Baraka Journal Assignment
In his poem, Five Ways to Kill a Man, Edwin Brock claimed the easiest way to kill someone was to put them anywhere in the middle of the twentieth century. He wrote that it was more straightforward to leave a man in the twentieth century than to go through all the difficulties and steps that it took to kill a man in previous time periods. After reading this poem and watching the film, Baraka, I decided that I agree with Edwin Brock’s statement. I believe that the most effective way to eventually kill a person is by placing them anywhere during this time based on the environmental, human rights and economic issues that all took place and caused problems during this time.
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This issue is poverty, I believe poverty should be considered an economic issue because when someone is dealing with poverty they are not contributing to the economy. In 2009, 12.5% of Americans were considered to be living in poverty and that number has only continued to climb steadily every year (Poverty, 8). In the USA and across Europe, so many families are worried that their children will be taken from them they refuse to request government assistance thus leaving their children exposed to the harsh realities of being poor (Poverty, 18). Underprivileged Americans are often left homeless, starving and unable to find work. Many children living in families under the poverty line will leave school to try to get jobs to attempt to better their situation. Poverty however, is a very diverse situation that impacts people differently around the world. One scene in Baraka showed women and children in Calcutta, India, rummaging through landfills to attempt to find recyclables to make a profit on (Baraka- A Nonverbal Film). These people are doing this because it is what it takes to be able to put food on the table, or a temporary roof over their heads. It is not safe or sanitary work, one can only imagine the incredible amounts of bacteria and disease that live and grow inside a landfill, which these people are being exposed to. Poverty is an economic issue that has a very human element to it, it leaves people without homes, cold, hungry, denied education and shafted from society. People living through poverty are subject to things every day, and even more problems over time, which puts their lives at
In his poem, Five Ways to Kill a Man, Edwin Brock claimed the easiest way to kill someone was to put them anywhere in the middle of the twentieth century. He wrote that it was more straightforward to leave a man in the twentieth century than to go through all the difficulties and steps that it took to kill a man in previous time periods. After reading this poem and watching the film, Baraka, I decided that I agree with Edwin Brock’s statement. I believe that the most effective way to eventually kill a person is by placing them anywhere during this time based on the environmental, human rights and economic issues that all took place and caused problems during this time.
The environmental issues taking place in this …show more content…
This issue is poverty, I believe poverty should be considered an economic issue because when someone is dealing with poverty they are not contributing to the economy. In 2009, 12.5% of Americans were considered to be living in poverty and that number has only continued to climb steadily every year (Poverty, 8). In the USA and across Europe, so many families are worried that their children will be taken from them they refuse to request government assistance thus leaving their children exposed to the harsh realities of being poor (Poverty, 18). Underprivileged Americans are often left homeless, starving and unable to find work. Many children living in families under the poverty line will leave school to try to get jobs to attempt to better their situation. Poverty however, is a very diverse situation that impacts people differently around the world. One scene in Baraka showed women and children in Calcutta, India, rummaging through landfills to attempt to find recyclables to make a profit on (Baraka- A Nonverbal Film). These people are doing this because it is what it takes to be able to put food on the table, or a temporary roof over their heads. It is not safe or sanitary work, one can only imagine the incredible amounts of bacteria and disease that live and grow inside a landfill, which these people are being exposed to. Poverty is an economic issue that has a very human element to it, it leaves people without homes, cold, hungry, denied education and shafted from society. People living through poverty are subject to things every day, and even more problems over time, which puts their lives at