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Multimedia reflection 2

This is one of my favourite video clips. The song 'cause you had a bad day' as can be understood from its name, is about two unlucky people whose daily life seems very ordinary and boring. In the clip, we see a man and a woman who lives and feels exactly the same but do not have any connection between each other. They even do not know the other one exists. One day they see each other at the window from their workplaces and afterwards they bump into each othet unintentionally and recognized one another. Both of them do not have enough self-confidence to talk to other one. Consequently, they have found a way to express their feelings and they use the billboard at the subway. They draw however they feel and other one draw another thing the oter day. This goes like that and finally what they draw to the billboard have come true and they come together. Even it seem like fairytale, it is not that much impossible because all of us go through lots of situation and make a decision in the millions of choices.

2nd reflection - gun control

  

               Recently, there has been a debate in White House over gun control should be expanded or not. While Obama strictly wants to apply gun control, Romney defend the right of using guns. The debate still does not come to an end. Especially inAmerica, most of the people have handguns and the number of killings caused by guns are higher rates than any other injurance. Even the boys can reach a gun easily and this causes school shootings which shoul not be underestimated. If her or his parents did not have guns, they would not reach it easily and also the idea of killing would not be that much normal. Thus, kids begin to naturalize the idea of killing and consequently more violent young people have appeared on the state. Although Romney states that people are using guns as an ornamental or hunting or other innocent aims, thisis not the case as these people are exception and they are less as number when compared to others who do harm. In addition, I believe that  there must be strict laws to protect people from shooting. If the government did not control its people and provide a safe place for its people, then who would do that?  Thus, it is necessary for the governments to stop the millions of killing by aplying stricter laws.

Article Reflection : powerphrases

             In the article 'Power Phrases : The Key To Winning Respect', Meryl Runion briefly mentions about why some people gain more respect than others even if they have done the same thing and are under the same condition. The author gives some examples and then starts to give keys about what to do and what should not been done to raise our voice and to be recognized. Like the author thinks, I believe that it is not important what you say but it is more imporant how you say. Our manners mostly determine our characteristics and even our clothes, our financial status and the way we talk are the factors which makes us a respectful person.I really agree with the author in her opinion that among all of the factors, the most important one is our phrases. In addition, she gives some keys and one of them is to talk less but say more. Consequently, I believe that we arüe not more than how we behave and what we say to others.

Article reflection : Show Me The WayTo Go Home

          


               In the article ‘Show Me The Way To Go home’, Anastasia Tufexia briefly mentions about the hardships and benefits of staying with parents. It is a fact that lots of people stay wıth their parents even they become an adult.To start te issue, the writer talks about a story and I think the hook which the writer uses is a good one. She gives a lot of examples from daily live. I think the fact that she has given so much concrete proofs from people’s life is very convincing. She shows us what consequences might be appear such as lack of privacy or having been limited about their relationship.  I strongly believe that it is better to live away from family as the freedom is not something achievable  under their shelter. One must goes through some hardships alone and then he or she can takes pleasure from the other benefits of living aeay from family. However,like the writer says, there are some benefits of living with parents as one does not have to pay billfor rent or other house expenditures. In addition, love and affection of your family is always with you and you can feel it anytime you want. Even if I like the content, I do not like the way she made the end. There is no conclusion but the only example and a sudden end.

Article Reflection : Can Women And Men Be Friends ?

       In this article ‘ Can Women And Men Be Friends?’,  Cornille Chotterjee states the possibilities to not to be lover with opposite sex. He states that by giving different items and collects the reasons under the items. I like the way he thinks because he did not give items only under the number of ordinary names but use a different way as he named them as ‘challenge’. He mentions some obstacles and gives logical reasons for men and women to have only love relationship. He generally states the society’s pressure and media’s pressure and taboos. I think he is right about the society affects the  and mostly prohibits women and men to be friends because we have been taught since primary school that other sex is the one who we must avoid and there must be some cross-sex roles and responsibilities like house work is done by women and only men goes to work. It is an obvious fact that not only men work or women make house works anymore. According to writer, this situation has really affected the way people see each other as they are together in different stages and cases. I totally agree to him also I believe the characteristics of both sexes have changed too. Women become stronger in every area and consequently powerful and working women have appeared. In addition, men have started to show fragile and feminine behaviors at some degree. In my opinion, they have more mutual interests and this leads them to be more close and friendly to each other. Consequently, I do not believe that women andmen are from different planets so they can not be friends. It is definitely not the case as we all live at the same world together and one may get close his/her opposite sex in terms of friendship..Like the writer says ‘it’s not all about sex’.

4 th Reflection

Recently, our country has got a conflict between the government and people all over the country. At first, it began with the attack of police to the people in the demonstration in a national park. The demonstrators were protesting against the destruction of the national park and constructing a shopping mall.  In the park, innocent people were just sitting and passively demonstrating with the placards. The police attacked even the people who were reading books with gas bombs and spray. This photo, girl in the red dress has sprayed by a police, is the head of the leading events.  We seem as a democratic country; however, no democratic country hinders its people using their demonstration rights.

After this starting point, it causes unbelievable and nationwide rebels in İzmir, İstanbul, Ankara, Antalya and most of the other cities. It was such a big union that it includes people from different political parties, different football clubs, and other different people but actually who feel the same about the government till 2003. Unfortunately, to prohibit the big units, police become more angry and use even the out of date gases and the orange spray gas which was prohibited. Of course they were under the rule of the government but some of them exceeded their limit. There were a lot of TOMAs in the street which frightened and sprayed even the old people and the ones who did not aware of what was going on. Still, millions of people shouted and walked against the governments and its unending policies. The point was not just trees in this national park anymore. I do not know how much longer these events will go on but I think authorities should consider what the society wants and implement some regulations.

 

3 rd Reflection

My third reflection is about the song of the eddie vedder ‘society’. He has got very broad and logical perceptions about life. The song is about corrupting society and the life itself. It is an obvious fact that individuals deteriorates in some ways as the years pass. We do not respect each other’s ideas, rights and just consume all the things without producing anything.

This song has been used as a soundtrack in the film ‘Into the Wild’ which everyone should see. It is based on a true story. In the plot, Christopher McCandless abandons all of his possessions and gives all of his money to charity. After that, he begins to hitchhike to Alaska where his biggest goal in life is. He encounters different kinds of people who changes and shapes his approach to life. When he reaches there, he spends his time reading and discovering the wilderness. He is tired of the stereotypes of society but he is not ready for the nature’s cruelness, too. He catches up a disease and at the moment of death he finally finds out in the pages of a book that ‘happiness is only real when shared’. I think this is the most effecting scene.

Here is the photograph of the real Alexander Supertamp.

At the end, however strong we are, sometimes we cannot make it on our own. The people around us are the ones who make our life more beautiful and bearable. We are not born alone and it is better not to die alone.

Multimedia reflection 1

2 nd Reflection

In this article, I want to make my reflections about a famous and current video clip of Justin Timberlake. The song I mention about is ‘ mirrors’ which I really love. I like Justin Timberlake as he has his own style and never changed it since I knew it from my childhood. Besides his being very handsome, he is such a generous and humble man that it is almost impossible for one to not feel attracted to him.  Even if I do not like this kind of music, I love nearly every song of Justin Timberlake but this song has got a special place in me. For his last song, he shot a video clip that touches the hearts. There are two youngsters who have met in a billiard saloon and then began to hang out. They are so happy and their love is not ordinary. In another scene, we see them after at least 50 years while they both are getting older. She goes to the place where they have met and flashback begins. She sees her husband near to her but he was dead recently. However, those two oldies are still together in their memories which are very fresh and real. According to American magazine news, Justin has shot this video for his grandmother. In addition, the ring which is fallen from the sky to Justin at the end of the video is his grandmother’s ring. She gave it to him to give the girl of his life.

The most effecting lyrics is the ‘ I don’t want to lose you now, I’m looking right at the other half of me. It’s like you are my mirror, my mirror is looking back at me. I couldn’t get any bigger with anyone else beside of me’ .

Unfortunately, I think that the last one minute of the song corrupts the coherence and the impact of the videos. It should not be that much long and the awkward voice begins to be annoying. In addition to this, the point that I do not understand is when another young girl and our boy were together in the room. Then our old lady sees that girl in the flashbacks. I think he had cheated her with this girl. In addition to all,the concept and the dresses of 80’s were really charming and reflects it completely.

1st reflection : Never Let Me Go

1 st Reflection

  

The book 'Never Let Me Go' written by Kazuo Ishiguro has affected me deep inside. At first my teacher from preparation school has advised me; then, I read and love it. In the plot, there are 3 main characters who are together since their childhood and there is something different in their lives.(The rest contains spoiler).The big secret behind themselves is that they are twins of some diseased people who need an organ and donor. Thus, the superpowers have created them to sacrifice their lives by giving away their organs when they have reached their 20's.Ruth and Tommy are lovers and Katy is their best friends. However, Kathy loves Tommy more than Ruth does. One day an authority says them that if two person are very fall in love to each other, there is a chance for them to save their lives by proving their love. They have been educated as artists and they have to draw or compose or be successful in another kind of art. When they learn that they can protect themselves by proving their true love, they think that all of the art products they have made makes sense anymore. The only way to prove it is to show the  authorities their old pieces of art and make them sure about their love. However, Ruth does not really love Tommy so, Tommy and Kathy must be together to survive and move onto their lives. In the end, Tommy breaks up with Ruth and be a couple with Kathy but they cannot survive as it revealed that this is an only fake and uncorroborated knowledge.

I like the way the characters talk. Kathy represents the voice 

of patience and love. Ruth is like a passionate and 

unbeatable fighter and Tommy is a fragile but strong boy. Kazuo describes people, situations and their relationships such a successful way that one cannot stay calm while reading and watching the movie. Although a lot of books are not successful when they have been shot in cinema, this is one of the exceptions and very effective film.

In the film Carey Mulligan has acted as Kathy, Andrew Garfield is Tommy and Ella Purnell is Ruth.The perspectives of scenes is brilliant. The film is so pathetic that most of the time I have watched it with wet eyes. After one sees the film, it is inevitable to think if there are these kinds of actions like cloning in the development powers.