Response to reading

Response from The Ganges
In my readings I read about how important the Ganges river is to the people of India. This is more than just a normal river to the Indians, it is a sacred river that is said to flow from the heavens. The Ganges is said to flow upon the matted hair of the god, Lord Shiva, into a cave in the Himalayas. Some of the Indian people don't like this idea because they think it arises from the foot of the great god Vishnu. This causes some conflict between the Shaivites(the people who believe in the Shiva theory) and the Vaishnavites(people who believe in the Vishnu theory). In the end they both see the river as sacred and worship it. To the people of India this river "destroys the poison of illusion," she "brings about the continuance of peace,"she is the "embodiment of the Supreme Spirit," and the "mother of what is alive." This river also plays an important part in the agricultural part of India, if the river is to low then their crops won't get enough water but, if it is to high then it will flood their land and ruin their crops. So unless the River is at a good lever the crops will do fine. The Flooding also occurs in many of the cities around the river because the land is so flat.

Reading from our English Book
In our books we learned about the first signs of Indian culture and even in 2500 B.C. they still worshiped the god, Shiva. The that civilization was destroyed by the Aryan invaders. We also read about the Vedas which is a sacred book and how they wrote many epics. The main religion their is Hinduism but, eventually Buddhism and Muslim was introduced to the country.

India Freewrite

India..... what can i say about it. Ive seen a few videos about in one of my history classes. I know that it is the second most populated country in the world and that the country isnt very big so that means that there are alot of people crammed in a small place. So the country is packed. i know that they have tigers there and i like tigers. they look really cool and ferocious. the people there are mostly hindu. Hindu is a religion that believes in many gods like this one girl with many arms. i think her name is sheeba or shiva or something like that. she might be te god of death but im not really sure. They think that cows are sacred so they dont hurt or eat them. the taj mahal is in India and it looks really cool. id like to see it in person. they have many monuments. they are also many buddhist and many buddhist monks too. i like to think of monks from the movies ive seen. they probably are all really good at martial arts and have special powers. India was also home to alot of violence by european settlers... imagine that. the indians decided to go with a nonviolent way of gaining freedom led by the one and only Mahatma Ghandi. He didnt believe in violence and under his leadership india gained its independence from Britan. Other things that i know about india is that the women have a red dot or jewel thind on their forehead but i dont know what it signifies or means. the people in india are very friendly towards one another the men will walk down the street holding hands but it doesnt mean that they are gay just good friends. I think that the kam sutra comes from india too and that is a sexually based book. the capital of India is New Delhi. hmmmmm that all i can really think and i successfully used up fifteen minutes. I rock!

power of one- 15 min freewrite

The power of one is an amazing concept., but what really is the power of one??? no one really knows i think but i could try to give you my personal explation of this novel idea. i think that that it means the power of the one person who can take control over the whole. by that i mean this one person has a specific power to use the people around to make himself or herself more power. this reminds me of the lord of the rings when they say one ring to rule them all but in this case its a person not a ring. in the story the power of one isnt the power of one thing but many things done by one person. i think that is a special concept and there are many things we can learn just by thinking about like how to better our lives and the people around us too. now im just completely lost in my own mind and i dont know what im saying im just sitting here rambling on about complete nonsense and trying to think of things peekay did in thias story that gives him the title of hero the only thing i really think of the fact that he gives hope to the africans through his boxing and how he is the tadpole angel which isnt a very intimidating nickname and personally wouldnt want and im also thinking how fortunate he really is to have friends that would give their lives to save him and also try to give him their money. in the end the book he fought his old nemeisis the judge who is actually kjind of his working partner and is now called botha he confronts him and they fight to a bloody finish with peekay coming out on top which is good. but i didnt really like the ending becuase it leaves me wanting more and i wish there was some sort of sequel that sums up the rest of his life at oxford and hisd boxing career.............now i cant think anything except tonight and how awesome the bball games are goin to be. and i have a couple seconds left until fifteen minutes are up and now im finished

power of one essay

In this story Peekay is told a lot of sayings that are like little riddles to us as readers. You just read them and they make you think and you want to compare them to things in life or things you have read in your book to see if you can put them together. Most of the time you can make go together just by looking a little deeper into the meaning. So I am going to try and compare one of these riddles the scene where justice was served.

“The searcher after truth must search with humanity. Ruthless logic is the sign of a limited mind. The truth can only add to the sum of what you know, while a harmless mystery left unexplored often adds meaning to life.” This is a quote from the book The Power of One. Doc, who is one of Peekay’s mentors, tells him this. I think that Doc was trying to say that you have take in other people’s perspectives on the truth on order to find the real truth. Ruthless logic to me is just finding one answer and not letting anyone tell you differently. So you can find the truth, but you should compare it to another person thought of truth, so you can explore the meaning of all truths. I think that this pretty much means keep an open mind to all ideas around you.

The example I pick to compare with Doc’s quote is when Captain Smit beats up Borman. I picked this one because it shows how a person can open their mind up to do what is right even if it goes against everything you grew up learning. Captain Smit beats up Borman, because Borman killed Geel Piet who was a kaffir. The significant thing about this is, is that it was a white man taking the side of a black man. Back then this was out of the ordinary and really showed the search for humanity in the prison system, since Captain Smit didn't use ruthless logic to treat the situation they were in.

In the end I think i compared this riddle with the scene from the book. I came to the conclusion that why evaluation of the riddle did match with the scene from the book. The end result by doing this comparison was that I found out that when the time comes a person will do what is write for everyone and not just certain individuals. In the end the searcher of truth must search with humanity.