Hey guys! I haven’t posted on my blog in a while, but I’m back! But, I am sadden to say that this may be one of my last blog posts for ASTU! But that just means I’m that much closer to finishing first year!

So recently in my ASTU class, our discussion was on hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina happened when I was very young and being Canadian didn’t help. I knew very little about hurricane Katrina, all I knew was that it affected many people, but I did not who, or what region it affected. Recently, we watched a documentary by Spike Lee called When the Leeves Broke, the documentary was split in four parts, but we only watched one part, which was only a small part of the documentary.

While watching this documentary, I realized how naive I was about hurricane Katrina, I had realize that I knew nothing about this incident that had happened. As the film progressed, I had seen how many people were affected and crying for help. This made me really think of another discussion my ASTU class had had, which was trauma. The film in a way showed me the trauma in the eyes of someone, although I could never really feel or see trauma in the same way that these victims had felt, the feeling inside me would not go away. I just imagined myself in their shoes, and in their situation.

When I watched the film, I felt something different. When we read the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, I felt the pain, but it wasn’t full. But by watching this film, I could really feel them, and my heart really went out to them. It makes me wonder, what events or incidents would make me really feel the trauma of the person, and which events wouldn’t make me feel that way? I just know one thing is for sure, this film really opened my eyes on my surroundings.