Thursday, October 1, 2009

LIFE AND DEBT

-I honestly really didn't enjoy this film as much as the first one that we saw on Farmingville probably because some of the dialogue wasn't very understandable because of the accents..... but i did find it interesting. I liked how they switched from scene to scene about how the tourist are in a nice hotel having fun enjoying "Jamaica". and then they show the real Jamaica and the things that the people who actually live there and have to deal with. my favorite part was when a small group of tourist took a ride around the real Jamaica and they saw how "relaxed the people in Jamaica were" and how free they were to do as they felt....but they were ignorant to see that it wasn't that they were "layed back and relaxed" it was they had nothing else to do! their poor, have no jobs...all they could really do is take care of their families and the place that they live in.

-In my eyes I believe that America had control/power over Jamaica. Something interesting that I learned from this movie that I didn't know before was how Jamaica was owed by the British and when they got their Independence they became financially unstable and thats when America decied to "help" them. But in helping them in a way ended up affecting them real bad.......TO BE CONTINUED

5 comments:

  1. Great observation about how the tourists make observations that are misleading - I look forward to reading the rest of your post!

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  2. i agree 100% percent although hair braiding can b a job if know what to charge

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  3. yea it can if the person decides to open up a shop....but honestley a perosn cant make a livin g by braiding hair on the streets...

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  4. haha, i really liked how u said america wanted to "help" them because that makes americans seem nice and honest when really what they are doing is trying to get something for themselves!

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  5. actually they can and then they can build from there if your economically smart

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