i want to comment on David's blog
He talked about the relationship between the golden spruce and the Godfather; Grand Hadwin and Michael are both heroic because they sacrifice something significant but relatively small to the whole in order to achieve something better and valuable: Grand Hadwin cut down a 300 year-old golden spruce, a tree which was vital in the history of the haida. His intention was to make the Haida realized that not only the golden spruce but other trees in the forest are also important: he sacrificed the golden spruce in exchange of realization from other people, the idea that all trees are equal and should be treated equally. Similarly, as David mentioned, Michael continue to lead his family business; however, at the end, he has to pay with his own death.
I think this display another human condition: someone must take initiative to sacrifice sth in order for others to realize bigger important ideas or issues.
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But was it really a sacrifice for Grant Hadwin to cut down the Golden Spruce? Was this tree representation for anything else but his hatred for the Logging industry and how it covets nothing but a single tree that belongs to the Haida (to whom they never paid attention, until this miracle tree). Oddly enough, the goverment freaks out when it gets hacked at, yet, the government continues to hack down trees by the mile daily...
ReplyDeleteso is this really a sacrifice? im not so sure..
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