Post 6: My respect to Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir was a strong french feminist woman. Her life was a long life, because she lived until 78 years old. She was born in Paris, in 1908 and died in 1986. She was a writer of different styles, like novels, essays and academic papers. In her novel called “Memorias de una joven formal” you can see that she was part of a very conservative family, and she had a very strict education. Maybe, her family and teachers was the perfect influence for her to develop such contradictory and countercultural ideas.

She was an important woman not only in the feminist struggle but also in the philosophy. The most important book that she wrote is “The Sencond Sex”, it’s a foundational stone of the current feminism. In this book she said that the gender is a cultural construction. This central idea in the feminism can be reflected in the most famous phrase of the author: "You are not born a woman, you become one".

I think that she was a woman ahead of her time. De Beauvoir, is symbol of fight for women's rights and she have my respect and admiration.

post 4: Easter Island, a dream come true.

Hello everyone, This time I want to talk about the dream of a very special person to me.  My father was the most kind, tender and understanding person I knew. He was my example of sacrifice, the sense of responsibility and self-improvement. He worked 46 years in a factory and when he turned 40 he could choose to travel to Brazil, the Caribbean or Easter Island. Well, we went to Easter Island.

My dad, my brother and I were very excited to travel. When we got there, they welcomed us with flower necklaces and Polynesian dances.

Easter Island is located on the Pacific, at 3700 kms from the city of Caldera.

The island has beautiful landscapes and is in itself a tourist attraction, the volcanoes, the moais and the Anakena beach, make it a heavenly place.

We went to visit several formerly sacred places, and others where the traditional competition called "Tangata Manu" or "ritual bird man" was prepared. I remember being surprised when we were told that the ancients used to cross the crater of the volcano with large quantities of bananas as a way to acquire strength and endurance.

Like us, you can go to know the "Moais factory", a hill full of Moais, some unfinished or destroyed by some fall. It is still a mystery how from that hill the ancients managed to take each moai to places as far away as on the seashore.

But, not everything is so wonderful on the island. While most of its people are very friendly, we meet people who were rude unnecessarily. Also, it's a pretty expensive place. I think those are things that I would change, in order to facilitate access and make the trip an absolutely dreamed experience.

But our experience, despite the bad time, was unforgettable. My father was happy, and that is the most important thing for me. Easter Island gave us beautiful memories that will continue in my memory.