I will pronounce your name by Leopold Seder (Senegal)

In the poem I will pronounce your name it talks about how important Africa is to the people in Africa. The poem discribes africa to be beautiful and the people strong. The poem also talks about the things the people in Africa went through in the past. It also talks about how they are strong mentally and physically. Lastly it talks about how to others it might seem like a bad place to live but to them its home.



 

The Last Judgement By:Karel Capek ( Czechoslovakia)

In the story, we read about the last judgement. And how God wasn't the one that was judging but the witness. Also how he saw everything that you been through since you were born to the day you die. In the story God said that since he knew everything he couldnt possibly judge. Lastly the more you know about someone the more you seem to be sympathetic for the person.



Journal Topic


The consequences of living a bad life is that once a person dies and really didnt do a good deed in his/her life the only memory a living person has is the bad things he/she did. In my opinion its a bit frigtening since your being judge of the good and bad you've done while you were living. Also I think that if a person is honestly sorry for what they have done that that person should be forgiven without hesitation. I do in a way believe in karma because I think people should be rewarded and the ones who unfortunately weren't shouldnt necessarly be punished but be helped. Humans shouldnt be unhumane with others because if you waist all your energy being cruel to another human you wont be fully happy with your life because the reasons you do want to be cruel to someone else will leave you unpeaceful and content.

First Confession By: Frank O' Conner (Ireland)

In the story we learned much about the importance of the Catholic religion it is for the Irish. I learned that you have to do certain things to be a part of a church. This process involves many little steps that make a big diffrence. One of them was the First Confession and in that process you are to admit to all your sins to a pastor. Lastly in the story we learned that not all pastors are alike and to Jacks luck the pastor he got, was very open-minded and wasnt an ordinary pastor.




Journal Topic


The church I go to is very similar to the church in the story, like Jack; I am Catholic. Activities and traditions that my church does is very important to my church. There is many tradition like Advent and Lent,etc. Activities that we do are Posadas which is preparing/celebrating the coming of Jesus(Christmas). The things that we do in Church is listen to the Pastor preach. We also pray, sing, get the communion and sometimes confess. My church belief are in the bible, the trinity, and the seven sacraments.