Seiger in Jungen was a very interesting character to me as he showed a completely different outlook towards the world. He is trying to find his orientation in the film and knowing the stigma towards homosexuality he definitely faces a lot of complications which relates back to the articles i read in high school of how homosexuality is often frowned upon.
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Being Optimistic during the hardest times
Apollo 13 was a jaw dropping movie. It taught me how important it is to remain composed when you feel something is going terribly wrong. The astronauts for example faced so many issues in their aircraft as the were coming towards Earth but by being optimistic of their faith and composed they were able to survive through this terrifying time!
Wrapping up
Looking back at the semester with Ty and brainstorming what I could have improved on and what I did well taught me a few things. First, I should not be too confident of the classes I am going to take. Even though I did not take so many classes this semester and thought the semester would be easy it actually became very hard. Second, to take time out for meditation. Meditating has numerous benefits and not doing it this semester made me miss out on a lot of benefits meditating can carry.
Training and Patience
Seeing the matrix movie again really taught me a very surprising fact about life. Never to be overconfident and trust the process as it takes time. Neo’s training took a lot of time and effort and he couldn’t have picked everything up in one matrix session, the same applies to my classes I can’t try to understand everything by studying the day before my final but need to spread things out and work towards my goal patiently.
The Musical There for you
There For You was very special to me as compared to movie I actually got to feel the emotions of the actors as they performed live on stage. It also made me realize that we take many things for granted and there are people with much more problems compared to what we have. Seeing the actress have to handle pregnancy, mental illness and depression altogether really made feel a lot of sympathy towards her from the bottom of my heart as I knew that what she was going through is what only very few people experience.
the complexities of a family
The Royal Tenenbaums really showed me something interesting. In my own life at a very young age I always used to compare my academic success to that of my peers and they always used to perform better. However, now I am much better off than them as I am studying in cornell which is something this film also portrayed which is the fact that even if you are a genius at a young age you can still end up worse later on in your adulthood.
Struggle explained through Music
The movie Rent taught me something i had never though off the fact that even though we hear about how dangerous a drug addict’s life can be or life with AIDS we never truly understand their lives until we get a close up depicted of it which I feel I strongly got through this musical and it made their life experiences very vivid. In fact, not having really watched a musical ever in my life really made this film stand out to me as it showed how music can be a powerful art form to convey meaning.
The flaws of voting
Today in Kennedy hall, the presentation given by the political scientists was spectacular. It made me think about the voting system like never before. What stood out to me the most was the point on election frauds and how impactful they can be on changing the course of an election. Coming from India, where corruption is well known, I myself in my childhood have read countless stories where many politicians have bribed external organisations to deliberately interfere in the election process to manipulate their votes and raise their chances of getting elected. This has led to a lot of instability in places in India as well as riots and it just shows to me once again how important it is for a higher authority to make sure the process always remains fair.