1. What purpose does money serve in the film?
2. Who is the hero of the film?
3. What is the moral of the story?
1. Money can be seen as the key of the whole movie. At the beginning, Sal gives money to Mayor generously. More important, Bugging’ out spends two dollars on his pizza but asked for so much sauce without permission. After Sal refuses it, he starts his plan about asking people to boycott Sal's. Because of this reason, Sal's pizzeria gets burnt and caused Radio Raheam's death. As the guy who threw the garbage bin to the window and caused people to destroy Sal's place, Mookie dares to go back to Sal and asks for his salary. In their conversation, money is the key word. Sal cramps out his money and throw it to Mookie in order to insult him. Sal tells Mookie he is a rich at that time with his salary, which is two times as it should be. That 250 bucks serves as a weapon to insult the black people. As well as a tool to express Sal's sorrow about his place that he has worked for years.
2. Obviously, the only hero in this movie is Mayor. Although, apparently, he is always
drunk and hangs out in the street without purpose. Sometimes, he is rude to others due to his drunkenness. However, in the movie, only he does the right thing most of the time. As one of the oldest man in the community, he says hello and respect everybody. He always calls others doctor even he/she is a child. For example, when he goes across the road, mother sister scolds him for his looking at her. He replies as gently as his clothes are. Another example is that although the black people insult him as a poor, homeless, and drunken old man, he speaks for himself sincerely and politely although he is a little bit angry. With what the black people say, he seems to a useless people, but he saved a child life bravely without thinking. Even if he can't get the understanding and gratefulness from the child's mother, he is still peaceful. At the end of the movie, as a black people, he stands for Sal's and asks people not to be violent because Radio Raheam's death is not Sal's fault. However, he can't change the situation, and he can only comfort mother sister as a man.
3.The moral of the movie is that we must do the right thing. The movie is full of unreasonable actions. On the one hand, these actions are always about violence, hatefulness, and vocal aggression. Malcolm, who is in the smilely's photo, advocates that violence is a means of defense. As the movie shown us, the black people arise after Radio Raheam dies. However, they destroy Sal’ place, which is not responsible for his death. On the other hand, the reasonable actions are about love and understanding. For example, Mayor doesn’t get mad at the black people and Mookie’s sister goes to Sal’s and has a good time with him. Although Mookie gets mad at her, she still speaks for Sal. In addition to this, his sister always tells him to take the responsibility for him family too. We should remember Mather Luther King Junior is also in smilely’s last photo. In conclusion, that is what Spike Lee what to tell us: We should make sure what is the right thing to do. We can’t use violence to fight for our right arbitrarily, although non-violence may not work either
2008年2月20日星期三
feb 20
Review of “Do The Right Thing”
Maybe many people have the same thought as me. After watched “Do The Right Thing”, the first word comes to me is “racism”. This movie mainly reviews that relationship between immigration and American. Unexpectedly, there is not so much about violence but vocal cursing.
Mookie, one of the main characters in the movie, works as a delivery in an Italian American’s Pizzeria. It is against the black people culture or is a shame to work for the white, especially in Brooklyn. In the movie, conflicts exist between Mookie and Sal’s family. In fact, I don’t think Mookie is a racist. Actually, he tried to maintain good in Sal’s business; for example, he is good at delivering pizza; in some parts, he tried to keep the troublemakers away but not ally with them. In the one hand, he often argues with Pino about racism, but he is just protecting his race. On the other hand, in the last view of the movie, he threw the garbage bin to break the window and still asked for his salary in the next day. Is it what a non-racist will do?
Actually, it is really hard to judge if the people who are in the movie racist or not. For example, when bugging’ out asks the four black people to boycott Sal, to my surprise, they laugh at him and say they like it very much. Obviously, they are in the same color, shouldn’t they are in the same side? Moreover, no one in the community agree with him. Do they just not want to give an adventure for that or are really peaceful people? I don’t think so. In the last view, all of the black people attacks the Sal’s place and yelled at the cops for Radio Raheam’s death. In fact, I don’t think they are against the Sal’s. Sal’s is just a tool that let the black people to express their anger that has been confined for a long time. We can conclude that from they don’t attack the Korean store. As we know, Radio Raheam doesn’t have many friends, but when he dies, every person provokes. In the community, the White’s and southern Americans restrain most of the black people. They don’t respect each other although they are in a relatively non-violence environment for a time.
In conclusion, this movie, as the same tells us that the director’s goal is to ask people to do the right thing. Unreasonable actions happen almost everywhere in the movie, and there are some key words about the reasonable actions: responsibility, peace, and love.
Maybe many people have the same thought as me. After watched “Do The Right Thing”, the first word comes to me is “racism”. This movie mainly reviews that relationship between immigration and American. Unexpectedly, there is not so much about violence but vocal cursing.
Mookie, one of the main characters in the movie, works as a delivery in an Italian American’s Pizzeria. It is against the black people culture or is a shame to work for the white, especially in Brooklyn. In the movie, conflicts exist between Mookie and Sal’s family. In fact, I don’t think Mookie is a racist. Actually, he tried to maintain good in Sal’s business; for example, he is good at delivering pizza; in some parts, he tried to keep the troublemakers away but not ally with them. In the one hand, he often argues with Pino about racism, but he is just protecting his race. On the other hand, in the last view of the movie, he threw the garbage bin to break the window and still asked for his salary in the next day. Is it what a non-racist will do?
Actually, it is really hard to judge if the people who are in the movie racist or not. For example, when bugging’ out asks the four black people to boycott Sal, to my surprise, they laugh at him and say they like it very much. Obviously, they are in the same color, shouldn’t they are in the same side? Moreover, no one in the community agree with him. Do they just not want to give an adventure for that or are really peaceful people? I don’t think so. In the last view, all of the black people attacks the Sal’s place and yelled at the cops for Radio Raheam’s death. In fact, I don’t think they are against the Sal’s. Sal’s is just a tool that let the black people to express their anger that has been confined for a long time. We can conclude that from they don’t attack the Korean store. As we know, Radio Raheam doesn’t have many friends, but when he dies, every person provokes. In the community, the White’s and southern Americans restrain most of the black people. They don’t respect each other although they are in a relatively non-violence environment for a time.
In conclusion, this movie, as the same tells us that the director’s goal is to ask people to do the right thing. Unreasonable actions happen almost everywhere in the movie, and there are some key words about the reasonable actions: responsibility, peace, and love.
2008年2月17日星期日
Feb 18
Statements
1. Although there are many arguments in the pizza owner’s family, they still love each other. It implies how the family runs when they are in conflict.
2. In the movie, the majority of blacks are not united together. Maybe that is why others do not respect them.
3. The movie reviews some interesting points, although both of the Korean and Italian come are immigration, the people in that society seem to like Italian more than the silent Asian.
4. Commonly, the black family can’t find their happiness because they are lack of money and respect.
5. Spike Lee wants to tell us that racism is still a big problem in American society. There are many conversations in the movie about racism.
6. Considerable black people are not responsible for their own lives for they don’t want to work and always kill time together.
7. There are some people still isolate themselves by different means such as Radio Raheam. He always walks with his turned on radio and ignores others’ complain.
8. In the movie, the specific community represents the poor, violence, and hopeless because of their miserable lives.
9. People always live in conflict. For example, although Sal’s son hates living in that place, he doesn’t have a choice because of the reality of life.
10. Every person has their own respectful people and protects them even if it may be improper in some time.
1. Although there are many arguments in the pizza owner’s family, they still love each other. It implies how the family runs when they are in conflict.
2. In the movie, the majority of blacks are not united together. Maybe that is why others do not respect them.
3. The movie reviews some interesting points, although both of the Korean and Italian come are immigration, the people in that society seem to like Italian more than the silent Asian.
4. Commonly, the black family can’t find their happiness because they are lack of money and respect.
5. Spike Lee wants to tell us that racism is still a big problem in American society. There are many conversations in the movie about racism.
6. Considerable black people are not responsible for their own lives for they don’t want to work and always kill time together.
7. There are some people still isolate themselves by different means such as Radio Raheam. He always walks with his turned on radio and ignores others’ complain.
8. In the movie, the specific community represents the poor, violence, and hopeless because of their miserable lives.
9. People always live in conflict. For example, although Sal’s son hates living in that place, he doesn’t have a choice because of the reality of life.
10. Every person has their own respectful people and protects them even if it may be improper in some time.
2008年2月6日星期三
feb 5
Why do they call "Da mayor" the "mayor"?
Who's neighborhood is this?
Is it racist for Sal (the pizzeria owner) to display only photographs of Italian-Americans on the wall of his restaurant?
Why does "da mayor" call everyone "Doctor"?
What purpose does "Radio Raheem" serve in the narrative?
In the movie, we can know "Da mayor" has lived in that community for 18 years. Also, in that period,negros usually live in the same place for their most of life, so he seems know everything about the community and gets his "Mayor" for his much experience and age. What's more, he dresses like a gentle man so he looks like a Mayor too.
All the people live in that community are black or Mexican which are poor and unrespectful by the majority in America. In a short, even he white people are not rich and well educated in that place. Therefore, it seems like chaos place.
I do not think it is a serious racism problem to do that. Because as a white, he certainly wants to put the people he respects on the wall but not the one, which is not related to him. However, if not all of the photographs in the wall are respectable to him; it is a kind of racism because he should also care about the Negro’s mind. He of course knows it is racist to put all whites on the wall in such a Negro community.
In my opinion, from Mayor’s deep mind, he thinks all the Negro is smart and respectful so he calls them “doctor”. Alternatively, maybe all the people live in the same community for their whole life, they seem to know most of things going on, and so they can be experiment too.
"Radio Raheem" is a place even a technique to relieve the pressure and bring some happiness in that movie. Furthermore, it serves as a technique to lead people into the next script in the movie and describe the outlook of movie such as the weather.
Who's neighborhood is this?
Is it racist for Sal (the pizzeria owner) to display only photographs of Italian-Americans on the wall of his restaurant?
Why does "da mayor" call everyone "Doctor"?
What purpose does "Radio Raheem" serve in the narrative?
In the movie, we can know "Da mayor" has lived in that community for 18 years. Also, in that period,negros usually live in the same place for their most of life, so he seems know everything about the community and gets his "Mayor" for his much experience and age. What's more, he dresses like a gentle man so he looks like a Mayor too.
All the people live in that community are black or Mexican which are poor and unrespectful by the majority in America. In a short, even he white people are not rich and well educated in that place. Therefore, it seems like chaos place.
I do not think it is a serious racism problem to do that. Because as a white, he certainly wants to put the people he respects on the wall but not the one, which is not related to him. However, if not all of the photographs in the wall are respectable to him; it is a kind of racism because he should also care about the Negro’s mind. He of course knows it is racist to put all whites on the wall in such a Negro community.
In my opinion, from Mayor’s deep mind, he thinks all the Negro is smart and respectful so he calls them “doctor”. Alternatively, maybe all the people live in the same community for their whole life, they seem to know most of things going on, and so they can be experiment too.
"Radio Raheem" is a place even a technique to relieve the pressure and bring some happiness in that movie. Furthermore, it serves as a technique to lead people into the next script in the movie and describe the outlook of movie such as the weather.
2008年2月4日星期一
feb 4
"Do The Right Thing"
At the begining, the women are boxing angrily and dancing strongly. From the lyrics and their actions, I conclude that they are expressing their dissatisfactory with the government and with the white.At that time, the negro were segregated so they were fighting for their rights as well as "the power" in the lyrics. Although it sounds violent, the titles implies the director will make it a right way which is peaceful way for the negro to protest. So,for the rest of the story, i think the director will go on describing what is the example of discrimination and how the negro fighting for their rights in the right way.
At the begining, the women are boxing angrily and dancing strongly. From the lyrics and their actions, I conclude that they are expressing their dissatisfactory with the government and with the white.At that time, the negro were segregated so they were fighting for their rights as well as "the power" in the lyrics. Although it sounds violent, the titles implies the director will make it a right way which is peaceful way for the negro to protest. So,for the rest of the story, i think the director will go on describing what is the example of discrimination and how the negro fighting for their rights in the right way.
2008年1月30日星期三
Jan 30
Even a real man will be afraid of ghosts
My greatest fear is about something scary. Since I was a little child, I was scared about if there were some ghosts around me. Maybe it caused by my watching some scary movies and hearing of some ghosts stories. Even after I grow up as a teenager, I am still afraid of them though they seem not so scared as before. Of course, as a young man, I am a little bit ashamed of being scared of that kind of unreal stuff. So, I often think about how to overcome this dread. I used to force myself to watch much scared movies so that I can be used to it, but it doesn’t work. Actually, besides this, I am also afraid of taking some hazardous games such as roller coaster, spaceship, and bungee jump. Although I became bolder to play such games, I can’t overcome it entirely. So, in the end, I decide just not to try those kinds of activities too much to stay out of the dread……
My greatest fear is about something scary. Since I was a little child, I was scared about if there were some ghosts around me. Maybe it caused by my watching some scary movies and hearing of some ghosts stories. Even after I grow up as a teenager, I am still afraid of them though they seem not so scared as before. Of course, as a young man, I am a little bit ashamed of being scared of that kind of unreal stuff. So, I often think about how to overcome this dread. I used to force myself to watch much scared movies so that I can be used to it, but it doesn’t work. Actually, besides this, I am also afraid of taking some hazardous games such as roller coaster, spaceship, and bungee jump. Although I became bolder to play such games, I can’t overcome it entirely. So, in the end, I decide just not to try those kinds of activities too much to stay out of the dread……
jan 30
What do you think was Whitman's motivation for writing "Leaves of Grass"?
Is his lifestyle threatening to our cultural order?
What does this have to do with the essential questions of our class?
In my opinion, these questions are related. What Whitman wants to do decides what his lifestyle is in the society. If we find out what his motivation is, we can understand what this has to do with the essential questions of our class.
From what he writes, there is a natural feeling in it which is wild and strange. He describes a lot about the nature around us. He describes the sun setting, the weather, the grass on the ground. Beside this, he talks about his life and hope with his people in that kind of nature, which he enjoys. So I think his motivation for writing it is to recall us to find the relationship between human beings and nature. In that period, maybe there were a lot of obstacles for Whitman to enjoy his own life: he must work to go on living; he didn’t have much time spent with people he enjoys being with; he even didn’t have much time spend on the nature. So to enjoy his life, he tries to get out of the cave that the stop him from having a happy life. What is more, he mentions about sex, being naked and live for us; this must be threatening our society because it is out of order. In an extent, I even call him anarchist because his ideas base on human nature but not concern about the other result of it to other people. Everything he describes and advocates seems free and happy, but, people are always concern about themselves. Try to imagine, if everyone does what he says, everyone can have sex anytime anywhere to anyone without thinking about any consequences; Does it sound crazy? So, in conclusion, his motivation has a conflict with our responsibilities to the society. Although his ideas has some good aspects to do with the society now such as being more free from the restriction and approaching the nature, we still worry about other consequences it might happen.
Is his lifestyle threatening to our cultural order?
What does this have to do with the essential questions of our class?
In my opinion, these questions are related. What Whitman wants to do decides what his lifestyle is in the society. If we find out what his motivation is, we can understand what this has to do with the essential questions of our class.
From what he writes, there is a natural feeling in it which is wild and strange. He describes a lot about the nature around us. He describes the sun setting, the weather, the grass on the ground. Beside this, he talks about his life and hope with his people in that kind of nature, which he enjoys. So I think his motivation for writing it is to recall us to find the relationship between human beings and nature. In that period, maybe there were a lot of obstacles for Whitman to enjoy his own life: he must work to go on living; he didn’t have much time spent with people he enjoys being with; he even didn’t have much time spend on the nature. So to enjoy his life, he tries to get out of the cave that the stop him from having a happy life. What is more, he mentions about sex, being naked and live for us; this must be threatening our society because it is out of order. In an extent, I even call him anarchist because his ideas base on human nature but not concern about the other result of it to other people. Everything he describes and advocates seems free and happy, but, people are always concern about themselves. Try to imagine, if everyone does what he says, everyone can have sex anytime anywhere to anyone without thinking about any consequences; Does it sound crazy? So, in conclusion, his motivation has a conflict with our responsibilities to the society. Although his ideas has some good aspects to do with the society now such as being more free from the restriction and approaching the nature, we still worry about other consequences it might happen.
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