petitionsA way of raising awareness on how people can tackle poverty, violence, deaths, suffering, injustice. Shouting out about these issues with our voices combined, so that those in charge are more likely to listen to us and change things. It may sound weird, but petitions work. I've received emails from Avaaz, and Amnesty International that say their petitions have helped world leaders change their policies, and help set human rights activists free. They can and do work. Not always, but sometimes they work.
They're more likely to work if people work together in different ways (donations, volunteering to visit countries needing aid, raising awareness of human rights abuses, writing letters to newspapers and world leaders, raising publicity through blogging and speaking to radio show hosts).
Rebecca ;) Thank you for picking this, quasilover. :) Rebecca is a wonderful book. Rebecca herself is a wonderfully fascinating character. She ends up feeling just as real as the protagonist (and as real life people I've met). This is amazing, considering how the reader never gets to meet her (the characters just talk about her). The parts where Mrs. Danvers misses her and shows jealousy is heartbreaking.
I also loved the contrast between the timid, shy Mrs de Winter and the bold, irresistable and cruel Rebecca. The second half of the book where Mrs de Winter ends up looking les sympathetic and Rebecca starts looking more human? Loved it, and did not see it coming.
The book is chilling, romantic and mysterious. It has a wonderful Gothic feel. Few books with a Gothic atmosphere I've read have characterisation as vivid as Rebecca.
( Read more... )Shout out 'Words!' And I will post 5 words that remind me of you. Post what those words mean to you in your lj.
Simple enough. :)
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