But to think of it, I think that the Sawi tenants are not that different from us. In fact, I think that the Sawi people's culture is a microcosm of our current society.
Everyday, we compete with each other, the competition might be in sports, academics, jobs, almost anything we do daily has the aspects of competition. Just like how the weaker man gets eaten, abandoned in Peace Child, we as civilized men mentally and physically harm each other through the proccess of competetion. Simplified, just because we dont hunt heads dont mean we don't kill one another inside.
Reading the book Peace Child helped me become conscious of how ruthless and unmerciful our society is. I think that just because we do things differently than the Sawi people do does not grant us the right to call them uncivilized
Hey Kevin!
답글삭제I can definitely agree with what you have written on this post! The connection that you made about the Sawi culture being a microcosm of the world that we live in today is a very true and insightful connection that you thought of. Even though we do not murder people every day, we constantly lie, steal, and insult others in order to achieve superiority or hurt others internally. As you mentioned above, we should therefore not criticize and label the Sawi culture as an uncivilized culture. We commit sinful aspects in the same respect although the methods that we use to commit each sin are not necessarily through murder. The Sawi people deceive and murder while we deceive and instead hurt others internally through words or actions almost every day.
Nice post !
Grace
This is a cool post Kev. Great connections to the metaphysical.
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