constituted themselves as subjects in thisway could become part of the public by participating in what Habermascalled “rational-critical debate,” a direct outgrowth of a “specific subjec-tivity” developed through correspondences in which individuals reflectedcritically on what they read, or what they saw in the theater and at artexhibitions.
Subjectivity
The postman and the poHceman were several miles at sea
Location
en-forty-five it was all over
hmmmm
Uncle becoming chin-il-pa—is this what worries Abuji? The chin-il-pado everything they can to please the Japanese. Patriotic Koreans—those whowork for independence from Japan—hate the chin-il-pa. Sometimes thepatriots wreck shops and homes. There are rumors that chin-il-pa get beaten,even killed. Abuji's face always goes dark when he hears those rumors.Koreans killing Koreans, he once said—it's worse than anything the Japanesecan do to us
What would be so bad about Uncle being a chi-il-pa? How would this change his role in the story?
The government order spoke of wishing to make our land more beautiful,with thousands of cherry trees. But it wasn't just a wish for beauty. The cherrytree was a national symbol of Japan.And the final part of the order was that all rose of Sharon trees had to beuprooted and burned. The military police would be inspecting gardens to seethat the order had been followed.
What do Sharon and Cherry Trees represent in the both Korea and Japan? How do they tie into these cultures?
For now, I have a bicycle. Or what will be my bicycle someday. Rightnow it's just part of an old bicycle that one of Uncle's friends threw away. It'sin really bad shape, with only the frame and chain worth saving. Buteverything else we can put together ourselves. Eventually—I mean, it'll taketime to get everything we need. And I can't work on it as much as I want
What does it mean to Tae-yul that he is working on this bicycle with his uncle? How does he feel about his uncle?
Kanji was full of secrets like this.
How is kanji being full of secrets tie into the rest of the story?
And I knew this was his way of saying he was sorry I had to change myname.
Is Tomo responsible for this event? Why does he feel like he needs to say sorry?
I wanted to stay angry about losing my name.
What would staying angry do for Sun-hee?
Uncle reaches out and pulls gently on one of her braids. "We can't, littlecricket. It is against the law to fly this flag—even to put up a picture of it.Korea is part of the Japanese Empire now. But someday this will be our owncountry once more. Your own country."
Why is Uncle showing them the flag? Aside from the reason that is given here? What is this moment's importance?
Sun-hee turns toward me and touches my arm. I let her take my hand andhold it until she falls asleep.
What did Sun-hee and Tae-yul learn from the incident with Uncle?
They will have my body but not my soul—my name is my soul!"
What do you think the importance of your name is? Would you be able to change your name easily?
He turns to Uncle. "They will not know this. But we will."
What is this moment an example of?
"He was wearing the Japanese flag on his uniform. The newspapers willgive his Japanese name. No one will know he's Korean—they'll all think he'sJapanese....
Aside from the reason that Tae-yul gives Sun-hee, why else would Uncle be mad?
My new name: Kaneyama Nobuo.
Why do you think the author chose two narrators?
I wasn't supposed to listen to men's business, but I couldn't help it.
Why do you think she was not supposed to listen to men's business?
The unmentionable odour of deathOffends the September night
What is he referring to?
Luther
Who was Luther? Who are the people that belong to this culture?
imago
What is an "imago?"
dives
What is a "dive?"
There were two theories on the fat versus the thin.
Why did the authors start off with a monologue about fat v. thin? What does this do for the story?
Leningrad
Leningrad, Russia - now called St. Petersburg
194
World War II, early war, background
ou have never been so hungry; you have never been so cold.
This is an intense first sentence. What do you think?
. To sum up, the various roles women had in warfare indicate that although war was still the business of men, it was a business that needed women too - no woman, no war
The general idea here would be that even if women were not directly contributing to the actual battle itself they were integral to the campaign. At home and abroad they were necessary for everything from defense to creating battle armor. They were thus needed in every aspect of war aside from battle. The new information that this article contribute is the role of women abroad and on campaign. I think that the article does this well and frames it with in the context of the narrative equally as effectively.
ds. It may be more likely, however, that the Greeks found it difficult to accept that a normal Greek woman could take up arms - this was men's business - hence this fantastic story was probably invented as a way to explain her involvement with an ar
Another woman that comes to mind is also mythic. her names was Atlanta and she was athletic and independent and fought "like a man." She scorned Aphrodite and thus was tricked by her and married. It was after that that she settles down.
More often we hear of military blunders by wom
This makes narrative sense. If Greek authors could show that women who had the power and troops mismanaged them then they could continue their narrative of "woman is less." This would then sway other women to retain the status quo.
Olympias
If I remember correctly Olympias donned armor and went to battle in defense of Alexander's throne, after his death. It is really interesting that any historian could say that women did not partake in foreign wars as they clearly did. It is also interesting to me that this author has discounted the role of the Amazons at all and written them off as fictitious.
. In pointing out Spartan women's ineffectiveness in defending their city at the time of the Theban attack in 396 BCE, Aristotle implicitly supports the view that women usually were hel
Hot take from him.
link; hence it was vital to maintain the loyalty of the wo
I wonder if this speaks to the idea that women did not chafe at or have an understanding of their inequality. They, in many of these examples, have shown themselves to be loyal to their men and city. Does this show an acceptance of their status? It is so easy for us to judge this time, but we also have to understand it from their perspective.
An old Argive woman famously killed the Epirote king Pyrrhus by throwing a tile on his head, in 272 BCE
This happens in the Old Testament as well. The king requests his servant to kill him rather than being killed by a women. The servant refuses and the Biblical king falls on his sword. Men....
.'46 It would appear that these were universal tasks for women all around the Greek world.
I wonder how this connects to other cultures at the time, especially in later Rome. Did women fight equally in this way? I know that in the later Roman Empire the Roman army was almost defeated by Boudica and her massive army. Were there women like this in other cultures too?
t. Occasionally the military leaders made the threat posed to the families explicit, as they spurred their soldiers to fight.
This of course makes sense. The threat to family and friends has worked for a very long time throughout the history of war fare. It is truly fascinating that in more recent times this has begun to break down as wars take place in other parts of the world and feel less connected to the people at home.
Amazon society', and what that was able to teach the Gre
Don't be bad or the Amazons will get you...
re not pacifist by nat
This also plays into the idea that women were impulsive and emotional. They would be willing to be violent because they did not have the cold hard logic of men. The fact that these women in their own words affirm war and the women written by men also affirm it speaks to its accuracy but also it stereotype.
mostly
This does remind me of Plutarch's passage on Spartan women. He writes about how fierce they are, but also about how they shamed their sons who returned from war if their brothers' died. Another is of a woman that kills her son after hearing that he was a coward.
male
Why does this not surprise me?
reading
readings?
famed father
repeated
Heracles
Did you want to spell this Herakles?
How did the Galatians organize themselves? Why was it difficult for different empires to negotiate with them?
They were tetrarchs and they did not get along as rulers of different tribes.
How did the Galatians end up in Asia Minor & why did the Galatians raid their neighbors? What is the connection between them? Who did the Galatians conquer & what did they do for a living? How is this related to the last question? What are the weaknesses of the Galatians’ form of government? What is special about the borders of Galatia? Who & what caused insecurity for the Galatians? How did this insecurity influence the Galatians? What made Galatia such a valuable Roman ally?
All of these questions are confusing and do not have enough clues to where they would be in the text. I take issue with the word "insecurity" here. The questions did not feel so relevant to the text.
The logistical problems from whichRoman forces were to suffer in the centuries ahead during campaigns tocontest Eastern Anatolia with the Parthians were mitigated by routesthrough allied territory in Pontus and Commagene, but these had not yetcome available.
Rome needed Galatia.
Deiotarus
Influenced the Galatians
In the dangerous years at the opening of the century, Romecould well use a steadfast ally who bordered Roman territory in the west andsouthwest, and shared borders in other directions with Bithynia, Paphlago-nia, Pontus, and Cappadocia.
Borders Roman Territory
Galatians tended to be more flexible than those of their neighboursbecause of their comparatively recent arrival
Politically flexible because of their newness.
Only with the reign of Deiotarus I did they fullyenter the 'Eastern dynastic network/ with at least a semblance of unity undera king and with intermarriage into Anatolian royal houses
Accepted when they had a king
Organization under tetrarchs rather than asingle king rendered it vulnerable to piecemeal conquest as well as to tribaldissension.
Political organization
It was hardly that a longing existed in Asia Minor forthe Phrygians whom they had dislodged (though their local phylai preservedancient Phrygian arrangements)
The Galatians had conquered the Phrygians
They mayin fact have been forced there by pressure from the surrounding long-settledtribes, after their arrival in the third century before Christ.
Celts end up in Asia Minor bc after raiding the surrounding areas they settles in what would be called Galatia. They raided other nations because their own lands were unproductive.
The Celtic newcomers were called Galatians by the Greeks, which was one of the Greek words for these northern peoples.
WOW!
BEC
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Between the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE, food shortages and a population boom in North Western Europe is believed to have led many Celtic tribes to migrate from their homelands and venture south of the Alps and into the Balkans, where they hoped to carve out new territories for their peoples. With
This is a very long sentence....
Galatians
Did this become Gaul?
What I think of as interesting vignettes about American history.
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