In Hong Kong, students have been boycotting classes and
protesting against the involvement of China’s Communist Party in Hong Kong’s
future. At least 60,000 Chinese are protesting the new policy that the “candidates”,
if you can even call them that, have to be selected by a committee that will
serve China’s Communist Party and its policies. This gives the people of China
no real voting power besides deciding if their ruler will be named Xing or Zhao.
Giving
the Chinese a “false democracy” is even worse than giving them a dictator; a
false sense of choice is worse than being told to do something. If my parents
told me I could either go to Disneyland or Hell and I chose Disneyland but went
to Hell anyways, I might be a little upset.
In “The Dark Knight Rises”, Batman is sent to an underground prison in the middle of the desert. The only way out is up to the surface and the light, through a difficult challenge of strength and perseverance. That “light at the end of the tunnel” is what keeps Batman alive and trying to save Gotham from its impending doom.
In “The Dark Knight Rises”, Batman is sent to an underground prison in the middle of the desert. The only way out is up to the surface and the light, through a difficult challenge of strength and perseverance. That “light at the end of the tunnel” is what keeps Batman alive and trying to save Gotham from its impending doom.
Paralleled with the current situation in Hong Kong, The people are Batman, China’s Communist Party is the prison, and the voting system is the surface and light. The people see this hope of a true “People’s Republic of China” and are trying to cling onto it. If Batman was exiled to a prison where there was no hope of getting out, he wouldn’t have trained so hard and had such an ambition to do so.
The “Chinese Republic of China” is what the people are trying to avoid, but it just may end up being the future.
I enjoyed the link to Batman, and being a Batman fanatic found it much easier to see the point that was coming across. Also not knowing anything about this subject, find myself now with a better understanding. Good Job
ReplyDeleteyou lost me with Disneyland and Batman analogies. Although I understand them they did not help win over my mind to decide whether I am for or against the protesters.
ReplyDeleteThe parallel stories between the protests and Batman were pretty good. I got the message, but a more realistic story might have had a bigger impact. X) No problem though. 'Twas a good laugh along with understandable insight.
ReplyDeleteI liked the bridge from batman back to the main topic, it helped me understand the point you were trying to get at
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