Reflection #9

In both the movie and my carol, and also in the bible, Jesus is described as a humble, holy figure who has came to earth to save humans from their sins.

The
First Noel (Verse 4):

This
star drew nigh to the northwest

O'er
Bethlehem it took its rest

And there it did both Pause and
stay

  
The verse shown here has the lyrics that represents the star that shined Jesus Christ when he was born. This star is known to have brought the three wise men to Jesus at the day of his birth.
     In this story, Mary plays a very important part. She is the mother of Jesus yet she was a virgin.  That, in itself, is a miracle.  Joseph was important to the story of the birth of Jesus because he was the father of Jesus.  He was crucial in helping Mary to travel all the way to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born.  The shepherds were important in witnessing the birth of Jesus because  they represented the lowest people of the social ladder.  The Persian astrologers were important in the birth of Jesus because they represented the highest of the social ladder.  Since they all bowed down to Jesus, they realized his greatness, which represented that someday, all people, rich and poor, would bow down to God.
   God coming to Earth as a baby is definitely a  humbling experience. Instead of coming to us humans as an omnipotent God, he came to us as a baby, and chose to learn the human life from the beginning form of human life.

Right
o'er the place where Jesus lay.

"Pakistan suicide bomb attack kills dozens"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11924584 << article by BBC
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=hi%7Cen&u=http://hindi.webdunia.com/news/news/international/119245/84/11924584_1.htm << article by Webdunia(a hindu online newspaper)
(used Google search with language set to hindi)
I will start by summarizing the BBC article first.
On December 6, 2010, a suicide bomb attack in north-west Pakistan has left at least 40 people dead. This area is one of the “hot-zones” for bomb attacks and is a stronghold of the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The attack was carried out by two suicide bombers and their target was a local administration compound in Ghalalnai. Tribal elders and police officials were among the dead. Since 2007, thousands of people have died from these kinds of attacks and they have gotten worse over the years.

From the article from Webdunia, I couldn’t find any differences from the basic facts. However, some minor views make the two articles significantly different. First of all, the article from BBC has a totally different tone than from the article of Webdunia. The BBC article has a more criticizing tone while the Webdunia article talks more about the positive side. Stating that “the security situation has significantly improved over the years”, downplayed the importance of the incident and emphasized the role of the Pakistani Security and there improvements. Secondly, the BBC article talks more about the solid facts such as how one of the targeted elders was left perfectly safe, while Webdunia’s article presents more subjective views on the article such as “these tragic events never seem to stop...”. Minor differences such as the ones stated made the two articles very different from each other and I got two different impressions of the same incident from these articles.