Blogging Around: Elyse and Justine

         In Elyse's post, Connection: Philosophy and Justice, she addresses the use of philosophers in MLK's Letter to Birmingham. In the post Elyse speaks about time and how with time correlates with good judgement and with time our judgement will improve. I really enjoyed reading her post and below is comment I made on her blog.
        When I saw that the Letter from Birmingham was used in this post I had to read it. I love history and reading about MLK and all he stood for. This post connects two key things that when brought together can change the world. When you said, "the definition of justice or what good judgement means definitely depends on the time" and I couldn't agree more. Back then the public lacked a sense of philosophy on the matter of what it meant to be a person and how no color can make you any less human. I love the use of philosophers in the letter and I'm really happy we read "Sophie's World" this year because if we didn't we wouldn't be able to connect to MLK's speech as well as we did with the knowledge we gather from the book.
         In Justine's post, Connection: Once and Hollywood Films, Justine connects the movie "Once" to traditional Hollywood films by showing the difference in styles. "Once" took a more realistic approach while traditional Hollywood films tend to run around the truth and end everything in a fairytale. Below is the comment I made on Justine's blog.
         I couldn't agree more about how different the film was from the traditional Hollywood films we are used to seeing. I too enjoyed that the film makers took a risk and made this movie more realistic to the viewers. After watching the typical Hollywood fairytale ending films the viewers walk away sad about their lives and why their life isn't as perfect as the one they watched unfold on the screen. But in the movie "Once" our whole class walked away in smiles. They could relate to the story and the pain each character felt. I think change is good and the difference between the movies help the whole class realize how caught up we can get in movies and how unrealistic they truly are.