The hope for Africa

In the "Pandemic: My Country Is On Its Knees by Stephen Lewis", has described the pain and suffering of the people in Africa and what they  face every single day. Where grandmothers bury their children before they die, and women having HIV/AIDS living as sex workers. Lewis fell in love with the country and the African people, though he hopes that one day the Africa will rejoice in a time when families are whole and funerals are rare,and hope that the present will one day reunite with the best of the past and finally bring rejoice to its' people.

The purpose of this essay is being educated, and know about to the other developing countries, and also being grateful and bless of what we have already. The essay has shown me that the less unfortunate people has to go through so much pain and suffer in their everyday lives. Children dieing from malnutrition, AIDS, and virus has brought my attention that we do sometimes take things for granted because we do not know what we have until we have lost it. Reading this essay ables readers to think about their life, and the way they are living and seeing what kind of blessing they already have and showing gratitude for it. Lewis has explained in his essay that we all live in one world and to make it a better place is to help others find hope to a better life, because without having the source of people helping people their would be no help for Africa or the other third world countries in our world.

Lewis has brought his experience into this essay by telling his life story. From dropping out of the University of Toronto, attending The World Assembly of Youth, going to Ghana and seeing most of all the African countries, and falling in love with the people. This made me see through the vision of his eyes the different seniors he went through and the heartbreaking stories of beloved mothers and grandmothers that told him stories about their children s' and grandchildren s. When seeing the suffering and pain of the people he described, "the throat and reduced them to spectral caricatures of their former selves." and how he was "completely unprepared for the pervasiveness of death...and [has] shaken [him] [to] the core.". Those description has brought my mind by describing of what his emotion was feeling and how he was heart ached from the people. This should bring the readers to its shivers because not a lot of people has experienced this, and hopefully will not in the future, but by reading it, we should have a detailed imaged of what goes on everyday in Africa and to the people living in the country.

All in all, the description of this essay has brought tears to my eyes on what goes on with other developing countries in the world, and how every support is needed for people to have a better life in these countries. Reading and experiencing the depth of this essay has brought my attention to be thankful and be grateful of what I already have because not so much people have it around the world. Lewis showed me, and hopefully to the readers his experience of Africa and hope to set an example for people who is already bless with so much things and to be humble from their blessings. I do hope that "the memories of what the continent used to be, and the conviction that the present will one day reunite with the best of the past." for a magnificent continent called Africa.

After you have read the Pandemic by Stephen Lewis, and how heart ache you have been, would you ever have the consideration of adopting a child or go to volunteer with PLWA group in Africa?

A Letter to America by Margaret Atwood

In the essay "A Letter to America" was introducing one of the greatest countries that was admired and loved from people in the world. Where now it is a country of lonely aspirations of hope and divine misguidance. As Atwood investigated the overall situation that has brought America to its shame and economic situation she has now lost hope for her country. As Atwood said, "They'll decide that you city upon the hill is a slum and your democracy is a sham, and therefore you have no business trying to impose you sullied vision on them. They'll think you've abandoned the rule of law. They'll think you've fouled your own nest." she has explained that America has lost their way of the what was true and honorable because now it has suggested that they broke the 'way of the America', for that reason it is in this essay that is projecting that the America is not as respected and looked up to as it was before.

I believe that this essay is meant for the government because it is their responsibility to keep the reputation that America has from the past and the present. It has evaluated that being the 'Big Brother' of the world has its positive aspects and its negative aspects, that all things does change. As Atwood has brought the attention that America was not the way it was before it showed true investigations on why this great country is now on its downfall of its climax. An good example from the essay is "We're like Romanized Gauls -- look like Romans, dress like Romans, but aren't Romans -- peering over the wall at the real Romans."

Atwood has enable to show and describe the attributes that America once had and still have the potential to be. As for this essay, it has deliberately put out a the sign that America is not prioritizing the values that it had, therefore, their priorities has guided them destructive propositions. Although she pointed out that their is still hope for the future, where it is acquired to suggest to bring back what America meant "the ather of environmentalism, witness to individual conscience; singer of the great Republic, and keeper of the private soul.". This remark has made its potential hope for the future for once again being admired as a great country that other people looked up to.

Question: Would you believe that Atwoods essay is precisely accurate on what America is like in its present day? And would you believe that it will change in the future?

First Blog Post

My full name is Rick Danielle Soleta Belantes and yes I know it is a long name. Anyways, I did this blog because it was a part of my assignment and I am not quite not sure what to put into the blog I will tell you a little bit about my self.
First, I am in the Associate of Arts: Psychology were I am pursing this career going towards the business aspects of Psychology. Second, I am born in Cavite, Philippines and was raised here in the beautiful city of Victoria, British Columbia. Third, want I do is I work for a marketing firm, furthermore, why I am in the pursuit of having education background in Psychology. Lastly, what I enjoy to do is to train my martial arts called capoeira. This is a Brazilian martial arts created from the African slaves from North East of Brazil. All in all, I am an enthusiastic, fun, and driven personality and I thank you for reading this short blog.