Article Reflection 1: Can Men and Women Be Friends?

       In the article “Can Men and Women Be Friends?” the writer tells us about how society sees male-female friendships, if such kind of a friendship is possible and what the ones who are friends with cross-sex think about their friendships. I agree with the writer.

      Firstly, as writer said, the ones who are married and have children have more trouble in make friends with opposite-sex. Especially in our country, married people who are close friends with cross-sex are not welcomed. They are thought to be unfaithful. However, I think it is a misconception. People can be friends with opposite-sex without being charmed by them. Maybe it is difficult to be close friends because of their different interests but at least they can be friends.

    Secondly, the writer says that people used to believe that men and women come together only if there is a romantic relationship between them in the past. Unlike them, I think men and women can come together for different purposes. Think about one of your relatives who are a member of opposite-sex. Do you feel romantic feelings for them or do you see them just like siblings? It may be true that you have more in common with your same-sex but this does not mean you cannot have in common with opposite-sex. Actually, it is not only a gender issue but also a character issue. Sometimes your soul mate can be someone from opposite-sex.

    
     Thirdly, the writer says that society determines how people welcome such friendships. It is true. In the past, people used to see woman as a housekeeper and man as a worker. There was a dominance of men. However, people are learning to treat to both genders equally day by day. Today, women and men can take part in the same career branch. Therefore, they work in the same environment and this situation breaks the ice between men and women. Also, the single-sex schools are turned into coeducational schools and children learn to be friends with opposite-sex at an early age. Although they mostly prefer to be friends with their same-sex, they do not isolate themselves from cross-sex. 

    In conclusion, I think it is possible to be friends with cross-sex despite social pressure. Today, people accept it is not that bad to be friends with opposite-sex as both genders’ statue starts to be equal.

Reflection Journal 1: A Beautiful Mind

     Today, I will tell you about a film which is called “A Beautiful Mind” directed by Ron Howard in 2001. I wanted to talk about this movie because it is a movie which won eleven rewards. It is turned into a screenplay from a book which has the same name. John Nash is an ambitious student and he likes to create a difference. Instead of being contented with what he learns, he loves thinking in a different way from others do and adapting math to life. He is also a genius. He prepares a thesis which refuses a previous theory and he graduates from his school with a degree. Then, he starts to work as a professor but he has also another job. He is a secret agent who works for his country and solves secret codes. He leaves the solved codes to a house’s letterbox. However, he starts to worry about his life because he marries to one of his students, Alicia, and his wife expects a baby. He never tells about his job to his wife. However, one day, the truth comes out. The man finds out that he is a schizophrenic. When his wife looks into the letterbox which John puts the secret letters, she realizes that nobody touched the letters. Although John refuses he is sick, he realizes that a girl he met never grows up in years and he starts to accept the fact. He tries to fight his illness and although he never gets better, he learns living with it.

     I found this movie interesting due to several reasons. The first reason why I liked this movie is that it has a really impressive story. The film tells us the life story of a mathematician named John Nash. It is inspired by a real life story, which means it is a biographical film. Not at the beginning but as the film goes on, you realize the main point emphasized. While watching, you may laugh, cry and get shocked. This makes the movie more realistic. The second reason is that the film is well-shooted. It has a good cast and the actors are reflecting the real people’s attitude towards the problems in real life. The emotions are in the foreground. We can say that they are from our world. The final and the most important reason is that the film affected my view of life. Alicia also goes through a difficult period. Although the man she needs to look after is not the man she fell in love anymore, she tries her best to support him. It shows us how love makes a person strong. At the end of the film, she gets in return for her efforts. This influences the audience deeply. However, the only bad side of the film is that it bores audience at the beginning as nothing extraordinary happens. But I think it is the thing which makes this movie surprising. In conclusion, A Beautiful Mind is a movie which can influence you deeply and even change your attitude towards life.

     I wanted to show you the trailer of the movie because you can see John's ambition and hard-work in this video. Actually, you can also see he is really happy before he finds out his illness. This also shows us how the life can be deceptive and your life can change in a good or bad way in one second. However, I also understand that you become successful if you learn to live with your troubles. Nothing is an obstacle if you have hope that you can deal with them. Hope you enjoy the video.