Sunday, February 8, 2015

Line Illuminator - Ivanna Hidalgo

Ivanna Hidalgo
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Week 1 - Pages 0-71
Job - Line Illuminator

“Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…Then you could see what it is, friends! …” (Page 6)



"On the Nature of Morality." The Abstract. 12 Sept. 2014. Web. 08 Feb. 2015. <https://constantinewrathings.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/on-the-nature-of-morality/>.

            To begin with, one wants to point out that this book is mostly made out of dialogue; therefore there will not be almost any meaningful lines. Anyways, I chose this saying because it's something that can change an individual's perspective about life and friendship, mostly. One thinks that this is a powerful quote to share because it has its morality and ethnic to one part of it. Additionally, if one analyzes how a person acts in complete isolation, but with another person, will obviously act from its true self. In other words, this person can simply shout, push, pull, etc. without any self-consciousness caused to its true personality. As an illustration, I can act clever and all with the teacher; yet, I may be a cheater and persuade easily. However, that is because I have no reason to act like my true self when being with a teacher. On the other hand, I do have a reason to why I should act differently in isolation. Lastly, I chose this image because it reflects on how humans think in the inside. It reflects their sense of morality, which makes powerful or failure friendships.

'''I'm not going to die, and I won't die in here! I want to be treated like a human being!''' (Page 54)



"What Are the Strengths and Weaknesses of a Human Rights Approach to Development?" From Poverty to Power. Web. 07 Feb. 2015. <http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/what-are-the-limitations-to-a-human-rights-based-approach-to-development/>.

           Firstly, I chose this quote in specific, not because it is one of the strongest ones in the book, but because it represents human rights. According to the Google Dictionary, human rights means to have a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person. The concept of the book itself makes readers think that human rights are invaluable; however, these two sentences make the book have power and the reason to defend human rights. In fact, human rights were a very debatable topic in the year 1938 because Jews suffered a great injustice, which was the fact that the Nazi party detested and punished them. Now, I chose this image with hands in the air reading something different representing the overall idea of human rights. This quotes does not only symbolize human rights, but it shows determination and courage. I noticed that Valdek was showing anger; yet fear at the same time. The fact that he made this choice encouraged other people in the camp, wrapping of the notion of the power of human rights.


5 comments:

  1. Hi Ivanna, first of all, the two quotes you chose also approached to me a lot. It was so true that it left me speechless and so touching. The second quote was really touching because it seemed as if the author was trying to express the Jew's feelings by using the main character. To me, this quote approached to me as one of the themes, human rights. I really liked how you explained the hidden meanings of these two quotes and I believe that this post can help some people to understand more deeply. Wonderful post!

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  3. Ivanna,

    I would like to comment on the first quote you selected which was, "Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with for a week...Then you could see what it is, friends!" I partially agree with what you said about this quote but I would like to bring up one point that you have missed. In this quote you can find that it might be suggesting that you cannot trust anyone and that your friends, in desperate times we put their needs above yours. What do you think?

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  4. Ivanna, I agree with you that the first quote means the strengh of one's friendship (or at least something like that), and that the second quote means human rights. I think you really thought deep and nicely about these two sayings and I think you did really good.

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  5. Ivanna, I agree with you that the first quote means the strengh of one's friendship (or at least something like that), and that the second quote means human rights. I think you really thought deep and nicely about these two sayings and I think you did really good.

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