Japanese English

Today we read about Manga and Anime and the development of the Japanese English. I really thought the content of the text was interesting and I felt that I learned more about how the Japanese people have managed to cope with the western sociaty and transformed themselves to be an equal. The japanese are still developing themselves and they are getting more and more independent from other countries. We read the texts in a group of four people and then we discussed it afterwards.

Instead of being dependent on Western countries like the United States they are now in front when speaking about technology and they are affecting the Western culture with their cartoons and games. I think its funny how Japan has turned the "boy of twelve" image around and taken over a huge part of the communication through media with their Manga and animated movies.
I believe this was a good way of getting through the texts, although it was hard to concentrate sometimes.

Joachim

Kite Runner: The Movie vs The Book

Recently we watched the movie Kite Runner in class. The film was based on the book we just finished reading, The Kite Runner, written by Khaleid Hosseini.
I have seen the movie before but, I thought it was nice to watch it once more after reading the book. The book was much better than I expected, but when we saw the movie I must say it was a dissapointment to me. I wasen't aware of how much of the content from the book that was left out from the film, and there were some parts that I felt should have been included which was vital points in the book.

After all I was pleased with the book, Khaled Hosseini writes well and exciting which caught my attention. Though I know its hard to include every aspect from the book into the movie, and even though they managed to make a film with the mainpoints, I believe they could have added more of the parts from for example Amir's search for redemption in Afghanistan.

Joachim