Oasis

I saw movie' Oasis'. It is Korean movie. The main actor and actress are very famous in South Korea. Especially, the actress came to SIFF in 2006 ( I guess!!). She was invited during SIFF period and I could see her face to face. She didn't have a beautiful face such as Guiness Paltrrow, but she was very attractive type which I couldn't say.

The movie usually dealt with discrimination and rape. As a result, I was uncomfortable to see this movie at the first time. The story was that a man who was criminal and rejected from his family after released from jail met a woman who named " princess". Their relationship is not normal. Because he hit and run one of her family members. After he release from jail, he visted her family for forgiving.When he arrived her house, nobody was there, except her. She was a disabled person who has a polio. When he saw her, he tried to rape her.At that time, her brother and sister came in and saved her.He was hit by her brother and returned home.Several days later, he kept thinking about her, and she was same with him. They started to their heart and to date. They were reall fall in love each other, and they were having a sex. Druing that, her brother came in again,and he was arrested by "rape". She wanted to explain that it was not, but she couldn't control her body and he put in the jail again. However, their love wouldn't stop in the jail. He kept writing the letter to her and call her as "My Princess".

I think that the movie of South Korea did not represent 'disabled person'. At the first time to watch this movie, my feeling was not easy.Because of " Disabled". I think that it is problem not only me but also others, too. The reason is that Korean didn't learn and experience about how to share culture with disabled people. Korean peopel usually thought that disabled people should be hide in the closet and they are not normal.Also, they always need to someone's help and made annoying to 'normal person. It is very dangerous thoughs.

In the movie, when they started to date,he was with her on her back and his the other hands hold her wheelchair. He tried to run for getting last subway in the midnight, but he missed it. At the moment, I was cry because I felt like I was just into her life. Although he was a criminal, he was aginst her disabled.

Especially, in the movie, when he tried to rape her when he saw her ,first time, it seemed to include some meaning of it what she had to be thankful to him for raping her. The reason is that she was a disabled woman.It is extreamly sad. Actually, my case, I always think about don't do think differently about disabled person as me. The truth is they are not different from me. However, my behavior is very different in real life. If I saw disabled person, I looked at him/her poorly and lower than me. I know it is huge problem on me , but it is result from education in South Korea. In South Korea , they are never mentioned about disabled people such as how to be act when we met them or how to think about their physical or mental condition. If I should have gotten appropriate education about disabled, I never avoid them and ignore them.

When I arrived in Seattle, I saw the many feature for concerning about disabled person such as transportation. I cannot imagine in South Korea. In the movie, he called her name as" princess",because she was real princess to him such as life saver. So far, I discriminated me and disabled person , but it is not different. They can love each other and dream about their positive future. During this class, my thought is getting different about racism and disabled what they are just different from me, not 'wrong'.

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American Dream-Barak Obama , President of United State

Actually, I like Barak Obama who is president of United State. He is Black . He is first African American president in American history. I don't know why people discriminate with African American and Native American. It just seems to be 'prejudice'. They are not different from any other people.

I think that people who have a power in American society as African American are Barak Obama ;the president of United State, Rice;ex-secretary of national security of United State , and Ophra Winfrey;the host of Ophra Winfrey's show. Among these people, my opinion is that the most effective person is Barak Obama.United State has discrimination and white previlege, but their citizen chose African -American president.

I think that Obama gave new hope to people. When he was 2 years old, his parents divorced. He lived with his mother, and she kept saying that African- American is not inferior level to him. One day, he read a magazine that people failed their mission which changed their face color from black to white through surgery and he was shocked. He was addticted the drug by shock. However, he realized that it was not helpful to him and turned to lawyer for people's right. Even though he had hard time, he overcome it. Also, he had a leadership which can give faith to people. When I read a his autography, he mentioned that he was addicted drug in the book. When I read that phrase, I was suprised because he was very honest. Also, I though that it could be caused some problem in his election. However, he said that he can give hope to new generation who have a hard time in their life right now because he overcome his difficulties when he attacked from other parties, everytime. He is very honest. If I were him, I just said that it was my mistake and I will not do it again, trust me. He used different way. Addtionally, he insisted on unity of all American include Latino and African American. In his book, he said that United State only has United State of America without African- American and Latino-American. I think he is very brave man. It is not to say in White society, but he did it.

I doubted when he was elected to president of United State. The reaon is that he is Black.!!!!!!! I have obvious racism in my mind about Black people. Also, I saw the TV drama '24' season 1 . A story of this drama is when United State had first African American president, people who was aginst him as White Terrorists planned to assasinate the president.It made me very nervous as if it will be true story. However, I trust Obama because he is the person who give me new 'American Dream'. I am from Korea,I can not speak English well, but I will follow his saying and achive my American Dream.

The Jazz Singer

This movie is very meaningful in the history of movie. The reason it is the first movie which has sound. Also, it can be called "first musical movie". Before this movie, several movies was full of sing without script. 'THe Jazz Singer' is huge different from before. I think at that time when this movie made that jazz was very rare part to people even though the word of "jazz singer". I am not usually enjoyed watching old movie, but it was very interesting. It was not bored. The story in movie is very simple. A father wanted to keep their traditional , but the son, Jack wanted to be a jazz singer and aginst his father. As a result, Jack left his father for a long time, but when his father was sick, Jack joined his family's traditional ceremony that father wanted to do it. Jack had a risk for joining it, however,he can re-gained his family again and achived his dream.

In the movie, the jazz singer was very good at singing. He was like real singer. This movie very meaningful in history of hollywood movie, also I really like it. My dream was a movie music director when I was in high school. So , I am very interested in musical movie. The story is simple, but it became to me lots of means.

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