hot spot 4B

My first hotspot is “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold”(221). This line engaged me right at the beginning of this poem. I personally believe this statement is very strong. I think it is true in many aspects of life, many things cannot stay strong. Whether it be the world, relationships or simple things I truly believe in this happens all the time. I chose this because it really made me think of how things starts to fall apart in the first place. It is true the center cannot hold. The center falls apart and then everything else crumbles into pieces. I wish I understood this poem more so I knew exactly what the author was talking about, i think it would help me be able to relate more. So although I agree with this sentence I do not fully understand it. My second hot spot is found on page 222. “Surely some revelation is at hand.” I chose this as my second hot spot because it makes me ask a lot of questions. I wonder what kind of revelation is the author thinking about? When does the author expect it to happen and how? I think this is a creative statement and I just wish this was a story not a poem so I knew the answers to all my questions. I think if I understood this poem more I would be able to answer my questions in further depth.
“StereoTyping of Arabs by The U.S” written by Edward Said is about Imperialism. “Every Empire however tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate”(200). I think this is the main point of this story. That people can get away from imperialism, and that we judge arabs and their imperialism based on race, and religion even if they are more on U.S side then the Arabic's side. I do not think the author is trying to get us to do something in particular besides inform us about imperialism and the Arabic's in a slighter negative way. I chose this quote as my first hot spot because I first think it helps to get the main point across that all empires think there better then others. I also chose this because this story was very confusing and this quote just stood out to me. Not only did It help me understand this story I think I can also relate it to many other things. Every one and every thing thinks there better then everyone else. Really they are being biased and not opening their eyes to reality. I think this quote is interesting yet at the same time confusing because what if one really is a lot strong then the other.
My second Hot spot was found on page 202. Said says, “ What the u.s refuses to see clearly it can hardly hope to remedy”. This was my second hot spot I chose because it gives a point of the authors viewpoint that the u.s needs to open its eyes and see more clearly. Hopefully all the damage that has been done can get fixed and that the u.s will be restored back to its original state. The other reason I chose this as my hot spot was simply because I thought it was a good ending that led the audience with questions to be asked. It also left us with thinking about what needs to be fixed and how we can help to get it to the point of restoration. I wish I understood this story more I think if I new more about what was going on in the world I would. It makes me want to go out and research to find out what the author is actually talking about because he kind of lost me. I also am not very engaged in story’s that are about the world. So I think this story is okay, it would be better if I could understand it more.