Big Foot Discussion Questions

1. What do you think about Bigfoot in China and America? Does he really exist?

I heard about him, but never read or did any research on that. Anyway, I don't believe he exists.

2. What do you think Bigfoot is like? Is he half man and half animal? Is that possible?

My personal opinion is, that he is an animal.

3. If Bigfoot doesn't exist, do you think people are making stories? How could so many people lie about it?

When I was a child, thought seeing a lot of different things that not exists, because my friends saw them. I think the same happens to those people.

4. Should we be scared of Bigfoot if he truly does exist? What do you think Bigfoot thinks about us?

I don't know what wild animals think about people in general. I think we are enemies for them.

5. Is looking for Bigfoot a waste of time? Is there any value in making contact with him?

I don't think that it is waste of time for people who believe in them. I wouldn't use my spare time for trying to find some proof about their existing. Everyone choose where and how to use their time.

6. What other unusual sightings exist in China? Have you ever seen anything strange in China?

I have never been in China. But I'd love to visit. In China exist UFO's, Lake Tianchi Monster

7. What other unusual sightings do you know about from around the world? Loch Ness Monster, UFO's, etc.

Mermaids, vampires, werewolves, Mothman and etc.

8. Would you ever spend anytime looking for Bigfoot? Why or why not?

I don't believe in Bigfoot and wouldn't waste my time finding it.

Week Eight

Who was the most influential person in your life? How did this person make you want to become better?

As i write in one of my post before, the most influential person in my life is definitely my grandfather. First of all i caring the same name like him. In my country is tradition that children when get born getting name from grandparents if they was a good persons, about name deciding families with their best man (godfather).

Why my grandfather was so influential person in my life? First of all you have to know how life story and then you will understand. I will try to explain little bit of his life.

Everything starting when we was younger, his family wasn't so rich, like whole country who just came out from WW2 (his grandfather died in this war). He just finish 4 grade of elementary school, but this didn't stop him to became very smart and intelligent person. He get married very young, and then he went out of his parents house and start to live alone with his wife, my grandmother. Long period they live like subtenants till they buy first house. My grandfather work so hard for his first house, he work for one wealthier man from town as a servant for more than one year, 24 hours. After this he start to work in rural cooperatives and his life really begin, he buy some fields, and he began to work in agriculture. Soon, they bought new house, where i still live. My grandparent was very smart to make money and to manage with them. Also my grandmother helping him a lot about everything.

He also suffered to had a car accident and almost died. But fortunately he survive and get healed and continue his life path. He's stories about travel to Italy and Trieste to buy some needs for agriculture without knowing any other language beside Serbian, or that he drove cattle two days in another city on his feet, and finally did not sell anything and had to return, or how he selling watermelons in Osijek, Croatian city, before the Civil war began, are just some of the stories that waiting to be told on some another time…

All i can do is try to be at least as my grandfather used to be…

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

Viewing Worksheet

What happens to Andy Dufresne and Red?

Andy and Red met in prison. Later they became friends.

What do we learn of Andy and Red's characters?

Andy’s character appears to be good hearted, which is why we believe in his innocence. Red is narrator of the story, contraband smuggler in the prison. With helping to each other they become best friends. What I learned is that doesn't matter whatever you did in the past you still can find true friend in unusual place.

What do we learn of the nature of the prison? Give examples.

The Shawshank prison grounds as a dark, dreary, and unpleasant place. This casts a shadow over the prison and creates a gloomy and rather lifeless atmosphere to it, establishing a depressing environment.

What does Andy endure in the first few years? Be accurate and specific.

In the first few years of his stay, he is beaten and sexually assaulted by other prisoners. He does not break down, reads his Bible in his cell and confidently walks by himself.

What does the library represent to Andy? Think about time, education, friends, music and hope.

The library represents freedom outside the walls of Shawshank. A bright window for the imagination that looks out to the world beyond the fences and barbed wire. Andy's dream for a library was to give all of the inmates a chance to escape their bondage for a while, a chance to be, at least for a brief time, free men once again.

Identify a scene where music is important. Explain how it is used and to what effect.

When you read a book, or listen to a piece of music, you are transported beyond the boundaries of your own little world, and you experience the visions of others in all of their human variations. When Andy plays the music over the tannoy, everyone stops what they're doing and for a few minutes they're free men in their minds.

Using evidence from the film, explain the following peoples characteristics and say why they are important:

• Warden Norton - chief of the prison. He portrays himself as a strict Christian, but this is most likely a facade to maintain a good public image. He has no problem with ordering Captain Byron Hadley to beat any inmate that interrupts him with his nightstick.
• Brooks - Brooks has been a prisoner at Shawshank prison for over 50 years. The peaceful old man who feeds birds and tends to the library. He is as a mentor for the others.
• Tommy - he was brought to prison on robbery charges. He told to Andy that his old prison-mate killed his wife.
• Captain Hadley - Hadley was a harsh prison guard who repeatedly beat inmates, in some cases so badly that they died. He saved Andy from the Sisters because Andy was useful to Hadley and Warden with finance advices.
• Other Secondary Characters:

Bogs Diamond - the head of "The Sisters" gang and a prison rapist.
Heywood - is a member of Red's gang who are long sentence serving convicts.

What happens at the end of the film? What message does it send to society?

The two main characters achieve their freedom and live happily ever after.