http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=463cJdlIcek
Here is our final video. I really enjoyed getting to know everyone in these last few weeks. I have learned so much, this has truly been a great experience!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Coming of Age as a Global Citizen
This week we wrapped up the class with our final theme, coming of age as a global citizen. I think our novel, The Buddha of Suburbia, really shows how difficult it can be to come of age as a global citizen. It means you need to be aware of both your surroundings and the world around you.
Becoming a global citizen involves learning to see the world from different points of view, just as we saw London from a new point of view while on the London Eye. In our book the main character Karim struggles to look at the world from different perspectives.
As people begin to travel they began to learn what the world has to offer. In the Vatican I saw many globes all with different colors and ideas. You could see the view of citizens changing over time and travel. It shows us that sometimes becoming a global citizen means not just exploring new places but also exploring history.
It takes time and effort to to learn about the world. Often times we leave our comfort zone and immediately want to go back to what we know, but after a little time we usually adjust to our new area. As we see in the book Karim deals with the fear of leaving his comfort zone.
" I wanted to run out of the room, back to south London, where I belonged, out of which I had wrongly and arrogantly stepped." (Hanif Kureishi, 148)
While in the V&A Museum we had the opportunity to see costumes from the Lion King theater production. Its amazing to see how costumes can represent both humans and animals. The outfits really reflect the culture of Africa. I think television, movies, and play's help us to better understand the world around us without leaving home.
"The jungle itself, its trees and swamps, the many animals, fires and huts, were to be fashioned from our bodies, movements, cries." ( Hanif Kureishi, 145)
To me coming of age as a global citizen means that your mind needs to be in constant motion. You should constantly be learning about the world around you, because it doesn't sit still.
As people begin to travel they began to learn what the world has to offer. In the Vatican I saw many globes all with different colors and ideas. You could see the view of citizens changing over time and travel. It shows us that sometimes becoming a global citizen means not just exploring new places but also exploring history.
It takes time and effort to to learn about the world. Often times we leave our comfort zone and immediately want to go back to what we know, but after a little time we usually adjust to our new area. As we see in the book Karim deals with the fear of leaving his comfort zone.
" I wanted to run out of the room, back to south London, where I belonged, out of which I had wrongly and arrogantly stepped." (Hanif Kureishi, 148)
While in the V&A Museum we had the opportunity to see costumes from the Lion King theater production. Its amazing to see how costumes can represent both humans and animals. The outfits really reflect the culture of Africa. I think television, movies, and play's help us to better understand the world around us without leaving home.
"The jungle itself, its trees and swamps, the many animals, fires and huts, were to be fashioned from our bodies, movements, cries." ( Hanif Kureishi, 145)
To me coming of age as a global citizen means that your mind needs to be in constant motion. You should constantly be learning about the world around you, because it doesn't sit still.
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