Making sense of things…is it really necessary?

Making sense of things…Now is that really necessary?

Our discussion on Tuesday really had my mind working. When we began to talk about things making sense, and how it is hard for us to be able to come up with our own opinions since we are so used to people telling us “this is what it is and that is the finial answer.” Now we are able to make sense of things on our own and can think whatever we want about it without being lead into a certain direction, in most cases anyways. Than I started to think why do people always try to make sense of things why can’t we just read a book when we are done just have the simple thought of whether it was good, bad, or okay? Why can’t things just happen in our lives and instead of figuring out why it happened that way, just simply think that happened and now its done I must move on? I really don’t have an answer to these questions because I do this all the time in my life, and I read many books where throughout the entire book the main character is trying to figure out why they are in the situation they are dealing with. I’m not sure if I will ever figure out why so many people do this, but I was always be wondering.

The other thing that I really wanted to touch on was the discussion we were having about stereotypes on Thursday. One movie that kept running through my mind that shows so many stereotypes, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, and most have been brought on from the political aspect. It isn’t the best movie, but there is a ridiculously large amount of stereotypes. Here are just a few examples: a woman on a plane looks at Kumar and starts imagining him in a turban, another one is after they escape the police bring their parents in to be questioned, and they have a Indian translated and I think a Chinese translator, even after the parents start speaking English the head investigator still uses the translators to speak to them, and finally Kumar’ dad and brother are both doctor’s. These are just a few cases, but I am sure I could come up with many more if I watched the movie again. Although it is supposed to be a funny movie, it still shows these stereotypes and they had to come from somewhere. Unfortunately, its from our own government.