Sunday, 28 March 2010

2) Hanife by Sevgi Soysal


The short story ,called 'Hanife', places in 'Barış Adlı Çocuk' which was written by Sevgi Soysal. This story tells that the reason of killing Hanife, the personality of Hanife, the idea by killers in order to kill Hanife and the juggement of villagers to Hanife.

Before I said my opinion about the story, I wanted to introduce Hanife. Hanife is a 15 years old girl who lived in village with her family. Her family arranged marriage when she was little with Mustafa. She is growing up without love by family.When she grown, she wanted to be the wife od governor. I do not understand why she want that but I just predict that she may have money or she may be in bigger status from her family because she sometimes she called her brother as peasant. Also, story starts with the death of Hanife. The reason of that Hanife dishonoured because she was cheated by Hasan. Hasan said that he made her the wife of governor and he wanted to be with Hanife but Hanife did not. After that Hasan beated Hanife and he took what he wanted from her. So, she dishonour and she became bad girl in the eyes of society and family. This is the reason why Hanife was killed by her family is that the cleaning the honour of family.

I read this story criously because I saw the view of village to women. According to society, the guilty is Hanife and her offence is that the relationship with Hasan forceto. In the village women are guilty whatever they do and also everybody accepts these stiuation, they accept that female generation could be guilty without the judgement. I can understand that from the act of other women in village. Thay said she was a bad woman and they, even children, throw stone to her corpse. Besides her innocence, she had already been killed, that is enough; why they lapidated. Nobody judge that, nobody asked why she became bad women. Her brother saw them, he saw that she did did not want to be with Hasan and he saw that Hasan used her as using violence but Ahmet thought the honour of family. He thought that they have to kill Hanife in order to absolve their name. He did not wanted to help her. Additionally, there is no word about Hasan. However, women can be used, beated and dishonoured; and they are always guilty in society. Why it could be like that, why any women did not judge their situation or why they did not advocate their right in society as a human.

I researched some information about Sevgi Soysal and I supose she wanted to attract attention to the place of women with her stories and she succeed that. So, I agree with her about the injustice against women.

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Violence for why



I started my blog with my report topic that is about violence. I chose this topic because violence used for any reason against human,and violence places inside society especially in Turkey. It is said that violence is seen mostly in the eastern side of Turkey but we do not have to go there in order to see that, there are many women who are pounded by their husbunds or fathers every city of Turkey (even in İstanbul). Also, young people begin to think that violence is the most effective parts of being adult because we can see that high school students stab his peers in news. Lastly, I want to mention about honour killing. Because of that, most of innocent people are exposed to violence. Women are killed due to have innocent feelings or just look different sex. Also,most of male are compiled to be killer in young age because of customs. The reason why they have to be killer is that another men killed his father or looked differently his sister.

So, there are many that I can juxtapose how we can see violenceinside society. In my opinion there are many reason to be proponent of violence such as uneducating people, media leading or tradition. Also, I chose this topic for these reason that I mentioned above. May be I can advocate my own gender and innocent young people against violence.