2nd Aaliyah Davies Comp 101 October 17, 2015 Title- The Palestinians The Palestinians is the representation of their former homeland. The Palestinian people are no longer part of humanity. The Palestinians no longer have a homeland; they have migrated to other countries or been absorbed as non-citizens into Israel. In other countries, people no longer consider them as humans but instead consider them to be symbols or representations of being exiled in their country.
In his essay “States,” Edward Said combines photographs and writing to represent Palestinians’ fallen identity. His goal was to reclaim the human identity of the Palestinians that were being alienated in different countries; …show more content…
What the author meant was that he using the representation of the photographs to interpret the images of Palestinians of how they were unfairly treated in Palestine and eventually in hope of reclaiming their identity. Nevertheless, the Palestinians cannot be able to tell their past experience as the majority of the people in different countries considered to be less sympathetic about the Palestinians. In addition, the language of the Palestinians is also a problem as their cultural language is basically unheard for the most people who speak a common language such as English, French, etc. the people of western countries won't be able to translate or understand their language ; therefore, it’s quite difficult for them to maintain their self identity as the culture was perceived by the dominant discourse in Israel. On the other hand, Said reconsiders the Palestinian culture rather as a symbol of representation of the Palestinians as it defining their self identity that every heritage brings a traditional value of the people who has taken great pride and belief in their country. In the States essay, the Said makes an interesting remark of the Palestinian culture by considering it’s an uncommon tradition of most people in other countries, as the culture of dialect has formed two groups of people with cultural differences, which one group represents the “other” describing themselves as a heterogeneous community, while the other represents the “self” being a homogeneous. After creating two types of communities between different cultures, it also creates tension between the Jewish and Palestinians people as the Jewish had overturned the Palestine
In his essay “States,” Edward Said combines photographs and writing to represent Palestinians’ fallen identity. His goal was to reclaim the human identity of the Palestinians that were being alienated in different countries; …show more content…
What the author meant was that he using the representation of the photographs to interpret the images of Palestinians of how they were unfairly treated in Palestine and eventually in hope of reclaiming their identity. Nevertheless, the Palestinians cannot be able to tell their past experience as the majority of the people in different countries considered to be less sympathetic about the Palestinians. In addition, the language of the Palestinians is also a problem as their cultural language is basically unheard for the most people who speak a common language such as English, French, etc. the people of western countries won't be able to translate or understand their language ; therefore, it’s quite difficult for them to maintain their self identity as the culture was perceived by the dominant discourse in Israel. On the other hand, Said reconsiders the Palestinian culture rather as a symbol of representation of the Palestinians as it defining their self identity that every heritage brings a traditional value of the people who has taken great pride and belief in their country. In the States essay, the Said makes an interesting remark of the Palestinian culture by considering it’s an uncommon tradition of most people in other countries, as the culture of dialect has formed two groups of people with cultural differences, which one group represents the “other” describing themselves as a heterogeneous community, while the other represents the “self” being a homogeneous. After creating two types of communities between different cultures, it also creates tension between the Jewish and Palestinians people as the Jewish had overturned the Palestine