Journal 1

             Through the first week, I learned the basic information about Jerusalem. However, I know it is not all of the city. things about Jerusalem is much more than I have ever thought about.
     First of all, I want to talk about readings I have read in these days. The first week readings are about the festival held in the United States. It talks how people try to show people the real Jerusalem. Then, I am kind of learning a culture thing about the city. Especially, in Amiry’s article, “Searching East Jerusalem” mentions about author’s experience of the city. It provides me a new perspective of Jerusalem. I want to say that it is kind of like that I also have lived there when I was a child. This is to say that Jerusalem and I build a connection through the article I have mentioned.
Then, I am going to talk about readings in this week. Firstly, there is a thing I want to point out. I wouldn’t know there are three religions existing in Jerusalem without the readings I have read in this week, but it also leads me to a wrong direction. All of things I can relate with Jerusalem is about religion. Is religion really the whole part of the city? I would 100% confidently answer with a word. It is “Sure!” Actually, it is not. I am open-minded about Jerusalem after Tuesday’s class. 
Here is a idea I have came up. Religion, political party, or economy do not play an essential role in Jerusalem, so what is it? It is people. People live there for centuries. Why do I want to talk about them? For us, Jerusalem is only a holy city with a great number of wars. However, it is a home for people who live in Jerusalem. What is home’s definition for us? Taking an example of me, home is a comfortable place with my dad and mom, and it is filled with happiness. This wis what the origin of Jerusalem should be, but it is absolutely different now. People fight for religion, policy and so on. It seems like that no one ever think about people living there. I believe that they will do different actions if they think about people in the city. For instance, is it really necessary that have a city with bodies? It will be so ridiculous for me. 
I know I always have positive attitude about everything, but I have faith that “no matter how bad it is, future always will be promised.” 
The reason is “why not?”