#7 - Change

Can't buy me love/ American't Suiteheart by FOB

Sometimes outside of us could change for any reason, but we should keep our true inside as same as before the change. In the movie, "Can't buy me love" shows us the two different change. First change was caused from the outside change of Ronald. When he got popularity, he came arrogant and ignore people that are not popular. This change made him lose himself, but the second change made him return to be himself. After first change, he got the greate lesson from Cindy and he tried to be himself again and get her love not buy. Also in the music video, "American's suite hearts" by Fall Out Boy, shows the change that make people popular but lose themselves and fall into the green river. From this two video and the movie, we can learn that we must stay be ourselves whenever it changed. In the movie, Cindy told Ronald , "Whatever happens to your popularity, stay yourself, don't change to please others." Like this quote we should stay ourselves.

#6 - Hope

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

There are many different types of people in the world, and they all react differently for the hard time in the life. During these hard times, some are finding hope and trying to overcome the problem with looking forward that hopes. Other are failing to find their hope and they cannot overcome the problem and don't accept it. In this movie, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" shows some characters who have some difficulties in their life, but they react and accept differently. Cristina felt that her life will not work anymore with Mariana and Antonio, so she told them that she would leave them. Antonio and Mariana faced the same problem, but they reacted differently. Antonio just wait for his another hope, accept her confusion and let it go, but Mariana was almost going crazy and she seems there's any hope existing in her life, she tried to kill Antonio and herself. It's really important to get our own hope in the life, so that we can overcome the problem when it comes. Also I think hope changes the our mind. People who have hope, they are happy, positive, and energetic even they are in the bad situation. In other words, we should have our hope in the life.

#5 - Religion, Spirtuality, Belief, & non-belief

Slumdog Millionaire/ Islam- a religion based on terrorism

In the world, still, there are many religion wars going like Israel or Parkistan. Also in this movie, "slumdog Millionaire", shows the religion attack from Hindu. The people in India (in this movie)believe Hinduism and they thought people in slums are Muslim, so they attack the people in slums and murder the people. It made me think about the religion again. Also in the article shows the quote, "The most exalted form of jihad is fighting for the sake of Allah, which means sacrificing one's soul by fighting the enemies head-on, even if it leads to martyrdom", from Yunis al-Astal, prominent Muslim cleric and HAMAS member of the Palestinian parliament in an interview on 23 June 2007. I noticed that they got brain wash and how it caused cruel and violent thing in the world. Believing their own god is acceptable, but fighting for their own religion against others is not right. I think everybody who believe something are hoping for the world peace. They should respect everybody's peace not only for themselves. If they want their religion to be accepted, they should be respecful for other religion. I think it's time to stop the fighting between all kinds of religion.

MLA:

Target of opportunity.com. "Islam - A ReligionBased on Terrorism."2009.

<http://www.targetofopportunity.com/islam.htm>

#4 - Gender & The Gender Roles

The Movie - Mulan

Now a days, we can see many examples about changed of gender roles and steroetypes around us. Women take jobs like policeman, soldier, or doctor which was considered as men's job. Also men take jobs like fashion designer or hair designer which was often considered as women's job. And actually in the world, sometimes they can do better than opposite gender which took those jobs for long times as the gender streotypes, so I think it is really positive facts that stereotypes about gender roles are changing. There are also several movies showing about the gender roles. Like in the "Mulan", the girl took the job, called soldier or knight as regarded as men's job that day instead of her sick father. But as it shows us, Mulan did some important accomplishments during the war with another country for their country. She did better than other 'men' soldiers. I think this director tried to suggest us changing our stereotype of gender roles. The change of gender roles also can bring the success or dedication for our society, so it should be more encouraged.

#3 - Different Culture w/ our culture

Movie, The Clique.



Depending on the countries, almost every life styles are different like what we eat or what we wear. But now a days, the difference between these culture is decreased. Actually, just coming America for me is the experience of cultural difference, so almost everything I watch, eat, and hear is a whole new culture. I saw the movie the clique a few months ago.

There are some cultural differences between the America culture and my culture(South Korea). In the school, they are not wearing the uniform, but in S.korea, in the middle school and the high school, we have to wear uniform. So, I guess this difference cause other differences. For fun, they usually go shopping mall for shopping , but in S.korea, we just hang out the outside like 'France avenue' or go the karaoke called, "노래방". Also in this movie, they are doing 'sleepover' thing, but we don't really have the culture about "sleeping over". I noticed that there are a lot of difference between my culture and the american culture, but I couldn't feel that big gap. I think it's because of developed media and the technology, so actually I could see some of the western cultures when I was in S.korea.

#2 - Overcoming the difficulties- Baby Mama

Baby Mama by Michael McCullers
There are many differnt kinds of difficulties in our lives. In the movie "Baby mama", there are some difficulties too. And watching overcoming these difficulties gave me many lessons related with our real lives. I think when we get a trouble or problem with something , almost people try for solution of the probleme or overcoming that. But even if we tried hard there still could seems no way to solve, and I think we should keep trying. We should belive our hopeness. Because in this movie, Kate looked for almost possibilities she can, but she couldn't get the way then she was almost giving up. But finally, she found the way called saragent. In our lives, there are difficulties in every situations. I think life is continuous of difficulties or concerns. After Kate found her way to get baby, she got trouble with her partner by difference of their life style. And I learned that going through the difficulties is not always bad. It helps us by figuring and struggling out the way for overcoming. It can give us new way for life or experience for that situation so that we can go through easier when we get same problem. In ''Babay mama", Kate can enjoy her self like playing some games or going to club by going through the problem with her partner. This movie gave me lots of lessons about the overcoming the difficulties.

#1 - Two sides of Natural Disasters...

Natural disaster has two differnt effect. One is sometimes natural disaster is good for our environment. Another is usaually it's a bad damage for human. A week ago, there was the big ice storm in Kenturky. It influenced to people who live in Kenturky in bad way. This ice storm killed at least 42 people and it ruined their property too, like home so that they have to stay in the shelter. It also made the temperature went down and the all power turned off. Usually natural disaster damaged people and their property, but it's not always doing bad things. Sometimes, it helps our environment. In savannas, forest fire were so useful for savannas's survival. It helped the healthier growth for native trees and removed nonnative trees. Environmentarists say savannas could be gone if there wasn't this forest fire. In this case, natural disaster works good way for the environment. I noticed that there is nothing only useless. I learnt that everything in natural conditions are useful and needed in some way.

*MLA

Hari Sreenivasan . "Crippling Ice Storm Sweeps Heartland." © MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. Feb. 1, 2009.

<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/01/eveningnews/main4767389.shtml>

Kasia Fryklund."Can Forest Fires Be Good For The Environment." About my planet. Jun 19 2007.

<http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/science-technology/can-forest-fires-be-good-for-the-environment/>