Tuesday, December 30, 2008

"How Soccer Explains The World" Chunk # 2 ch. 4-7

"How Soccer Explains The World", by Franklin Foer, tells about Alan's life and his brutality. In chapter 4 Foer talks more about hooliganism in England and the main one that starts it is Alan whom Foer met in a bar/pub. Foer shows us that soccer can be violent sometimes (hooliganism) which it started in the late 90's. The next chapter Foer tells us that Brazil plays soccer transcendentally meaning Brazil goes off limits when playing soccer. Then he depicts money/economy by propaganda of franchise from soccer. He then talks about Pele an anti-cartolas and the biography of the economic history of Brazil. In the last part Foer focuses on a Nigerian import to a top Ukrainian club team, and "The New Oligarchs," an excellent overview on soccer's shift from paternalistic industrialists like the Agnellis (owners of Juventus) to new-styled (oligarchs) meaning a from of government.

Does Foers anecdotes support his claims? Can he still support without his anecdotes?

Why is soccer the negative object of this text? Does it really explains the World?


Tuesday, December 23, 2008

"How Soccer Explains The World" Chunk # 1ch.1-3

"How Soccer Explains The World", by Franklin Foer, illustrate to us the hooliganism of Serbian soccer, and how it channels the villain named Arkan into shooting squads (gangs) of Serbians massacring the Croatians, and the relationship between the football club Red Star Belgrade and the Serbian paramilitaries who committed cruelty after cruelty against the Bosnians and Croats in the beginning of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia. He then addresses the Protestant-Catholic hate fest that is the Glasgow Derby. Of course, mindful of his audience, he spends more time influencing the Glasgow Rangers and their hatefully bigoted Protestant supporters than he does on the equally unpleasant and bigoted Catholic supporters of Glasgow Celtic. Finally, Foer tells us the bandwagon community (Jew's), had no respect from others not even when playing soccer, and their Jew football history.

Vocabulary;
bludgeons, nouveau, ominous, ornithological, atrocities, manicured, heyday, pivotal, modicun,
ethos, ultra nationalist, decrying, marital obligation, mustachioed, plausible, microcosm, and much more

Tone;
Seriousness, Humor, Sarcastic, Spontaneous

Questions;
How do people deal with global problems? What is the cause of these problems? What makes sport "hooliganism"?

Quote;
“A Croatian, a cop; it doesn’t make a difference. I’d kill them all.”

Friday, December 19, 2008

What is Art?

Most of us don't realize that art can be anything.. picture.. drawing..artificial wants.. anything etc..
Art has nothing to do with how good you draw.. is how you make of it.. the passion.. every stroke it took from you to do it.. forget the negative comments from other people is you're work by the way you spend time on it so you make the judging not the people... yet we still struggle to make that perfect eye or that nice 3d horse free handed Art is not perfect just like anyone.. nevertheless we think that we were born "talented" but the truth is that it takes some practice.. its not easy to be an "artist"... the passion you put in to it determines the qualty of your work regardless of it.. art is undefined.. !!You define it!!