Hope of Table
I.
On The Canvas Of
Society by Joey Velasco
A.
“Hope of the
Table” - Representation of Children
1.
Children
abandoned by parents.
2.
Children at very
young age got pregnant and gave birth.
3.
Children that
looks like forty years old because of the responsibilities that he accepted and
no nutrients entering to his body.
4.
Children who
don’t have proper shelter.
5.
Children who
lives in a squatter area which is soon to be demolish.
6.
Children who
learn to steal at very young age.
7.
A ravaged
children who encounters some kind of storm.
8.
Children who
gain insults, no exact meal in everyday and have not loving mother instead a
prostitute mother.
9.
Children who
depends on rotten garbage.
10. Dirty looking man walking great distances.
11. Family that sleeps on waiting sheds in the middle of
a dark cold night.
12. Children who work on stores as lifters or “kargador”
13. Children who are special and don’t have proper
health.
14. Children in Africa who experienced the great famine.
15. Children who learn to steal and soon became thief.
16. Jesus represents love, hope, care and strength. It
also represent the people who care to one another and help the fullest.
Overall it portrays the poverty
especially in the third world. Country. They are the lower-lower part of the
society who are unstable and begging for help. Maybe sometime in their life
they could even experience to breath continuously, to change their life for a
change. But maybe no one can even truly notice them.
B.
Question and
Answer
1.
What do you feel
after watching the video?
Answer: I became guilty to myself. I can’t explain the feeling
of being useless for I can’t do anything to those who are less fortunate than
me. My heart shattered when I saw their sufferings.
2.
What can you do
to help them? What can you do to uplift them from their uneasy life?
Answer: First of all I will pray for them, because prayer is very powerful and
we need to pray for one another. Being part of the society I need to help them
because we are built from one nation.
3.
Why is that, most
of parents at the present time are the one who are bringing their children into
danger?
Answer: Some were saying
that it because they want to mold their children to become stronger human being
or they want their offspring to be used to the reality that living a happy life
is complicated. But the truth is that living life to the fullest is our choice.
Being materialistic is not necessary, we can’t bring it in the life after
death. Love should always be on the top because God is love. And love should
always be the prioritized of us. Perhaps we cannot live without money, but love
can help us to make others happy, inspires people to be strong and continue the
life in earth.
4.
Why there are
children who are force to work instead of spending their time for studying.
Answer: There are parents
of the children who engaged their child to work. We know that parents should be
responsible not the child to feed them. In that case I would recommend to stop
multiplying their children because they will only add another unfortunate child
in our society.
5.
“What kinds of
storms have hit your life?
Answer: I also encounter a storm in my life, a problem that
I would never forget until I lost my last breath. And it made me realize that I
am very fortunate and lucky still than those of the children in the picture
because I have a family that love and care for me, have little friends but knew
that they were true, a gift and blessing God gave to me and above all I have
one God that gave His life to set me free.
6.
What do you
think is the reason why Jesus is in the image?
Answer: Jesus must be the center of our life. I noticed that
I’m not living with my own strength but I am living with God’s grace and mercy.
7.
For you, do
these children cursed the world for their fate?
Answer: I think yes, because they will be asking many why
questions but later on they will realize that there are reasons why something
happens and surely realize that it is for their goodness.
8.
Explain. “Maybe
you were looking, but you just don’t see.”
Answer: A very simple example is this. I am a student but I
still violated some regulations in school of not wearing proper uniform.
9.
Being a student,
what help have you done and can you do to your society?
Answer: Today
I do not consider myself totally helping my society but I know that someday I
can find myself to those people in needs, reaching their arms for this is what
our Lord wanted us to do. To help and strengthen one another.
C.
Striking Part
a.
This part strikes
me most because this image represents hopelessness. Regardless of trying hard
to crawl his way out he is ready to give up his life from poverty. Sudan is one
of the voices of the society, silently yearning and struggling for the
attention of the public. This photograph is taken by Kevin Carter who received a
Pulitzer price award but after 3 months he committed suicide because of
depression. Even though Carter gain an award or we can say a victory on his
career. All these award becomes seeming less because there was still someone
out there who needs help. We are always thinking always on our own selves but
we always forgot other people who are not in a good status of life. We forgot
them to give some help. We became selfish, coward and even stain of the
society.
I found out that
POVERTY is the most pressing problem of the society. But we shouldn’t forget
that we are never alone. We should always feel God’s presence because His
strength is always of help when we need Him. His fullness of love pours out to
everybody and all we have to do is to recognize Him and have faith. Jesus dines
with us, all of us and there is nothing more than we could ask for. And don’t
forget what the scripture says, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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