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Thirteen Days is such a dramatic, exciting depiction of the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 that I really wish I'd seen it before writing my History 12 Provincial Exam. I won't bother going into plot details, because I think I'd end up sounding like I was writing some kind of history paper. Suffice to say that the film follows thirteen days during which the United States and Soviet Russia came as close as any two countries have ever been to blowing the absolute crap out of each other, and likely taking the rest of the world with them.
Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood plays President John F. Kennedy, and Steven Culp plays the president's brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Kevin Costner plays the president's (slightly fictitious) friend and Special Assistant, Kenny O'Donnell. What the makers and actors of Thirteen Days do so successfully -- above and beyond simply dramatizing the political chess-game of the Missile Crisis -- is to pay a lot of attention to the human drama taking place within the White House. The Kennedys are portrayed here in an exceptionally humanistic, vulnerable light. They know that not all of the administrators and Chiefs of Staff won't agree with a lot of their decisions, and it stresses them out. In other words, they come across as just a couple of more-or-less "regular guys" who happen to hold office in the world's most powerful position. It's pretty cool stuff.
Sometimes real life provides us with stories that are just as entertaining and dramatic as anything a script-writer could come up with, and Thirteen Days is a great example of this.
I found it spsuriring that the majority of the blog posts agreed with the Humanistic/Interpretive Approach. However, what caught my attention was your opinion towards the Scientific Approach. I agree that it’s important to see the connection and interaction between humans and other animals. Nobody should deny the fact that the Scientific Approach explains culture in a more systematic way. Evolution, genetics, natural selection, materialism, and altruism are all significant in studying culture. This allows anthropologists to look at the different patterns between cultures. On the other hand, what the Scientific Approach fails to acknowledge is the complexity within each culture. Generalized will lead us to interpret all cultures as one. I just feel that it’s also important to consider why humans are culturally and linguistically unique. Social changes over time for humans should not be categorized into scientific patterns because that doesn’t explain what makes each culture distinct.It was interesting to consider how Syriana demonstrated a Scientific Approach to cultures and society. I also agree with how materialism explains the idea of a human being selfish. The film definitely showed how humans take first what is most important to create a society, as you pointed out. Perhaps we should also consider ways in which Syriana demonstrated a Humanist/Interpretive Approach. The fact that there are cultural interactions between the US and the Middle East shows how we are socially connected, despite our differences. Without understanding how particular cultures function and how each is unique, humans won’t be able to emphasize the cultural symbols that exist only in certain areas. Therefore, it’s also important to have an inside view to represent the voices of the people themselves. I agree that modernization and materialism intertwine since both display factors that lead to the growth and progress of a country or culture.
I found it spsuriring that the majority of the blog posts agreed with the Humanistic/Interpretive Approach. However, what caught my attention was your opinion towards the Scientific Approach. I agree that it’s important to see the connection and interaction between humans and other animals. Nobody should deny the fact that the Scientific Approach explains culture in a more systematic way. Evolution, genetics, natural selection, materialism, and altruism are all significant in studying culture. This allows anthropologists to look at the different patterns between cultures. On the other hand, what the Scientific Approach fails to acknowledge is the complexity within each culture. Generalized will lead us to interpret all cultures as one. I just feel that it’s also important to consider why humans are culturally and linguistically unique. Social changes over time for humans should not be categorized into scientific patterns because that doesn’t explain what makes each culture distinct.It was interesting to consider how Syriana demonstrated a Scientific Approach to cultures and society. I also agree with how materialism explains the idea of a human being selfish. The film definitely showed how humans take first what is most important to create a society, as you pointed out. Perhaps we should also consider ways in which Syriana demonstrated a Humanist/Interpretive Approach. The fact that there are cultural interactions between the US and the Middle East shows how we are socially connected, despite our differences. Without understanding how particular cultures function and how each is unique, humans won’t be able to emphasize the cultural symbols that exist only in certain areas. Therefore, it’s also important to have an inside view to represent the voices of the people themselves. I agree that modernization and materialism intertwine since both display factors that lead to the growth and progress of a country or culture.
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