literature/film -- reflection5

the Cow Who Fell in the Canal
i read this book about 15 years ago (that makes me sound really old!) but now that ive been to this country and seen what Hendrika has seen, it really makes me giggle. when you're 5 years old, reading a book about a cow, you're more interested in the cow than in the country the cow is from! well, now i'm studying in that country and seeing the sites that that silly old cow saw. it's like walking through a childhood memory, in a way.
de tweeling
wow! what a film, eh? it was hard for me to follow 100%, but it was a very well thought film. to seperate twins is unheard of, but in order to really show the reality of the war, it was necessary! they say that twins finish each others sentences, feel similarly, and act similarly. well, what if you seperate them... put on in Germany and the other in Nederland? two different worlds for two very similar persons. their lives, their struggles, their perspectives/views, etc. everything about them is subject to how they were then raised...its so strange to see how people change. the war was a common factor for both of them, but one was able to see (from the outside) what was real about the war and the other was unable to see those effects. time, place, relationships, etc. all account for who we become.