“The eyes of Eagle” by Ron.T.Burney
This is going to be my final English book blog, so I wanted to do this book. I read this book like a long times ago, but I can tell you that this book changed my mind and life. It was so impressed to me enough to makes me think about other people, minor people’s side. Literally this book is the one of the greatest thing I’ve ever read. That’s why I chose this book.
This book is a story about 2 aborigine kids who just lost their home, parents, family and everything that they had before in their life by white people’s invasion in Australia. This story actually reminded me a book name “Copper sun” because it shows you how horrible colored kid’s life was. Well, actually Copper sun reminded me this book. Gudab and Yudang. These 2 kids could luckily run away from white people so they didn’t get captured. They ran and ran over and over. Their tribute thinks that eagle god makes people can love each other, respect each other. But it seems like there’s no eagles in where them white people came from to those kids. They had to do everything to survive and keep running away from that white skin slaughters. They were only about 11 years old. They had to everything that human need to be alive. I think I would do everything to survive like them, but hey, just think about it, how terrible it would be? You have nothing but your own feasts and foots. As a little child, you have to hunt. You have to. Right after Gudab found a wounded baby kangaroo, although they were supposed to kill it to live, but they couldn’t. I can tell you because at least they thought all lives are worthy so you shouldn’t ruin it.
“I really don’t know how people can kill other people, we all have spirits and souls in our body. We could love each other like eagle god taught us to do. But why can’t they love us? Why do they seem like they have to take this land? Nobody owns a land, the land is Mother Nature’s”
When Yudang asked to Gudab like this, this quote made me feel so embarrassed. At that time I didn’t care about what kind of stuffs was actually going on until this world changed and ruled by white civilization. I’ve thought all that kind of people, American Indians, blacks in Africa, even Aborigines in South Pacific, they were all uncivilized and ignorant as their weird looking. I was young, and really unrealistically stupid like a lot of this world’s people still are. I didn’t realize myself, I couldn’t see things like that. I got a home in kind of famous civilized nation, I have my things, why would I even care about them uncivilized people even if they were killed by white people? White people are good looking, they made a lot of things, they changed and crated a lot of this modern history we got. I don’t think they are bad, there was must be some reasons, or if it really wasn’t, it was history, so nobody cares.
How, how ugly stupid this kind of people is? I know a lot of people still think like this, and I thought like this when I was younger than now, believe there’s nothing wrong with these attitude. I think I couldn’t even realize the difference from all the white people and USA. I’m not talking about some racist thing or streo typing, I can’t even be a racist because I’m also nasty looking Asian, shouldn’t be discriminated but discriminated. This book was so great enough makes me think about a lot of this world.
If you are strong, you can do whatever you want to do to other weaker people or society. If you have some good looking reason to show to world tells you about why we had to do this? That would be perfect. It actually doesn’t matter if it’s fake or truth. Because you are strong, you have really good reputation, you are the rule you are the justice itself, people will believe you and follow you anyways. Of course some “smart acting” people’s not going to be your side, but you can both ignore them, and make their mouth shut. Yes, this book about was history, not only white invaders did that, every place where human being exists, they’ve gotten same problems. That’s the biggest problem of this world, this earth. That has been existing a horribly huge problems still.
When some white people travelled the world, and conquered some little minor people in other lands, they thought they were people who decided by their only god Jesus Christ, their culture and their purpose was for justice and their religion. If they actually thought like that, and act like that, can you still blame them? I think you shouldn’t. But I also think you have to remember what was happening so our generation, this world we have now don’t need to experience that woe things again. But still, in this world, It seems like there’s a lot, so much people who never think about other people’s side. They don’t think, they don’t understand, they think what they’ve done and will do is all for justice and their positive beliefs. What should we learn about Gudab and Yudang’s life? Why this world is still lean on the great power that some people have?
I can say this book really changed my life.
That’s my final book blog.
I think I said enough about. this book is non-fiction.
*What did you find surprising about the facts introduced in this book?
*How has reading this book changed your opinion of a certain person or topic?
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
The forgotten war : America in Korea, 1950~1953
Written by Blair Clay
This book was kind of so interesting to read even though this book is written in English. Many books that I should have to read were so hard so I chose a book which I don’t need to understand whole sentences, which means I already have a lot of background knowledge about that book’s story. That’s why I was reading this the forgotten war by Blair Clay. This book shows almost everything about Korean war as a view of American veteran went to Korean war. Korean War, when I was in Korea, it is a huge giant impact with everything in our society. It involved with everything, such as politics, economy, and the way of people’s thinking. Just like a usual fact like United States of America is the most powerful nation in the world, and their people feel it during their life, Korean war is our part of life in there. That’s why I actually couldn’t understand that much about why world history, especially American history and historians named this harsh war as a ‘forgotten’ war. This book told me why. Korean war is very very important for a lot of reasons, and textbook keep saying that as a forgotten war. This author also told to readers that forgotten war means a lot of things, such as some kind of people really wanted to hide this war and their information to next generation for a purpose. So while I was reading this book, I could figure it out. Author said ‘the painful scar of Cold war made this war as a forgotten war’ and I’m pretty much sure about that sentence representative his point of view and his personal opinion In this war, which means a lot of things in that sentence. This book also showed that how Korean war was dangerous enough to make another huge world war right after World war 2. If you read this book, you can simplify that WW2 was a war fought against imperialists, so most of you can say that Nazi and Japanese empire were evil at that time. But in Korean war, things were totally different. There was no fight for justice and freedom. They fought for their own ideology. It was time of Cold war. This war wasn’t only between North and South Korea, but also the entire whole world. 97 nations came to Korean peninsula to fight and support their side, which means their ideology. Communism and Capitalism. 84 nations with South Korea, and United states, representative capitalism, 13 nations with North Korea, Soviet and China representative communism. Almost 15 million people got killed from this war for 3 years. Yes, the book also told that, this war can’t be forgotten from people’s memory. It is ridiculous. How could people forget about this war? Author gave a answer key at the end of the book. Some people, really wanted to hide from this war after Korean war. “America in Korea” , “Russia and China in Korea”. It’s the scar of Cold war, and it means this Cold war’s work is still going on earth, like you can see that only one divided nation in the world. It was nice book.
In what ways do the events in the book reveal evidences of the author’s world view?
He used a view of American veteran who just came from Korean War. He used his own point of view, but I think it was pretty much based on American & South Korean’s side at that time.
Did certain part of the book make you uncomfortable~ ?
He made some serious mistakes that described communism and socialism as just a evil kind like Nazi and Japanese at WW2. That was very stupid, and made me feel sick whole time. It doesn’t mean I like them, but it is stupid.
This book was kind of so interesting to read even though this book is written in English. Many books that I should have to read were so hard so I chose a book which I don’t need to understand whole sentences, which means I already have a lot of background knowledge about that book’s story. That’s why I was reading this the forgotten war by Blair Clay. This book shows almost everything about Korean war as a view of American veteran went to Korean war. Korean War, when I was in Korea, it is a huge giant impact with everything in our society. It involved with everything, such as politics, economy, and the way of people’s thinking. Just like a usual fact like United States of America is the most powerful nation in the world, and their people feel it during their life, Korean war is our part of life in there. That’s why I actually couldn’t understand that much about why world history, especially American history and historians named this harsh war as a ‘forgotten’ war. This book told me why. Korean war is very very important for a lot of reasons, and textbook keep saying that as a forgotten war. This author also told to readers that forgotten war means a lot of things, such as some kind of people really wanted to hide this war and their information to next generation for a purpose. So while I was reading this book, I could figure it out. Author said ‘the painful scar of Cold war made this war as a forgotten war’ and I’m pretty much sure about that sentence representative his point of view and his personal opinion In this war, which means a lot of things in that sentence. This book also showed that how Korean war was dangerous enough to make another huge world war right after World war 2. If you read this book, you can simplify that WW2 was a war fought against imperialists, so most of you can say that Nazi and Japanese empire were evil at that time. But in Korean war, things were totally different. There was no fight for justice and freedom. They fought for their own ideology. It was time of Cold war. This war wasn’t only between North and South Korea, but also the entire whole world. 97 nations came to Korean peninsula to fight and support their side, which means their ideology. Communism and Capitalism. 84 nations with South Korea, and United states, representative capitalism, 13 nations with North Korea, Soviet and China representative communism. Almost 15 million people got killed from this war for 3 years. Yes, the book also told that, this war can’t be forgotten from people’s memory. It is ridiculous. How could people forget about this war? Author gave a answer key at the end of the book. Some people, really wanted to hide from this war after Korean war. “America in Korea” , “Russia and China in Korea”. It’s the scar of Cold war, and it means this Cold war’s work is still going on earth, like you can see that only one divided nation in the world. It was nice book.
In what ways do the events in the book reveal evidences of the author’s world view?
He used a view of American veteran who just came from Korean War. He used his own point of view, but I think it was pretty much based on American & South Korean’s side at that time.
Did certain part of the book make you uncomfortable~ ?
He made some serious mistakes that described communism and socialism as just a evil kind like Nazi and Japanese at WW2. That was very stupid, and made me feel sick whole time. It doesn’t mean I like them, but it is stupid.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Hirohito and the making of modern Japan
Written by Herbert Bix
597 words
“Japanese actually believed him as a son of god for long years”
First of all, this book was really easy to read, although this book is written in English, this kind of stories are very familiar and interesting to me. Yes, this book talking about the modern Japanese empire, which gave a huge pain to a lot of people and nations for its own evil demand. Everyone knows that one of the biggest victims caused by Japanese empire was my country, Korea. If you want to learn or not in the history, Korea was part of Japanese empire so that’s still our history what we have to remember forever.
“Hirohito Michinomiya” he was born at April 29th, 1901, as the blessed first prince of 123th Japanese kingdom. His father was 123th Emperor “Daisyo” , at that times, Japanese already modernized their nation by a lot of European countries and mostly, USA. They planned to invade whole Asian nation just like Korean Peninsula for make their idealistic empire. Almost every Japanese believed that him, as if he’s like son of the god. They thought he will be the only hero of the world with their “great” Japanese people, just like German believed Hitler and his way.
Imperialism, fascism, and human’s violent mind made such a great combination called Holy war for all Asian people and their rights against white invaders. Such a nice title. All for Asian. In the name of Asian, and they actually killed a lot of Asians for one part of Asian country, their Japan.
Even before Hirohito became the 124th emperor, warlord. His father “Daisyo” already started the holy war against Korea, China, and Russia. Their people gave them a immortal belief, even some of them created a fake history tale, like, Japanese first emperor created the whole world. It’s pretty ridiculous story to all of us today, but in 20th centuries Japanese truly believed that non sense. Actually, at that time, what we call World war season today, almost everyone was mad at making their history and their title more brilliantly, so they can make the war’s name what they made more justice looking.
Even during the World war 1, even after he became a 124th emperor of Empire at 1926 spring, Japanese didn’t stop invading other nations, and does made tons of destroying. A lot of people died for fought against somebody’s holy blessed nation, and the great God, Emperor. Unfortunately, as you know already, to Japanese empire, Korea was a relationship like Jewish or Polish people with German Nazi. They took everything what they needed for war and keeping their colonies, from Korean. Man and woman, every stuff can work, money(crazy high tax for only Korean and Chinese). That’s all Hirohito and his modernized Japan did it to world.
Bunch of today’s historians says, ‘almost every behavior what Japanese and Japan did it to world at 20th centuries, that’s all for their father, their heart, their emperor, their god, the immortal Hirohito’.
That’s why after war, Japan gave up to allys, Hirohito decided to announce to all Japanese that he is not a god, he is just a normal human who is just 124th king of nation, Japan.
How has reading this book changed your opinion of a certain person or topic?
I actually know much about this guy. Because that’s all important part of our history. But I got how brutal he was from this book.
How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?
This book increased my whole interests in our Asian history, especially in this dark side. When we think about that that’s just 60~70 years ago, it will be valuable for commemorate with others forever.
597 words
“Japanese actually believed him as a son of god for long years”
First of all, this book was really easy to read, although this book is written in English, this kind of stories are very familiar and interesting to me. Yes, this book talking about the modern Japanese empire, which gave a huge pain to a lot of people and nations for its own evil demand. Everyone knows that one of the biggest victims caused by Japanese empire was my country, Korea. If you want to learn or not in the history, Korea was part of Japanese empire so that’s still our history what we have to remember forever.
“Hirohito Michinomiya” he was born at April 29th, 1901, as the blessed first prince of 123th Japanese kingdom. His father was 123th Emperor “Daisyo” , at that times, Japanese already modernized their nation by a lot of European countries and mostly, USA. They planned to invade whole Asian nation just like Korean Peninsula for make their idealistic empire. Almost every Japanese believed that him, as if he’s like son of the god. They thought he will be the only hero of the world with their “great” Japanese people, just like German believed Hitler and his way.
Imperialism, fascism, and human’s violent mind made such a great combination called Holy war for all Asian people and their rights against white invaders. Such a nice title. All for Asian. In the name of Asian, and they actually killed a lot of Asians for one part of Asian country, their Japan.
Even before Hirohito became the 124th emperor, warlord. His father “Daisyo” already started the holy war against Korea, China, and Russia. Their people gave them a immortal belief, even some of them created a fake history tale, like, Japanese first emperor created the whole world. It’s pretty ridiculous story to all of us today, but in 20th centuries Japanese truly believed that non sense. Actually, at that time, what we call World war season today, almost everyone was mad at making their history and their title more brilliantly, so they can make the war’s name what they made more justice looking.
Even during the World war 1, even after he became a 124th emperor of Empire at 1926 spring, Japanese didn’t stop invading other nations, and does made tons of destroying. A lot of people died for fought against somebody’s holy blessed nation, and the great God, Emperor. Unfortunately, as you know already, to Japanese empire, Korea was a relationship like Jewish or Polish people with German Nazi. They took everything what they needed for war and keeping their colonies, from Korean. Man and woman, every stuff can work, money(crazy high tax for only Korean and Chinese). That’s all Hirohito and his modernized Japan did it to world.
Bunch of today’s historians says, ‘almost every behavior what Japanese and Japan did it to world at 20th centuries, that’s all for their father, their heart, their emperor, their god, the immortal Hirohito’.
That’s why after war, Japan gave up to allys, Hirohito decided to announce to all Japanese that he is not a god, he is just a normal human who is just 124th king of nation, Japan.
How has reading this book changed your opinion of a certain person or topic?
I actually know much about this guy. Because that’s all important part of our history. But I got how brutal he was from this book.
How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?
This book increased my whole interests in our Asian history, especially in this dark side. When we think about that that’s just 60~70 years ago, it will be valuable for commemorate with others forever.
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