Annarita Paludi – English II, LM – Task 1 – 19.3.09

A. VALUES
Altruism, justice, peace, freedom, honestly.HONESTY

[OK, BUT NOT VERY HELPFUL SINCE YOU GIVE SINGLE WORDS, NOT ENTIRE SENTENCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SAY “JUSTICE”: BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN SPECIFICALLY IN THE CASE OF STEREOTYPICAL JAMAICANS. AFTER ALL, PEOPLE IN EVERY COUNTRY SAY THEY WANT JUSTICE. BUT THE IDEA OF JUSTICE IN A TRADITIONAL SAUDI ARABIAN TOWNSHIP IS NOT THE IDEA OF JUSTICE IN AN “ALTERNATIVE” HIPPY COMUNE IN AMERICA. THE SAME WITH ALL THE OTHER WORDS. THEY DO NOT HELP YOU FORMULATE A SPECIFIC MENTALITY THAT WILL HELP YOU SPEAK JAMAICAN ENGLISH LIKE A JAMAICAN.]

B. CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Collective, horizontal/egualitarian EGALITARIAN, learn from experience, communication direct, form trusted.
[OK, EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ONE: A STEREOTYPICAL JAMAICAN DISTRUSTS FORM, ESPECIALLY THE BOURGEOIS FORMS THAT BRITISH “CIVILIZATION” IMPOSES: JUDGES WIGS DO NOT MEAN THAT THE LAW IS EQUAL FOR EVERYONE. YOU MIGHT OBJECT THAT RASTAS HAVE A LOT A RITUALS, AND THAT IS TRUE. BUT WHEN THE INTERVIEWER ASKED BOB MARLEY (IN THE VIDEO WE SAW IN CLASS) IF A GOOD RASTA HAD TO WEAR DREADLOCKS, HE THOUGHT FOR A SECOND AND THEN SAID NO.

IN ANY CASE, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO ANALYZE EACH VALUE. FOR EXAMPLE, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT “JUSTICE” (WHICH NEEDS AN EXPLANATION) MEANS, YOU COULD HAVE INVENTED SOME NEW DIMENSIONS, LIKE:

“WHAT YOU MAKE IS YOURS”------------------------”WHAT YOU MAKE IS THE COMMUNITY'S”
USA HOLLAND SWITZERLAND FRANCE ITALY SWEDEN RASTA-JAMAICA

OR YOU COULD USE BEAMER TO SHOW THAT JUSTICE IS WHAT PEOPLE FEEL, NOT WHAT JUDGES SAY:

“FORM TRUSTED” ----------------------------------------------------------------”FORM DISTRUSTED”
JAPAN CHINA BRITAIN GERMANY USA SPAIN ITALY MEXICO RASTA-JAMAICA

“RULES OBSERVANT” -------------------------------------------------------------”RULES BENDING”
SWITZERLAND GERMANY BRITAIN USA GREECE ITALY BRAZIL EGYPT RASTA-JAMAICA]

C. MAXIMS
"I'm no longer a slave, I'm free".

"Take it easy, in the end justice will come."

"Out of many, one people".

"We are all friends".

"Don't worry about a thing, it's gonna be all right".

[THE LAST TWO MAXIMS WILL HELP YOU SPEAK LIKE A RASTA-JAMAICAN. THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WILL HELP YOU BEHAVE LIKE ONE. THE THIRD SEEMS PLATONIC.]