Summary
This is weirdest story I have ever read. Random things happen, some too fast, and some with no explanation. Henri finally gets a date with Paquita (the girl with the golden eyes) after writing a letter to her in which Christianio (Paquita's guard) asked to meet Henri and set up a date. He picks Henri up in a carriage at a certain time and drives him there. During that first date, Henri learns that Paquita's duenna is actually her mother. She speaks only her native tongue, Spanish, so Henri is unable to communicate with her. Since Paquita does not speak French like Henri, they talk English together. Nothing really happens in the first date, only that they share the love they have for each other and kissed goodbye. Earlier in the date however, Paquita cried because she thought Henri was going to kill her...
On the second date, Henri was blindfolded until he reached her home. They were left alone in a soundproof room. During that date, however, I learned of Paquita's bipolarity. She kept crying asking Henri to use her for her love and then kill her. Then the next minute, she is begging him not to because she loves life. He dressed him in a red dress and asks him the weirdest questions.
Third date is where everything went out of control. Paquita talks about how she is like a prisoner, a slave, and wants Henri to take her away to China. She was always kept away from society by her mother and only recently started going out because she told her mother if she couldn't go out and explore men, then she would kill herself. Her mother agreed and that's how she met Henri. Then after they talked of their everlasting love and started getting close, out of nowhere, Paquita cries out "Mariquita" and Henri pushes her away with anger and says "now I know everything I tried not to believe" (Balzac 107). This is where I got confused. Is that the name of another lover?
He stays away from her for another week. Then as he visits her home, he finds her in a pool of blood, and a girl who has a knife in her hand who had previously repeatedly stabbed her to death. The girl talked of love as Paquita was dying. The girl was Marquise de San-Real, Henri's half sister.
Beyond this point, I am completely lost. All I know is that Paquita's mother had a big part to do with her daughter's death (I believe she paid Marquise gold to kill her). Also, I believe there is a connection between "Mariquita" and Marquise. Perhaps Paquita knew that this was going to happen. Perhaps they were in love before... This book is like an incomplete story to me.
Quote
"This person was a mulatto who would surely have inspired Talma to play Othello, had he chanced to meet him. Never did an African face more open express the magnitude of revenge, the swiftness of suspicious, the immediate translation of thought into action, the strength of the Moor and his childish impetuosity" (Balzac 62).
Reaction
This is an allusion to the play Othello. The author is comparing Christinio (Spanish guard of Paquita) to Othello because of his facial expressions. It's interesting because I have already read Othello, so imaging Christinio expression in my head was pretty easy. It made the imagery and the way I view Christinio's character more powerful.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
The Girl With the Golden Eyes (1-54)
Summary
This novella, The Girl With the Golden Eyes by Honore de Balzac (translated by Carol Cosman), started of like a movie. The author talked only of Paris and it's people. Here is some points taken from this section of the novella.
- Parisian interested in everything and in the end nothing.
- Only two ages in Paris: youth and decay.
- Talked of the proletarians (working class). Mentions all the hard work, suffering, sweating, low wages they receive all to be wasted away at clubs in the city and prostitutes, drinking, and violence. Happens every Monday, then back to work on Tuesdays.
- Describe the King as hardworking yet lazy. A man of action, not feeling. A living encyclopedia. Never at rest like Paris itself.
- To the wealthy, nothing is real.
- The lawyers, doctors, business man, etc (upper-class) have little heart. Go about life smoothly like it's nothing. Ignorant of everything outside their profession.
- Only the prostitutes and unmoral girls go out frequently. Ladies who preserve their beauty rarely come out and when they do, it is very rare and eye catching.
- In Paris, every passion is resolved into two terms: gold and pleasure.
After the the descriptive setting of Paris, the main character, Henri de Marsay, is introduced. He was home-schooled and by the age of 16, he knew more than a 40 year old. At age 22, he feel finally free and goes out more often. Henri is very handsome and makes many girls stop at there track to glance at him. He has a friend named Paul de Manerville who he is practically using. One day he meets a girl who is different from all girls who falls in love with Henri at first sight; the girl with the golden eyes. He talks about her to Paul and finds out that everyone knows about her and she is wanted by many. The weird thing is that the girl with the golden eyes (as she is referred to in the book) actually shows interest to Henri and indirectly invited him to follow her home. He did not however, but paid Paul and a taxi driver to follow her and get the address. He learns more about her through a postman named Laurent. She's very mysterious and lives in a mansion that is very secured. She has a duenna (a personal chaperon/escorter) who is always by her side and whom Henri and Laurent plans to lock up so he can get to be with her.
Quote
"If this quick glance at the population of Paris has helped you to understand the rarity of a Raphaelesque face and the passionate admiration it must inspire at first sight, the main purpose of our story has been achieved" (Balzac 26).
Reaction
The author spent the first chapter, first 26 pages, talking only about the setting of Paris and it's people. As I was reading it I thought this would be a great article to read for history class. It talks about the proletarians and the bourgeois, the rich and the poor, etc. It also talks about the guillotine and the French coat of arm. I was thinking when will this story start having characters and quotes but now I understood the purpose of the long description. It is to make the reader's mind focused on this set of population before introducing the plot. I thought it was a great way to start because now I have a much better understanding of Paris.
This novella, The Girl With the Golden Eyes by Honore de Balzac (translated by Carol Cosman), started of like a movie. The author talked only of Paris and it's people. Here is some points taken from this section of the novella.
- Parisian interested in everything and in the end nothing.
- Only two ages in Paris: youth and decay.
- Talked of the proletarians (working class). Mentions all the hard work, suffering, sweating, low wages they receive all to be wasted away at clubs in the city and prostitutes, drinking, and violence. Happens every Monday, then back to work on Tuesdays.
- Describe the King as hardworking yet lazy. A man of action, not feeling. A living encyclopedia. Never at rest like Paris itself.
- To the wealthy, nothing is real.
- The lawyers, doctors, business man, etc (upper-class) have little heart. Go about life smoothly like it's nothing. Ignorant of everything outside their profession.
- Only the prostitutes and unmoral girls go out frequently. Ladies who preserve their beauty rarely come out and when they do, it is very rare and eye catching.
- In Paris, every passion is resolved into two terms: gold and pleasure.
After the the descriptive setting of Paris, the main character, Henri de Marsay, is introduced. He was home-schooled and by the age of 16, he knew more than a 40 year old. At age 22, he feel finally free and goes out more often. Henri is very handsome and makes many girls stop at there track to glance at him. He has a friend named Paul de Manerville who he is practically using. One day he meets a girl who is different from all girls who falls in love with Henri at first sight; the girl with the golden eyes. He talks about her to Paul and finds out that everyone knows about her and she is wanted by many. The weird thing is that the girl with the golden eyes (as she is referred to in the book) actually shows interest to Henri and indirectly invited him to follow her home. He did not however, but paid Paul and a taxi driver to follow her and get the address. He learns more about her through a postman named Laurent. She's very mysterious and lives in a mansion that is very secured. She has a duenna (a personal chaperon/escorter) who is always by her side and whom Henri and Laurent plans to lock up so he can get to be with her.
Quote
"If this quick glance at the population of Paris has helped you to understand the rarity of a Raphaelesque face and the passionate admiration it must inspire at first sight, the main purpose of our story has been achieved" (Balzac 26).
Reaction
The author spent the first chapter, first 26 pages, talking only about the setting of Paris and it's people. As I was reading it I thought this would be a great article to read for history class. It talks about the proletarians and the bourgeois, the rich and the poor, etc. It also talks about the guillotine and the French coat of arm. I was thinking when will this story start having characters and quotes but now I understood the purpose of the long description. It is to make the reader's mind focused on this set of population before introducing the plot. I thought it was a great way to start because now I have a much better understanding of Paris.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
2012: Science of Superstition (175-216)
Summary
The author wrapped up her evidence and explanations in this last section in the book with a chapter dedicated to her conclusion. Bruce stated that the 2012 meme is not really about the Mayan's Long Count Calendar that ended on Dec 21, 2012 but on what we believe personally of the theory. She said that it is all about us. Bruce also talked about Jean Gebser's book named Ever-Present Origin which analyzes the history of human culture and "of the different predominating modes of consciousness of each era" (Bruce 211). According to his book, there are five stuctures of human consciousness: The Archaic structure, The Magical structure, The Mythical structure, The Mental structure, and finally, The Integral structure. He believes that we are currently doing a transition from the Mental structure into the Integral structure. The main difference between the two is that the Mental structure is three-dimensional and "rational thinking has become primary and it is highly skeptical of all the other structures of consciousness" (Bruce 213) whereas the Integral structure is four- dimensional and is described as an "aperspectival world of transparency, where we see through things and perceive their true nature" (Bruce 214). According to both Bruce and Gebser, the 2012 meme presses all button of consciousness at every level.
Quote
"... I do not rule out at all the possibility that all of us are going to be looking at the mystery and meaning of life in a very different way, very soon and that date, 21st of December 2012, sticks in my mind as one that is really worthy of consideration" (Bruce 216).
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This is the very last quote of the book and I think it was well picked out. I believe that most of the world has already thought about the realism of the 2012 theory, even if they don't believe in it. At some point in this book, I actually had some credibility for the whole 2012 end of the world thing, yet, as I ended the book, that original feeling and thought of it remains. I don't believe anyone can tell when the world will end. Only God knows.
The author wrapped up her evidence and explanations in this last section in the book with a chapter dedicated to her conclusion. Bruce stated that the 2012 meme is not really about the Mayan's Long Count Calendar that ended on Dec 21, 2012 but on what we believe personally of the theory. She said that it is all about us. Bruce also talked about Jean Gebser's book named Ever-Present Origin which analyzes the history of human culture and "of the different predominating modes of consciousness of each era" (Bruce 211). According to his book, there are five stuctures of human consciousness: The Archaic structure, The Magical structure, The Mythical structure, The Mental structure, and finally, The Integral structure. He believes that we are currently doing a transition from the Mental structure into the Integral structure. The main difference between the two is that the Mental structure is three-dimensional and "rational thinking has become primary and it is highly skeptical of all the other structures of consciousness" (Bruce 213) whereas the Integral structure is four- dimensional and is described as an "aperspectival world of transparency, where we see through things and perceive their true nature" (Bruce 214). According to both Bruce and Gebser, the 2012 meme presses all button of consciousness at every level.
Quote
"... I do not rule out at all the possibility that all of us are going to be looking at the mystery and meaning of life in a very different way, very soon and that date, 21st of December 2012, sticks in my mind as one that is really worthy of consideration" (Bruce 216).
Reaction
This is the very last quote of the book and I think it was well picked out. I believe that most of the world has already thought about the realism of the 2012 theory, even if they don't believe in it. At some point in this book, I actually had some credibility for the whole 2012 end of the world thing, yet, as I ended the book, that original feeling and thought of it remains. I don't believe anyone can tell when the world will end. Only God knows.
2012: Science or Superstition (130-174)
Summary
This section focus a lot on the history of how 2012 came to be. Not about how Mayan calendar ended on Dec 21, 2012 but about how it became a universal accepted date for "the end of the world". There was a software called Timewave Zero that was introduced by Terence McKenna that shows the 4yr interval (from Oct 2008) leading up to Dec 21, 2012. The book showed a screenshot of the software which had bars that represent period of tumultuous. The very last bar occurred at the "last event", the expected 2012 doomsday. However, the end of the world in relation to the Mayan calendar, according to the book, was first introduced to the broad public by Jose Arguelles during a New Age event in 1987 called the "Harmonic Convergence".
Quote
"Scientists have come up with the radical suggestion that the universe's end may come not with a bang but a standstill--that time could be literally running out and could, one day, stop altogether... Everything will be frozen, like a snapshot of one instant, forever" (Bruce 155).
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Basically, they are saying that the world would just freeze and come to a sudden stop, which in my opinion, is ridiculous. Scientist come up with a lot of theories, a lot of predictions and other stuff that sometimes make me never want to believe anything they say. Ever since I was little, I had this thing against scientists and doctors. Not only because they were too smart for me, but because most of what they tell us are predictions and not facts, which I figured, made them more wrong then right. To this day, I still have a thing against them. Yeah, sure that they could be right and have all the information and evidence to back up their argument but that still does not satisfy me. They make themselves seem like they know everything, but, in my opinion, some things are better if they are left unanswered or in this case, unpredicted.
This section focus a lot on the history of how 2012 came to be. Not about how Mayan calendar ended on Dec 21, 2012 but about how it became a universal accepted date for "the end of the world". There was a software called Timewave Zero that was introduced by Terence McKenna that shows the 4yr interval (from Oct 2008) leading up to Dec 21, 2012. The book showed a screenshot of the software which had bars that represent period of tumultuous. The very last bar occurred at the "last event", the expected 2012 doomsday. However, the end of the world in relation to the Mayan calendar, according to the book, was first introduced to the broad public by Jose Arguelles during a New Age event in 1987 called the "Harmonic Convergence".
Quote
"Scientists have come up with the radical suggestion that the universe's end may come not with a bang but a standstill--that time could be literally running out and could, one day, stop altogether... Everything will be frozen, like a snapshot of one instant, forever" (Bruce 155).
Reaction
Basically, they are saying that the world would just freeze and come to a sudden stop, which in my opinion, is ridiculous. Scientist come up with a lot of theories, a lot of predictions and other stuff that sometimes make me never want to believe anything they say. Ever since I was little, I had this thing against scientists and doctors. Not only because they were too smart for me, but because most of what they tell us are predictions and not facts, which I figured, made them more wrong then right. To this day, I still have a thing against them. Yeah, sure that they could be right and have all the information and evidence to back up their argument but that still does not satisfy me. They make themselves seem like they know everything, but, in my opinion, some things are better if they are left unanswered or in this case, unpredicted.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
2012: Science or Superstition (85-130)
Summary
This section of this focused on a lot of things. A lot of things that by reading this over and over, I will still never get until I actually study it. There is so much mind-blowing research and information. It can inscrutable sometimes. One thing, however, that drawn me in and that I had a good understanding of was the Hinduism belief on the 2012 theory. It actually made me rethink that this 2012 "end of the world" thing might actually happen. According to them, humankind has been living in the Kali Yuga, the "Age of Vice" for about 5,0000 years (modern humankind). Some of the things they believed about this modern era is that: 1. people will murder for no reasons and won't see anything wrong with it 2. husband and wife will find contempt in each other 3. pre-teenage girls will get pregnant 4. social acceptance of sex as being the central requirement of life and, 5. people will be addicted to intoxicating drinks. There are much more but these are five random theories they believe that is actually true in our society. To come back to the 2012 assumption, the Hindus believed that: 1. there will be increasing desertification and extremes of heat and cold (hint: Global Warming!) 2. plant life will become extinct, animals will die off, and humans will be reduced cannibalism, and 3. at the end of Kali Yuga, an avatar of Vishnu called Kalki will appear to destroy whoever is lost then the new Golden Age of spirituality will began.
Bruce also talked about the Apocalypses, which some religion (such as Jews and Protestants) refer to as Armageddon or even "judgement day". They know that we are near the world's end but they are not specific on when it will end. Surprisingly, they have also predicted that on April 13, 2036, a near-earth asteroid named Apophis will make a huge terrestrial impact on Earth.
Quote
"People will take vows only to break them soon after ... People will without reason destroy trees and gardens ... There will be no respect for animals, and meat eating will start" (Bruce 85).
Reaction
This is part of what the traditional Hindus believed. I didn't find this at all shocking, but a little amusing. When it said "meat eating will start", it made me think about what did the Hindus eat back then. Was it unethical for someone to eat meat/animals in their days? While reading all the Hindus predicted about our generation, not only those listed above, I slowly smiled to myself at how all freaky that is. They have predicted everything so accurately so far. Now their belief are making me think that this "end of the world" could possibly be a fact. The 2012 belief is still not scary to me though, just a little bit entertaining.
This section of this focused on a lot of things. A lot of things that by reading this over and over, I will still never get until I actually study it. There is so much mind-blowing research and information. It can inscrutable sometimes. One thing, however, that drawn me in and that I had a good understanding of was the Hinduism belief on the 2012 theory. It actually made me rethink that this 2012 "end of the world" thing might actually happen. According to them, humankind has been living in the Kali Yuga, the "Age of Vice" for about 5,0000 years (modern humankind). Some of the things they believed about this modern era is that: 1. people will murder for no reasons and won't see anything wrong with it 2. husband and wife will find contempt in each other 3. pre-teenage girls will get pregnant 4. social acceptance of sex as being the central requirement of life and, 5. people will be addicted to intoxicating drinks. There are much more but these are five random theories they believe that is actually true in our society. To come back to the 2012 assumption, the Hindus believed that: 1. there will be increasing desertification and extremes of heat and cold (hint: Global Warming!) 2. plant life will become extinct, animals will die off, and humans will be reduced cannibalism, and 3. at the end of Kali Yuga, an avatar of Vishnu called Kalki will appear to destroy whoever is lost then the new Golden Age of spirituality will began.
Bruce also talked about the Apocalypses, which some religion (such as Jews and Protestants) refer to as Armageddon or even "judgement day". They know that we are near the world's end but they are not specific on when it will end. Surprisingly, they have also predicted that on April 13, 2036, a near-earth asteroid named Apophis will make a huge terrestrial impact on Earth.
Quote
"People will take vows only to break them soon after ... People will without reason destroy trees and gardens ... There will be no respect for animals, and meat eating will start" (Bruce 85).
Reaction
This is part of what the traditional Hindus believed. I didn't find this at all shocking, but a little amusing. When it said "meat eating will start", it made me think about what did the Hindus eat back then. Was it unethical for someone to eat meat/animals in their days? While reading all the Hindus predicted about our generation, not only those listed above, I slowly smiled to myself at how all freaky that is. They have predicted everything so accurately so far. Now their belief are making me think that this "end of the world" could possibly be a fact. The 2012 belief is still not scary to me though, just a little bit entertaining.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
2012: Science or Superstition (46-84)
Summary:
This part of the book mainly talk about the different World Ages. It also talked about the binary star theory, which I completely did not understand. It mentioned briefly about the Ice Age and the Earth's crystal displacement which occurred in "not-too-distant past". Marduk, a cylinder comet, crashed into a planet that used to be between Mars and Jupiter called Tiamat, and caused this planet to completely shatter creating what is today the asteroid belt. The terrestrial impact was so powerful that it altered Earth's rotational axis and cause massive crustal displacement. The face of the Earth was completely changed. This, according to the book, was one of the causes of the recent Ice Age.
What I found most interesting with this part of the book is the history of the previous four World Ages. On the first World Age, the trinity of gods created human beings to keep the darkness of the world company. However this first attempt was unsuccessful (they were incapable of speech) so were cursed to be eaten and sacrificed. On the second World Age, the god attempted to make men out of mud but this version of man could not speak nor move and were quickly dissolved in water. On the third World Age, the gods created wooden men that could speak but had no soul or blood and were not able to praise the. Again, they destroyed this life form with The Great Flood. Any surviving wooden people were turned into monkeys. Lastly, on the fourth World Age, men flesh were made out of white and yellow corn (there were only four men however). The gods were finally proud of their work. However, the great "Creator and the Maker" did not like this pleasure; they felt as if they knew it all. So they blew mist into the four men's eyes which clouded their visions. This is all the Mayan version doctrine. The Mediterranean interpretation is somewhat different than the Mayans. An ancient Greek poet named Hesoid, wrote an epic poem called Works and Days which explained their version of the four previous World Ages. In order, they were named: The Golden Age, The Silver Age, The Bronze Age, The Heroic Age, and The Iron Age. This involve a lot about the Greek gods and the underworld. I guess this is where this whole Greek Mythology come from.
Quote:
"We need to comprehend the regression of our own species, or humanity will commit ecocide" (Bruce 57).
Reaction:
I smirked at this quote because I did not believe ecocide was a word. I was thinking more of, "suicide" or "homocide" but I never really expected such word as ecocide. It sounds funny saying it too. "You have just committed ecocide, you should be ashamed." Haha. Anyways, I believe this quote is also powerful. It is basically saying that we, humans, will destroy the ecosystem if we do not take the time to understand where we come from. It's interesting how learning about our evolution can help save nature. We should all take the time to learn this because right now, nature is not in harmony and we need to fix that before worst natural disasters occur.
This part of the book mainly talk about the different World Ages. It also talked about the binary star theory, which I completely did not understand. It mentioned briefly about the Ice Age and the Earth's crystal displacement which occurred in "not-too-distant past". Marduk, a cylinder comet, crashed into a planet that used to be between Mars and Jupiter called Tiamat, and caused this planet to completely shatter creating what is today the asteroid belt. The terrestrial impact was so powerful that it altered Earth's rotational axis and cause massive crustal displacement. The face of the Earth was completely changed. This, according to the book, was one of the causes of the recent Ice Age.
What I found most interesting with this part of the book is the history of the previous four World Ages. On the first World Age, the trinity of gods created human beings to keep the darkness of the world company. However this first attempt was unsuccessful (they were incapable of speech) so were cursed to be eaten and sacrificed. On the second World Age, the god attempted to make men out of mud but this version of man could not speak nor move and were quickly dissolved in water. On the third World Age, the gods created wooden men that could speak but had no soul or blood and were not able to praise the. Again, they destroyed this life form with The Great Flood. Any surviving wooden people were turned into monkeys. Lastly, on the fourth World Age, men flesh were made out of white and yellow corn (there were only four men however). The gods were finally proud of their work. However, the great "Creator and the Maker" did not like this pleasure; they felt as if they knew it all. So they blew mist into the four men's eyes which clouded their visions. This is all the Mayan version doctrine. The Mediterranean interpretation is somewhat different than the Mayans. An ancient Greek poet named Hesoid, wrote an epic poem called Works and Days which explained their version of the four previous World Ages. In order, they were named: The Golden Age, The Silver Age, The Bronze Age, The Heroic Age, and The Iron Age. This involve a lot about the Greek gods and the underworld. I guess this is where this whole Greek Mythology come from.
Quote:
"We need to comprehend the regression of our own species, or humanity will commit ecocide" (Bruce 57).
Reaction:
I smirked at this quote because I did not believe ecocide was a word. I was thinking more of, "suicide" or "homocide" but I never really expected such word as ecocide. It sounds funny saying it too. "You have just committed ecocide, you should be ashamed." Haha. Anyways, I believe this quote is also powerful. It is basically saying that we, humans, will destroy the ecosystem if we do not take the time to understand where we come from. It's interesting how learning about our evolution can help save nature. We should all take the time to learn this because right now, nature is not in harmony and we need to fix that before worst natural disasters occur.
Monday, March 28, 2011
2012: Science or Superstition (1-45)
Summary:
When I picked this book, 2012: Science or Superstition by Alexandra Bruce, for my ROAR book, I was hoping that it will really interesting and easy-ish to read. Reality is, it is full of information and vocabulary that I am not familiar with. The author is really strong with her sentence phrasing which makes it hard to understand sometimes. I think it is mostly because her book is basically ALL based on research, research, and research. So far, there is a deep explanation of Mayan history and their Long Count calendar which ended at December 21, 2012 which is set to be the "end of the world" for modern people. Some researchers argued that Mayans were extraterrestrial beings, or aliens, that inhabited on Earth and predicted the future. Bruce mocks these researchers and explain that their reasoning make no sense. Based to this calendar, surprisingly, the world will NOT end in 2012, just that this "World Age" will and a beginning of a new World Age will begin. That means that all human life will be wiped out by natural disasters. According to the Popol Vuh, we are currently living in the Fifth World Age. The previous World Age ended 5, 125 years ago by floods. This World Age is expected to end on Dec 21, 2012 primarily by earthquakes. This is creepy because within the past year, the world experience numerous disastrous earthquake including the tragedic Haiti and Japan earthquake.
Quote:
"How would the governments of our planet prepare six billion people for the end of the world? They wouldn't... No government would really want to admit that they don't have the situation handled" (Bruce 5).
Reaction:
When I read this, I automatically thought of 2012 the movie... and of course I though of Obama. In the movie, the US president (also black) restrained from telling its citizens the truth that the world is "ending" and that everyone will die because of all the natural disasters that is very soon to come. It isn't until last minute that he informs the public and say to his people, "do not panic" and BAM! earthquakes and tsunami take away the lives of the citizens. He knew from the beginning that a big destruction was going to happen, but since he knew that he can't handle the situation, he kept it a secret from the public. It made me think of Obama and the other people who work for the government. I wonder if they would do the same thing that happened in the movie.. IF this ever really happens.
When I picked this book, 2012: Science or Superstition by Alexandra Bruce, for my ROAR book, I was hoping that it will really interesting and easy-ish to read. Reality is, it is full of information and vocabulary that I am not familiar with. The author is really strong with her sentence phrasing which makes it hard to understand sometimes. I think it is mostly because her book is basically ALL based on research, research, and research. So far, there is a deep explanation of Mayan history and their Long Count calendar which ended at December 21, 2012 which is set to be the "end of the world" for modern people. Some researchers argued that Mayans were extraterrestrial beings, or aliens, that inhabited on Earth and predicted the future. Bruce mocks these researchers and explain that their reasoning make no sense. Based to this calendar, surprisingly, the world will NOT end in 2012, just that this "World Age" will and a beginning of a new World Age will begin. That means that all human life will be wiped out by natural disasters. According to the Popol Vuh, we are currently living in the Fifth World Age. The previous World Age ended 5, 125 years ago by floods. This World Age is expected to end on Dec 21, 2012 primarily by earthquakes. This is creepy because within the past year, the world experience numerous disastrous earthquake including the tragedic Haiti and Japan earthquake.
Quote:
"How would the governments of our planet prepare six billion people for the end of the world? They wouldn't... No government would really want to admit that they don't have the situation handled" (Bruce 5).
Reaction:
When I read this, I automatically thought of 2012 the movie... and of course I though of Obama. In the movie, the US president (also black) restrained from telling its citizens the truth that the world is "ending" and that everyone will die because of all the natural disasters that is very soon to come. It isn't until last minute that he informs the public and say to his people, "do not panic" and BAM! earthquakes and tsunami take away the lives of the citizens. He knew from the beginning that a big destruction was going to happen, but since he knew that he can't handle the situation, he kept it a secret from the public. It made me think of Obama and the other people who work for the government. I wonder if they would do the same thing that happened in the movie.. IF this ever really happens.
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