Reflection1

     In my annotation1 and annotation2, I tried to find some articles or video to talk about the psychological poverty. In the beginning, I wanted to analyze some poverty problem in this society. However, my poverty problem was almost focusing on the rich. I want to express my idea about their purpose to make money so hard was because the psychology of poverty, and people’s never satisfied with their life style. First to talk about my issue with teacher and after I read some peer critiques, I found that my issue had a problem- it was to be holding a little extreme view. Because what I want to discuss is about the psychological poverty, however, it did not fair if I used the same view to apply it to the poor. I could not say that the poor desire for fortune or eager for money was also because of their psychological poverty. Sometimes, it was the reality condition that causes them to pursue money. The poor need money to change their life style and help them to depart from poverty; and also, they need fortune to support their basic life. After all, no one wants to live as poverty in the whole life. ‘Why some people are still poor? That was because the environment doesn't permit them to be rich!’ I got this opinion from Angel, and it really helped me and encouraged me to confer another aspect of poverty; that was the poverty that happened on the poor and I tried to connect it with the rich’s psychological poverty and the exploit from society and the power groups.

     For the reason I talked above, I rewrite my annotatin1 again. I watch the video Muhammad Yunus - Grameen Bank again. When I watched this video at the first time, I focused on the example of being a slave. But this time, I tried to watch this video in another new point-to focus on the connection between the poor and what cause their poverty. Yunus express that the reason why the woman in his story needed to take out usurious loans for buying bamboo, to pay their profits to the moneylenders. I thought that the exploit from her moneylenders was also a kind of psychological poverty. Moneylenders must understand that woman’s terrible economy condition; however, they still lent her money with usurious loans. Their usurious loans cause the woman’s poverty, and also, fulfill their psychological poverty. From this point, I found a new connection that I was interesting in, I want to discuss the condition that cause the poor’s poverty and at the same time, fulfill the rich’s desire of fortune and their psychological poverty.

    

     So far, analyzing my annotation1 and annotation2, I find two aspects. First is that why the rich with their huge fortune but still desire for power, space and money. The answer of this condition was psychological poverty, and that psychological poverty was come from comparing themselves with others. Second, the poor’s poverty may come from society’s exploit. The next step I want to do is try to combine these two kinds of poverty together and to find out some evidences to prove my opinion. I want to choose the movie ‘Blood Diamond’ as my next annotation. I will try to use some impress in this movie to prove my idea toward the poverty between the rich and the poor.

    

     In the conference, teacher suggested me to think about what kind of conclusion I want to write in the end of my report. Do I want to solve this condition or I want to express a new point toward poverty. I will think about this soon after I finish all my annotations.