Aung San Suu Kyi was put in a house arrest before she could even be put into office. She believed in democracy and was arrested for it.
She, like many others in her country, believed in democracy and was jailed for it. I think this is a bit like my life. When I believe strongly in something that my mom doesn't agree with, because she has the upper hand, she is able to silence me, but sometimes I do not want to be silenced. Although sometimes the things I do not believe in the right things that I should, but I don't like to be silenced and when I am, I like to speak out so I see why she speaks out.
This is connected to the story we are reading in humanities 'The Island' There was a man who was washed up upon an island and he never got a say. The people just locked him up and he didn't get a say into what he needed, where he was from, and why he was here. The locked him into a goat's pen and left him there. This is like Aung San Suu Kyi, as soon as she got into office she was thrown into house arrest and the man was thrown into the goat pen and was silenced. She however had a different ending and she was set free and she is not letting fear corrupt her neither is she letting power corrupt her. However the man was tied up and left to die in the sea, and nobody spoke up. In the story 'The Island' the fisherman spoke to save the man, he stood up for what he believed in and in return, the burned his boat and suppressed him. However Aung San Suu had a different ending, rather than being tied up and left to die, she was set free and now she's trying to make a change in Burma.
Building off of the idea of her changing Burma's views for the people, she is changing it. She's standing up and speaking up. Aung San Suu Kyi is encouraging many people to keep on fighting for democracy in Burma. She's been on radios and is trying to tell everyone about what Burma could have rather than being suppressed down by the army. She's made many choices that have deeply affected her identity. She stayed in Burma rather than leaving and never being able to return. She has made the choice to continue to fight for democracy. She greatly believes in democracy or why would she fight so hard if she didn't believe in it? I think that the people of Burma have more power than the actual government. The Government have the power to make the the laws and the rules but the people follow them, keep the economy going, have a say in the laws, choose who gets to be in charge, they can even go on strike. But however, I think that this would only be fair in a democracy country, which is probably what Aung San Suu Kyi wants, so she's thinking of the people rather than the power and money well on the other hand the Military wants to suppress everyone and be in charge.
Artist: De Es Schwertberger
Name: Power Of Vision
URL: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/power-of-vision-de-es-schwertberger.html
October 1st- Code Talking Heroes
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In this photo, you see four soldiers in the year 1941 during WWII. They are Native Americans, which makes them a whole lot heroic. I think that makes them heroic because this was the time of racism and white or Caucasian people were considered the highest or all races in America. These four soldiers are only a few of the hundreds of Native Americans taking courage and fighting WWII. Code talking is a small heroic action compared to what others have done in WWII. But just because it's little known, does that make a small hero? No, it makes them more of a hero because they didn't ask for people to notice them. But that doesn't mean that heroes who do get well known, that doesn't mean that they're less of heroes. In my opinion, some traits of a hero is selfless, and doesn't seek attention.
The story behind this picture is quite simple. When war first broke out in Europe, America was too slow to help when France had been seized by the Germans. By the time of the Battle Of Britain, America had then intervened in WWII. Then the war continued to get bigger and bloodier in Europe. Mean while, William Karty, a director of Cobb Native American Corps, while supervising Comanche Indians, had a remarkable idea. America could use the language of the Comanche as a war code, and no one would understand. As soon as U.S Army Signal Corps heard of the idea, they loved the idea, and the Native Americans signed up immediately and they had more participation in the army then any other racial groups, which adds to the heroic action they did.
When they landed on Normandy's Utah Beach during D-Day, a man with the name Charles Chibitty and his code talkers report that they saw some of the deepest action of war during that day. In 1999, the U.S Army awarded Charles Chibitty because he was the last surviving code talker. The picture shows Charles Chibitty doing his job during D-Day.
My reaction to this picture was amazed. I had never heard of the Code Talkers until today. Since I'm American, I have a huge deal of respect of heros like these Code Talkers who fought bravely in the war. I really enjoy hearing stories like this and learning more and more about American History. When I hear stories like this, I feel so proud to be American and I would tell my children about these stories. Unlike Greek Mythology, these heroes are realistic and they are the kind of people you can look up too. These soldiers are fighting for what they believe in and I think that's one of the greatest things you can do for others. My mother told me that if I want to be happy for the rest of my life, then I can do service to others. Instead of trying to make myself happy I can make others happy. I feel this is true and I want to follow this advice for the rest of my life. But sometimes I may forget about this, but I can always think back to those brave Code Talking Native Americans
Resources- http://www.arts.ok.gov/capitolart/permart/paintings/wcooper/codetalkers.html
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