem and set every thing strait since we are all imperfect but the gods that Ishmael speaks about are just the same. What is he trying to say by the quote above? What are those gods to Ishmael? He seems to be against them from what he is saying about their reasoning? According to Ishmael, the gods have the ability to decide who lives and who dies but they can't choose who lives or dies? What gives?
Quote: "Because by action or inaction we send them good one day and evil the next without knowing what we should do." Pages 158-9
Question: Why can't we please all people and all things? (Especially since Ishmael is refering to the gods in this quote.) So, is he saying the gods are not perfect, just like humans, because they ate from ''the tree of knowledge.'' Why do they make mistakes?
Comment: It's funny how, like Ishmael mentions with world hunger and global population control, mother culture wants to please all and make everyone happy but she can only do so much. She starts by helping what's visually there/occurring and worries about the concequences that are at stake tomorrow.Why isn't there a balance between both? Why can't things be controlled. I understand that humans can't solve every problem and set every thing strait since we are all imperfect but the gods that Ishmael speaks about are just the same. What is he trying to say by the quote above? What are those gods to Ishmael? He seems to be against them from what he is saying about their reasoning? According to Ishmael, the gods have the ability to decide who lives and who dies but they can't choose who lives or dies? What gives?
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Interview Questions
ANDREA
In class we learned about not only what we thought about how the world needs saving but how others view the importance of its saving. Our assignment was to interview someone outside of class about our world's saving, however, I decided to go a little more specific on the matter and find out other peoples' thoughts on world hunger. The reason for this assignment was due to a book we're reading called Ishmael, which regards a gorilla teaching his human student to think more profoundly of what man has done to this world and if it's too late to turn things around. So in connections with the book, we are similarly asking and discussing with other beings about our world and if it needs any saving. Below is my interview with someone we can just call...Pepito.
A: Hello Sir, would you mind if I asked you some questions about the suffering of our world's hunger? It's for a project I'm doing at school.
Pepito: How many questions are you going to ask?
A: About five.
Pepito: Okay then, go ahead and ask.
A: "Okay, how do you think world hunger is caused?"
Pepito: "By the selfishness of man. What they should do is protect their resources on agriculture, instead of spending their resources on weapons, war, etc.. That is much less important."
A: "Are there any solutions for world hunger?"
Pepito: "Yes. People should preserve the environment, they should spend time cleaning rivers and presses so that with the clean water of the rivers we can clean the farmlands and produce better production. Also, by giving fair salaries for agriculture workers will improve the situation."
A: "If we consumed less would we better the situation?"
Pepito: "Definitely. Life on Earth depends on us and it's our responsibility to help humanity and the world."
A: "Should we pay more attention to world hunger?"
Pepito: "Yes of course, especially first world countries. They have abandoned third world countries when they need to help with the necessities they cannot fulfill so that their land one day becomes productive on its own."
A: "Is world hunger being affected by overpopulation?"
Pepito: "Yes and no. There's many mouths to feed and there are enough resources to provide for all people but people don't let the extra resources they have reach those countries that need them as well as they should and they rather waste them than give them away. Again, selfishness. To those who have the privilege of having their food shouldn't waste their food and take it for granted."
In class we learned about not only what we thought about how the world needs saving but how others view the importance of its saving. Our assignment was to interview someone outside of class about our world's saving, however, I decided to go a little more specific on the matter and find out other peoples' thoughts on world hunger. The reason for this assignment was due to a book we're reading called Ishmael, which regards a gorilla teaching his human student to think more profoundly of what man has done to this world and if it's too late to turn things around. So in connections with the book, we are similarly asking and discussing with other beings about our world and if it needs any saving. Below is my interview with someone we can just call...Pepito.
A: Hello Sir, would you mind if I asked you some questions about the suffering of our world's hunger? It's for a project I'm doing at school.
Pepito: How many questions are you going to ask?
A: About five.
Pepito: Okay then, go ahead and ask.
A: "Okay, how do you think world hunger is caused?"
Pepito: "By the selfishness of man. What they should do is protect their resources on agriculture, instead of spending their resources on weapons, war, etc.. That is much less important."
A: "Are there any solutions for world hunger?"
Pepito: "Yes. People should preserve the environment, they should spend time cleaning rivers and presses so that with the clean water of the rivers we can clean the farmlands and produce better production. Also, by giving fair salaries for agriculture workers will improve the situation."
A: "If we consumed less would we better the situation?"
Pepito: "Definitely. Life on Earth depends on us and it's our responsibility to help humanity and the world."
A: "Should we pay more attention to world hunger?"
Pepito: "Yes of course, especially first world countries. They have abandoned third world countries when they need to help with the necessities they cannot fulfill so that their land one day becomes productive on its own."
A: "Is world hunger being affected by overpopulation?"
Pepito: "Yes and no. There's many mouths to feed and there are enough resources to provide for all people but people don't let the extra resources they have reach those countries that need them as well as they should and they rather waste them than give them away. Again, selfishness. To those who have the privilege of having their food shouldn't waste their food and take it for granted."
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Ishmael QQC #2
ANDREA
Quote: "The people of your culture made it a premise--took it as a premise. They said: What if the world was made for us?" (pg.61) Ishmael
"Why was the world incomplete without man? Why did the world and universe need man?" (pg.70) Ishmael
Question: Those are questions I ask myself. But the one I'm more curious about is "Why was the world incomplete without man?"
Comment: Was it really man that was missing or was it just a creature with an ability to think on its own and not run through instinct. Why man and not some other creature with abilities of free will? Why are we the only creatures with free will? Is it really that the world was incomplete or is it man's belief that we were incomplete. The world was not falling apart before the first man was created, life on Earth wasn't dying, it continued on and would have continued the same with or without man. Why would man come to this conclusion? Were we really that escential to the world? Do people really think that we came to save the world and put order in it? Aren't we just destroying it? It's our sin of imperfections that have been doing that ever since Adam and Eve disobeyed, in my belief.
Quote: "The people of your culture made it a premise--took it as a premise. They said: What if the world was made for us?" (pg.61) Ishmael
"Why was the world incomplete without man? Why did the world and universe need man?" (pg.70) Ishmael
Question: Those are questions I ask myself. But the one I'm more curious about is "Why was the world incomplete without man?"
Comment: Was it really man that was missing or was it just a creature with an ability to think on its own and not run through instinct. Why man and not some other creature with abilities of free will? Why are we the only creatures with free will? Is it really that the world was incomplete or is it man's belief that we were incomplete. The world was not falling apart before the first man was created, life on Earth wasn't dying, it continued on and would have continued the same with or without man. Why would man come to this conclusion? Were we really that escential to the world? Do people really think that we came to save the world and put order in it? Aren't we just destroying it? It's our sin of imperfections that have been doing that ever since Adam and Eve disobeyed, in my belief.
Ishmael Blog #2
ANDREA
The Story of Man
God is the Creator of all things. He created the Earth and the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. They lived in beautiful paradise and were given free will. They were allowed to do as they pleased under one condition, they would not disobey God when He implied they must follow one rule only, do not eat the fruit from one tree. Unfortunately, they lost their wonderful home when they committed sin. Their disobedience to God led them to sin which included imperfection which led to death. All of their offspring would inherit this atrocious sin and the next generation and the next and so on. This imperfection gets worse and worse as the centuries go by. As the population grew people began to spread across the world they began to establish and adapt a new life into their new homes. Cities were established and civilizations began to evolve. To keep everything under control people began to choose leaders and forms of government to keep and gain control of the people. This system continues to exist; however, it has gotten worse. Wars have occurred, disagreements, tyranny and many other things. These civilizations move forward with you or without you and people don’t want to be alone and so they follow .
The Story of Man
God is the Creator of all things. He created the Earth and the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. They lived in beautiful paradise and were given free will. They were allowed to do as they pleased under one condition, they would not disobey God when He implied they must follow one rule only, do not eat the fruit from one tree. Unfortunately, they lost their wonderful home when they committed sin. Their disobedience to God led them to sin which included imperfection which led to death. All of their offspring would inherit this atrocious sin and the next generation and the next and so on. This imperfection gets worse and worse as the centuries go by. As the population grew people began to spread across the world they began to establish and adapt a new life into their new homes. Cities were established and civilizations began to evolve. To keep everything under control people began to choose leaders and forms of government to keep and gain control of the people. This system continues to exist; however, it has gotten worse. Wars have occurred, disagreements, tyranny and many other things. These civilizations move forward with you or without you and people don’t want to be alone and so they follow .
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Ishmael QQC #1
ANDREA
Quote: "You're captives of a civilization system that more or less compels you to on destroying the world in order to live." (Page 25) Ishmael
Question: Why do we let ourselves fall into this type of civilization if we know it's bad for us?
Comment:The gorilla was commenting on the way humanity follows a civilization and makes itself prisoner without even realizing it and the way many people don't agree with many of the laws established (and are aware that it's harming the world but don't do anything about it.) Is it selfishness, fear, unable to know who to complain to and make a difference (basically finding the walls of the cage and fighting to get out). Is that the problem? Will there ever be an answer to this situation?
Quote: "You're captives of a civilization system that more or less compels you to on destroying the world in order to live." (Page 25) Ishmael
Question: Why do we let ourselves fall into this type of civilization if we know it's bad for us?
Comment:The gorilla was commenting on the way humanity follows a civilization and makes itself prisoner without even realizing it and the way many people don't agree with many of the laws established (and are aware that it's harming the world but don't do anything about it.) Is it selfishness, fear, unable to know who to complain to and make a difference (basically finding the walls of the cage and fighting to get out). Is that the problem? Will there ever be an answer to this situation?
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