Simon

=Simon's Reading Log (Connector, Researcher, Discussion Director, Passage Master)=

To be honest it was at the bottom of my list. I selected it because i really did not want to read Angela's Ashes or three cups of Tea.

**Chapter 1**:

Discussion Response: I think that above all Tutu is a humanitarian. He generally loves people and sees them all as equals. His views on equality seem sincere. I think he is for Global equality but knows that this is out of his reach. By helping earn South Africa’s freedom he feels good about himself.

Summary: In the reading he talks about how for the first time ever South Africans really interacted with one another because of democracy.

Connector:This can be connected to other Civil Rights movements in the world. He shows that if people actually talk many barriers can be broken. **Chapter 2/3:**

Discussion Response: He uses those stories to show the reader a more personal account of the atrocities that were being committed. I think that they are so forgiving because they are truly sick of suffering. There is no reason to punish a man who has changed his life and is now a functioning member of society.

Summary: He gave personal accounts of what was going on as well as why they were forgiven.

Researcher: Desmond Tutu was given the Nobel peace prize in 1984


 * Chapter 4:**

OKAY question. do you think that giving everyone a free pass if they confessed was the right thing to do?

My opinion is no. You can not let a bunch of sociopathic murders free. i doubt if you live in that kind of violence you can ever really be free of it. These ex murders are going to be wandering around doing whatever they want **Chapter 5:**

Discussion Response: I think they wanted to change the day because they didn’t want it to be a day of hate. They kept it because while it was a day of hate it was still an important part of their history.

Summary:This reading talked about how they turned a day of former black opression into a day to celebrate freedom.

Passage Master: look closely at page 78 starting at "they delcared" in the first paragraph and ending at "scrupulously fair"

Discussion Responce: He did have some extra rights because he was an educator but this does not mean that he was not equal to everyone else. He was spared from some of the harsher punishments because as an educator he was needed to help society grow.
 * Chapter 6:**

Summary:We saw in the reading that punishments were not always equal.

Connector: This can connect to anyother place in the wolrd where oppression has occured. There are always those in the oppressed who have skills needed.

The crimes of these people are so easy to forgive because thats how desperate they are. They have been through so much pain and miserey that looking for revenge isnt worth the effort. Peace is the onlything they care about and they are useing thier faith as a sort of hope. The reading lectured us on this to see just what happened. Then again desmond tutu says they conquered through faith but he is a religious man. His word is biased.
 * chapter 7/8:**

summary: in the reading we read about how faith saved africa.

Resercher: in 1997 tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer

Ok those of you who read the title of chapter nine have to wonder. How much did Desmond Tutu actually belive that africa would comeout okay while all this stuff was going on. He adressed this in the reading briefly but frankly he's human. We all have our doubts. i think tutu tries to remain purer than he actually is. I'm not saying he isnt a good guy. What are your thoughts on this? Do you think that throughout the reading he is some white lies about himself? i do think he is changeing things abit. the doubts he expressed just dont seem to fit. He seems to deny human flaw. This is impossible. i want to know more about him and what was going through his head while this was going on. Obviously we have heard "this was bad" and "this was good" but he's leaving out the fear, doubt, and anger. It doesnt seem real.
 * Chapter 9:**

Summary: Tutu briefy described what it was like for him.

They should have admitted it out of honesty but then again we dont know what kind of social ramifications this might have had. I can see why in a reformed society you would not want to admit to supporting something that was so bad.
 * chapter 10**

summary: The reading talked about why somemany people would lie about who they supported.

Passage Master: James has my book, ill do this later