Question

In 250 focuses on what it means to be an active participant in society, an individual capable of shaping the world, and how we understand and practice multiculturalism. Understanding context and testing what you know about genres, culture, and history will be important to your study of the works in this module., especially the literary terms we’ve studied and the role of writers in shaping our worlds. Please type

1 What does it mean to be an activist?

2 Do you have to be a revolutionary, a loud or rebellious person?

3 Do some internet research into “activists” of the past and present.

4 What traits do they have in common? What value do they offer our society? To what degree do we rely on activists to “fight the good fights” for us?

5 Should we all be more “active” in shaping society?

6 Why or why not?

7 What did you learn that you did not know or that you found interesting/enlightening?

8 What surprised you or made you think or do further research?

9 If you were to share this information with a friend, what would be important for you to convey and why?

Answer 1

An activist is basically a person who rallies and campaigns for social reform and brings forth much required changes in a society. A person does not have to be a revolutionary, a loud or rebellious person., rather they ought to be firm, resilient and committed to the cause. The traits that the activists have in common include high emotional intelligence, empathy, not being indifferent to situations and events around them, sense of fairness, open mindedness, enthusiasm, flexibility, attentiveness, humility, bravery, leadership etc. They bring in social change in every strata of society, the value they bring is transformational, they uphold individual rights, bring in transparency and work for overall peace and harmony in society. The degree we rely on activists to “fight the good fights” for us is very high. Without them there would be no other ‘social cleaners and cleansers’ who will do the work of cleaning our systems of apathy, discrimination, violation of rights etc. We all must learn to be more active in shaping society by doing our individual bit and contribute in any capacity that we can. The reason is, as members of a society we all have a primary responsibility in seeing to the society operate in an effective and seamless way. We are duty bound to take care of each other in a community for its peaceful functioning. The learning I found interesting is that anybody can be an activist in his or her own, you don’t have to be someone ‘big’ to effect a change in society, we all are equally capable of it. What surprised me is reading about the various activists and their self-sacrificing behaviors and selfless services to benefit humankind. My information to a friend will involve the benefits of being socially aware and responsible, how together we all can make a positive change in others lives.