Author: Ivan

PR to Romeo & Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is usually portrayed as a classic story about two lovers, who fall in love from the first glance and will do anything for each other and it is, not trying to deny that, but it is also a story about rivalry between two families, who don’t even know how their rivalry started, but what they do know is how it went and all the losses that each side has suffered.

It is always implied, that Montague’s and Capulet’s rivalry is what interferes with Romeo’s and Juliet’s love, but never that their love is one of the main causes of the continuation of their families rivalry. The story makes Tybalt look like a villain, but all he does is tries to protect his family’s honor, when Romeo invades their party without an invitation, Tybalt tries to protect his cousin from their enemy. Then there’s Romeo, who knows this relationship wit Juliet isn’t going to work and will only bring more of the unnecessary violence between two families, but still proceeds to continue their relationship with Juliet after discovering that she is a Capulet. As expected Tybalt doesn’t let it slide and even though Romeo doesn’t want to fight him, Mercutio doesn’t understand the idea of peace between two famillies, Romeo and Juliet had in mind when they were getting married and he challenges Tybalt to a duel instead in which he dies and then Romeo kills Tybalt, who was only trying to protect his family from the enemy, while careless Romeo was only thinking about himself and his desires. He could’ve easily prevented all those deaths, if he would’ve restrained himself and his desire for love, once he found out that Juliet is a Capulet.

PW#7 Do computer games actually make people violent?

Politicians, parents, etc. always say that people who play computer games are more violent, but is it actually true? Video games can affect the persons mood, it can affect it in both positive and negative way. For example, if a person completes a mission that he was stuck on, or just enjoys game’s beauty, or mechanics, or story, It can make the person happy, energized, it can even motivate him to do something, on the other hand a person can feel sad and devestated after playing a game going back to the boring world, where nothing interesting is happening in their life, that’s when they start to get rude and aggressive. Little kids are especially vulnerable to this, that’s why parents should controll how much time their children spend on games, the mistake a lot of parents make is that they forbid their children from playing the games completely, but that isn’t the right response, parents should set the limitations for how much time can their kids can spend playing video games. Another problem is parents think that characters from computer games will become a role model for their kids and their kids will attempt to do something they saw on screen, but it just doesn’t work that way, if someone plays games about mafia, it doesn’t mean that they will go on the streets and start smashing people with a bat. Video games are made to be able to do something you can’t in real life, it’s like movies, or books, nobody bans them because they have scenes of violence, they just put the age category on them, so what’s the difference between movies and video games, why is one accepted and admired by society and other is thrown rocks at?

IRJE #6-A world where women is nothing more than a birth giver

A few weeks ago, I started to read a book named “The Handmaid’s Tale” written by Margaret Atwood, even though I am already 1/3 through the book, I still can tell for certain what it is about. Events take place in the former United States of America, that are now called The Republic of Gilead. Women in this country don’t have any rights, the narrator’s name Offred, like the names of all other Handmaids reflect which Commander owns them “Of Fred”, “Of Glen”, “Of Warren”, their only roles are to be a Commander’s wife, Handmaid (Commander’s child bearer), Martha (a domestic servant), or an Aunt (teacher of the future Handmaids). Even, though men are free in their actions, there are still rules for them as well, all violators are executed and hanged on the wall as an example. Purposely slow pacing builds suspense and intrigue around the story to keep engaged a reader, who’s eager to find out what happens next. “The Handmaid’s Tale” is an exploration of themes such as gender oppression, totalitarianism, and the resilience of the human spirit. I’m excited to find out what happened in this world, where woman is merely an object.