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I learned a lot from the reading. I didn’t realize that women were treated in such a different way than what we are all used to. When I read that the men were allowed to marry more than once but the women weren’t and the women were eventually nameless, known by their husband, that shocked me. Women weren’t even allowed their own identity.

If rabbit is too smart for his own good, owl is the brain and piglet and pooh are.... Pooh is the simple minded one. He is never really upset by anything. He lives life in a happy way not worrying about things. Whereas Piglet is very different, although he isn't clever, he is as simple as pooh is, he is just a worrier. His anxious attitude is the thing that defines him. Piglet is the worrier and Pooh is... well... nothing. Pooh isn't anything. Rabbit is the obnoxious one, owl is the brainy one, piglet is the anxious one, but pooh is just pooh. He doesn't have a defining name. He is simple.

2/26-2/27 The Tao says that the ruler should "rule by inaction" How do you make sense of this? Is it at all possible? I think it is possible but it is complicated to work out. Taoists tend to not think literally. A ruler cannot really stay out of everyone's lives unless the place that he rules populates people who are no trouble at all.

3/11 Explain right mindfulness and right concentration. Do you see how you could apply this to your daily life? Why or why not? Right mindfulness is making sure you keep you mind for others. You have to think about living your life the Buddhist way and sticking to the eight-fold path. Right concentration applies mainly to meditation. You have to have the ability to keep concentration in life and meditation because you can only become calm and reach enlightenment when you're mind is free of distractions. Applying it into your life is difficult. Meditation is hard to do without getting bored.

4/1 In describing Japanese development, a British Professor in 1873 declared that he felt 400 years old by the end of the century. Explain the historical context behind this quote.

The Japanese development moved so quickly that it seemed as though the development that in fact did take place, should have taken place over a much longer time. There was no middle ground, Japan changed from the Japan that was around years ago, to a duplicate of a western country.

4/6 Japan had to westernize or be destroyed.

I think that this is true. The power of the west was becoming so strong over these years that it forced the other countries to either westernize or accept ruling from the west. In order to keep their own government and not be taken over by the west, Japan was forced to westernize and become a clone of the west hoping to be as strong as them in order to stand up for themselves.

 **4/10, 4/13 What do you find most shocking about what you have read so far? How do make sense of such cruelty?** I think that the most shocking thing that i have seen is that there is no real reason for any of the massacre. In Germany, Hitler had a plan, he wasn't wiping out an entire country, just because. He was wiping out the "bad things" about that country. And no, im not saying that the Nazi's were better, no way, but its even worse with Japan becuase none of them even knew why they were doing it or what they were doing, they were just killing, over and over again.

Quarter 4: Do you think it was safer to be a non communist or a communist in Korea at the time of the Korean War? While the North Koreans had occupation of South Korea, it was safer to be communist so that they would not be killed by the North Koreans, however, once the South Koreans built their power, it was safer to be non communist so that you wouldn't be killed by the South Koreans. It was just safer to be non Korean. In the long run, i think it was safer to be non communist though, considering the end result of the war with the American involvement. It would have been more likely for you to die if you were communist rather than non communist.

I think that if the country started the war, and then lost the war, they should be made to pay for the damage done, but if the country was defending their country and damage was inflicted, they should not be made to pay for damage. For example, it was right that Germany paid for damage done to the other countries as they instigated the war, but it wouldn't have been right for France or Britain to have to pay for damages.
 * 4/30 Do countries have an obligation to compensate each other for injustices done in time of war?

5/8 Explain the meaning of "Shattered Faith" how does it relate to the story? Shattered faith relates to the moment that Honyong is told that her son Yongwoon is possibly dead. When his friend comes to find the remaining family, who are staying at a US refugee base, he tells honyong that he doesn't know if Yongwoon is alive, they were separated. Honyong shouts to heaven and blames god for taking her son away. The other women look and talk about her but she doesn't care, she blames god for everything. Shattered faith is a good title because it shows how her faith in God was taken away in those few minutes that it took for Yongwoon's friend to tell her the story of their separation.

Picture responses: We see Mao in the picture. They make him look grand and royal. By putting him with nature it makes him look a little like a god of nature or something. He looks like he is contemplating the world way up there on his little hill. It looks like his thinking place. But the clenched fist stops him from looking vulnerable. He has a powerful position despite being alone in the picture.

** __Red guards smash the four olds__ ✗ Thinks Mao is amazing – teacher ✗ The other was the complete opposite ✗ He dislikes Mao ✗ The cultural revolution made it seem like people were split in their ideas of how they felt about the situation and whether they agreed with it. ✗ The 26 year old teacher was labelled as a counter-revolutionary for arguing so he committed suicide ✗ The student was sentenced to prison for the rest of his life
 * ✗ It was written by the red guards at a middle school in Beijing
 * ✗ They justified that the revolution happened
 * ✗ They wanted to appeal to the students
 * ✗ They wanted to throw out the bourgeoisie past and four olds
 * ✗ Used media and books and propaganda and made the children read the little red books
 * __✗ __Reactions to Mao:__ __
 * ✗ 1966 2 letters one by middle school teacher one by a student
 * ✗ 1966 2 letters one by middle school teacher one by a student

__Changes during the summer of 1966__
 * ✗ After the revolution was hit, schools had to change books to fit the red guards.
 * ✗ The rise of propaganda was raised in this time
 * ✗ It shows the significant change that happened during this time
 * ✗ Mao's portraits became everywhere
 * ✗ Students had to wear the markings of the red guards.