AOW Week 2/26/15

The Garden- ISIS destroy ancient artefacts at Mosul museum

     This article has many main points that are very important to know about. The first main point is the history these artifacts had how important they are to some people. Some of the artifacts dated back to the Assyrian and Akkadian empires. These artifacts that were destroyed by ISIS had great importance to the people of Islam and other people. Another main point is that these events could lead to fighting riots and in worse case war in the Middle East. People are getting frustrated with ISIS because they are destroying priceless artifacts that help us understand what civilization was like back then for no good reason.  

            The authors purpose of writing this article was to inform people on how tragic this event really is. In the article the author interviews Kino Gabriel. He is one of the leaders of the Syriac Military Council. What Kino says about the subject is “murder of people and destruction is not enough, so even our civilization and the culture of our people is being destroyed”. This is a stocking quote because he is comparing human lives to thousands of years old artifacts. This is showing how important these statues and artifacts are to these people another civilization. This quote supports my claim because this statement really emphasizes the importance of these statues and how historically important they are.I also feel like he was trying to persuade the reader that what ISIS did was very wrong and we need to stop ISIS before things get worse. I know this because he uses words like destroyed, speechless, outrage to kinda convince you to go on there side and support them. The author even includes a video of the terrorist destroying the statues. He did this to prove that ISIS did actually do it and also because videos give a more emotional effect on a reader then just words. So he probably added the video to try and emotionally convince the reader to support them. 

            This article is full of great quotes but this is the one that I feel like the whole worlds should hear. Like my last quote it is comparing these artifacts to human lives. This quote is being stated by Mardean Isaac, an Assyrian writer “When you watch the footage, you feel visceral pain and outrage, like you do when you see human beings hurt,”. This quote had a strong impact on me because I can relate to part of it. The part that I can relate to is when I see people being hurt or abused I do feel for them. I also even sometimes feel hatred towards the person causing the pain. I never thought broken pieces of rock and statues can make you feel the same as a person being abused until I read this quote. So if people read this quote then they might see how much pain broken pieces of rocks can cause a person. If they feel the same way I did after reading this quote then they might research history a little more. Eventually might even start trying to protect these priceless artifacts from people like Isis followers. That is the main goal I think the quote was trying to accomplish in the first place. 

Word: Deity

Connotation:positive because it sound like a word that has something to do with power.  

Denotation:a god or goddess