The wedding ceremony....

When the Russian's interupt Tzietel and Motel's wedding cermony it says a lot about both parties character's. It helps us to better understand the true nature of their relationship.

Even though it apperars that Tevye and the constable appear to be at least civil aquatince  when the Russians attack at the wedding it shows that even if they do get along with the jewish (remeber they warned Tevye the "demonstration" was coming) they still fear the Tzar (their ruler) too much to defy him. If he orders it, they do it. However they did warn Tevye wich shows that they may not be happy with the procedures that their ruler has ordered to be carried out on the jews. Even if they feel that co-exsisting with the Jewish is possible for them, the actions in other villages have made it impossible. This leaves the Russian's in a tight spot, either betray their ruler and in a sense, their country or befriend their neighbour.

When the Russian's first begin their destruction rant Tevye does nothing. As the purge continues he still does nothing. To me this makes him seem like a bit of a coward. He is willing to let the Russian's come in and destroy a very special and monumental important celebration not only in his daughter's life but also in the villagers make-up as a group. They are indroducing two new adults into their social and working group. By Tevye standing by and doing nothing he is proving to the Russian's that they are nore powerful, they dominate him. Has he really come to terms with the fact that he can't fight the constable without fighting the Russian goverment itself? How did he handle that knowledge that he wasn't wanted, that even his friend the constable was willing to punish him for a crime he never commited?

No matter what was going on in Tevye's head at the time, it happened. And it gave us one more piece of the puzzle letting us know who they are and now their execution from the village came to be.

This confrontation proved a really important point to us. The Russian's will do whatever their Tzar orders them to beacuse they are too afraid of him and the Jewish will take it lying down out of fear that they be deported from Russia. It's not a very balanced relationship.

tradition, change and me- venn diagram

  I find that I identify most with Perchik because I value an education and I am always looking to change things and make them better. Both Perchik and I have our eyes open in the sense that we are watching and listen to how others view us and we improve the situation accordingly. We are both also headstrong  in getting others to understand why  our idea has so many pros, even if it is tainted with cons. When Perchik leaves for Kiev to find for what he believes in he expresses a difference between us for he is far braver than I could ever be.

My Identity- Visual

Each little circle represents one of the little pieces of my identity. The blank circle represent the parts of my identity I have left to discover.

My Identity

What is it that makes up who we are. Do people define us by how we look and how we act. How do we define ourself's.

Who we are isn't one big thing a billion little things. Some of them we share with others. For me those are things like the language I speak. I'm really lucky that I've been given oppurtunity's in life to expand my communication skills. Not only do I get to continue to recieve eduction that advances my skills in English but I am also learning French, an oppurtunity that I recieve parshily becuase I live in a bilingual country Being a Canadian is also a part of my identity that I get to share with millions of others. I love living in Canada because it is so beautiful here, with all the fall colors, the mountain's, the ocean's, even the wheat in the praires. I also like living in Canada because we seem to have a pretty decent reputation. I like feeling like part of somethig good.

Style, how I dress, is really important to me as a teenager. My style reflects my colllective identity becuase it definetaly follows trends or what's goingin the fashion world but it also representives my individual aspects because everytime a person puts on an outfit they make it their own.

Another big part of my individual identity is my love of travelling. I want to  travel and experince every culture there is out there. I think that by travelling  and seeing new ways of life you become a more compassionate person. As an individual I really love to dance. I am so glad that dance is a part of me becuase it allows me to tell  you how I'm feeling without me saying a word. It can also allow me to morph into someone else, shed the bad day I had. By dancing I open a whole new piece of myself.

My creativity also effects who I am. It helps me feel motivated to do personal projects. Like dance it too helps me express  how I'm feeling. It allows me to put words into  a card or make a scrapbook reflecting an amazing trip.

A final but really big part of who I am is being raised in the Christian (United) Church. it really was the foundation for all the morals that my parents raised  me on. By believing in God it gives me someone to turn to when things get really rough and no one else can make sense of them. The bible was also a good refrence point for lessons my parents were trying to teach me.

For me my identity's hard. I'm still trying to figure out who I am. What makes me, me. I know what's important to me but are those the major points in my identity? I guess I'll just have to keep growing and remebering to hold Nothing back...

Humanities Logo

My Logo

I wanted this logog to represent being a bigger person and how by letting things go you make a lot of things easier. 

Life so far...

How many of you had story time when you were a little kid. Whether it was with your mom before bed, with your Grandma around a fire or in kidnergarten at circle time. Well gather round children cause it's time for another story. One of my own for a change.

First day of grade 10. I walk in the doors to see this burly ex- football player standing at the front of the class.  My gut dropped like 40 feet. As the day went on I didn't feel any more optomistic. I was terrified I was going to fail Humanites 10. I've never failed anything in my life. EVER! But hey I did promise myself that this year was going to be about change.

But you know what, it got better. Projects started to involve creativity and writting two or my strengths, but they also included group work. And those of you who have worked with me know that I don't always do too hot in a group. I'm kinda bosy and really controlling. Luckily I wound up with an awsome who kept me grounded and still let me play to my strengths. I'm still a little worried though, what if the next time I'm in a group the dynamic dosen't work as well? I think the big reason I don't feel comfortable with assigng others work is becuase I really have a hard time trusting others to do work to the calibar that I strive to acheive.
As our diplotmatic training continues there's even more changes . For example I go from a locker to not having a locker. Thank-you LCHS fire of 2010. I went from viewing our technology as a helpful tool to something that could possible harm our communication skills.

The number one thing that I hope to gain from humanities is the ability to see things from all sides and argue all perspectives. I like to debate or argue so I hope that starts coming up even more in our learning. That's probaly why i really like class disscussions they give me a chance to share my ideas but to get new idea's too.

So there you have it, there's my story. Probaly should have warned you it didn't have any pictures. I hope you enjoyed it. Alright now it's time to move on to our 1st ever diplomatic posting. Well I guess i'll jnust have to remeber to hold Nothing back...

The Unexamined Life.... Introducing ME!