Thursday, September 9, 2010
Finsished reading and have mixed emotions.
I finally finished reading the book and I had mixed emotions. I found that the first part was ok and was easy to make connections to and then he has a total turn around and ends up in jail. I can't really say that I can understand where he is coming from but the points that he brings up were interesting and were valid. I have experienced or gone through a few things that he talked about such as PTSD and that was when my sister was going to school when hurricane Katrina hit and it took a toll on her as well as the whole family. Not knowing where she was and if she was safe and getting a call from her once a week was scary. We knew she had left but that was as much information as we knew and she jumped around to multiple states with her roomate that she just meet and she finally ended up in Wisconsin and she went to Marquett for a semester and was in good hands with my uncle. I have also experienced death recently when my grandma died from health complications and it is still hard to reflect back and when I talk about it I start to get a little shaken up. She was young but she had gone through many surgeries and she pulled through but a few days later she died. I would have really liked to have seen her before she passed away since the last time I saw her was about 5 years ago at a family reunion. I could keep going but then I would end up writing my whole paper on this one blog.
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I think the first part of Naopleon's essay was more background information, and used to set the tone of some of the Yup'ik values. I found it interesting that he knew what was right and what he should do, but still ended up in Jail. I feel like since the Yup'ik have a very strong belief system it wouldnt be ideal to end up in Jail. I cannot say for sure, but I feel like if I came from such a strong background and belief structure I would do anything to please the spirits or the elders..
ReplyDeleteIm sorry for your loss Swimmer007..