A) In the July 2007 issue of National Geographic, we see an interesting article that involves a colony in Nigeria, Africa called Nigeria Delta and their influences with famine and the war on oil. In the article there is a two page printout of a picture. This is the one picture that caught our attention when reading the article. It had two people in what appeared to be a dark home with no electricity or running water. A mother and her child were the only two in the room. Her child lied face down on a bed and appears to be starving due to an abnormally large-bloated belly. The mother caught our attention the most simply because the light of her eyes were so intensified that it instantaneously spoke of how much pain and suffering she is going through. In an article titled “The Confident Gaze” by Shekhar Deshpande, he states that “They have an urge to satisfy the curiosity of the viewer while defining it” (#2) which means that we as a western culture view depression or sadness in a way sparks our interests and ideas to flow smoother without hate or stereotyping.
B) Claims that we have come up with to further give a better view of what our main point would be is “Despite the resources that some countries may have available to them, it doesn’t mean that they are able to use them in an effective way.” (Complex claim for Beth) and “No matter what the situation unfolds, we as a society can take charge of our own actions.”(Complex claim for Mike)
Presented to you by Beth Brummel & Mike Kingma
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