jeudi 7 avril 2011

Drawing upon humor for change.

This speech is about a cartoonist named Liza Donnelly who thinks that humor is a good way to change things.She realized that she could make people think,  everybody, concerning the compulsory rules which we follow from our birth following our sex.So, the central idea of this speech is the power of the association between women and humor, in order to change some prejudices.
I think it’s easier to pass an idea with a funny cartoon and I totally agree with Liza Donnelly concerning the fact that each of us, since the birth was putting in a category: boys = fights + cars and girls = dolls + cooking. Through Lisa's sketch, people see the rules that they followed all their life, without knowing really why. These rules which Lisa named were established since generations and they govern our lives days after days. I understand and I agree with all that she says but in spite of her humor which shows us the reality, this is not going to change things. Why? Because for a long time we follow these rules and we learnt to live with, in spite of the caricature made, these rules were admitted by everybody and even if we are conscious of it, I think that they are not going to change.
Concerning the humor according to the cultures, it is true that certain rules change. The humor is not accepted everywhere and by everybody, certain persons think as Lisa but cannot laugh in front of this video who can shock others. Certain cultures give more freedom, the others ask for more work or humility, but it is as the humor, that makes certain persons laugh and the other no.

vendredi 1 avril 2011

Love charm

Love at  school.

         More and more, we can notice that the children have a lover more and more young. Love at  school represents a kind of affection between children who do not know the exact meaning of the word "love". Children try to get closer some of the others and try to make as their parents. In the video, we see clearly a girl having fun with the young man who seems loving of her. At this age children do not realize the impact that their game can have on the others . This kind of game can amuse someone or hurt  others. It's what we call the "freedom from care" of the children. To compare, we can all say that at school, each of us believed in something stupid but given its age, each of us believed in it sincerely. For example, when I was in the primary school, I believed that the school would never finish and that I was going to stay twenty years in the school with all my companions. I also believed in Santa Claus and in the small mouse. I had a lover, and I believed that we are going to like(love) each other for ever as in the tales which our mothers tell us in the evening.Children, and we, believe in any sorts of things come from fairy tales or simply from our parents. You should not forget that a child reproduces the actions of his parents and that they are their models.