my thoughts

What I thought about the video was that it was ok. The questions that were asked in the video were quite some hard questions, even I couldn’t give a good answer to it or I would have the same answers as the people worldwide had answered the question. I agree that we are in battle with our sinful nature and God’s spirit. I don’t think I agree with what Abraham’s theory was, “Sick people are made by sick nature”. What I think it should be is humans are sinful people because we rebelled against our creator. Honestly I don’t know why I don’t agree with what Abraham said, it’s just doesn’t feel accurate. The stages that the teacher was telling his class, was a good way to demonstrate states of man I thought it was excellent because I like to see things demonstrated visually. What I thought was sort of confusing was the Dualistic and Monistic concept thing. Are they supposed to mean the same thing or completely opposite things? Man’s moral state and Man’s needs, I thought was quite accurate, at least to me it was. What Romans 8:13 and Colossians 3:5-10 says “Put to death your earthly nature”, is the hardest thing to do, even as a believer. When the movie got to the people’s theories, it got kind of boring but in the beginning of the video was pretty good. In all the video was not as captivating as the first one we watched. It was good to know what people think about mankind and evil in the world. Different views are always good to know.

Complex images

I think a ghost symbol can be of a more complex image if you think about it. Being of a ghost in the Joy Luck Club means that you are someone who disrespects and goes against what is right for themselves. A ghost symbol of a more complex image doesn't necessarily mean that they are dead and haunting someone, but meaning that you aren't of existence. Having family problems could contribute to the complex image of a ghost because the family members could over exaggerate situations.

Virtues about Waverly Jong

The character Waverly Jong is someone who is quick to learn things and can easily hide her thoughts from other people. She is very smart when it comes to chess, and in person. She is able to strategize when it come to chess too. When she plays chess, she completely clears her mind from people around her and focuses on the game. She is very talented and just a successful person in chess. For a young girl like her she has the potential of an adult.

Waverly Jong’s virtues in weaknesses, is that she is so competitive like her mother. I also think Waverly’s weakness is that she can easily hide her thoughts. When it comes to having to let out what she feels maybe hard, then she would keep them inside and it will bother her later on in life. Another weakness could be that she runs away from her problems like with her mother being boastful. I also think that Waverly’s weakness is caring about what other people think about her and her decisions.

Virtues about Waverly Jong

The character Waverly Jong is someone who is quick to learn things and can easily hide her thoughts from other people. She is very smart when it comes to chess, and in person. She is able to strategize when it come to chess too. When she plays chess, she completely clears her mind from people around her and focuses on the game. She is very talented and just a successful person in chess. For a young girl like her she has the potential of an adult.
Waverly Jong’s virtues in weaknesses, is that she is so competitive like her mother. I also think Waverly’s weakness is that she can easily hide her thoughts. When it comes to having to let out what she feels maybe hard, then she would keep them inside and it will bother her later on in life. Another weakness could be that she runs away from her problems like with her mother being boastful. I also think that Waverly’s weakness is caring about what other people think about her and her decisions.

The Joy Luck Club

The stories I have read, most of them have to deal with finding out things about their mother, and losing them during the war in China against Japan. A lot of them have tragic stories to them. It either has to deal with finding out that their mother had another husband, or the mother is treated as a “Ghost” and so on. It also seems that in each story, the families don’t have a lot of happiness. Or their mother’s had to abandon their children because something that went wrong. The stories have either something to learn from or gain from. For example, in the chapter Scar Anei- Mei learned that one must let go of pain (p. 48) .There is also finding who the person is and who they are not, so it seems through these tragic stories at the end they will get to find out the truth or who they really are. A lot of these girls can handle what they learn and what they find out. Some girls would commit suicide or even just not care and those ways not the right ways to handle such situations. A lot of the story shows that they have to respect people, or they are “useless” or “disrespectful”. The stories so far all connect in their own way with similar story background in it, all because of the war that happened in China.