Edward Said`s Orientalism has lived a seditious life. Since 1978, when it launched an audacious attack on Western representations of the Orient, the book has breathed insurgency. Its history is now inseparable from the severe condemnations it provoked from some and the high praises it elicited from others. Denounced as an uncharitable and poisonous attack on the integrity of Orientalist scholarship, it opened the floodgate of postcolonial criticism that has breached the authority of Western scholarship of Other societies. Orientalism still exists. From time immemorial, the West has spread among us in a way that still exists. Not only that, the people of the East are so influenced by the Orientalism that they cannot get out of Orientalism. Orientalism is still alive on the earth through the occupation of Egypt by the West, the Vietnam Crisis, the Palestine-Israel Crisis, the declaration of Palestine as the province or capital of Israel by the United States, and so on.
questions. She sometimes would interrupt and ask this (whereas sometimes her mother would intervene and say “pay attention!”), or sometimes would say this as she was doing the activity.
” “Ooooh I love M&Ms! Can I eat the M&Ms now?” Sophia would continuously ask this over and over after an activity. She was polite, however, and asked after the activity was done, and said please.
All of these quotes shows the stages she is in, and that her language development is going well! However, she seems to be confused with certain things, but asks good questions when she is confused (‘initiative vs. guilt’ stage).
Observation B – Child and peers
When we asked Sophia to go play, she immediately went to go play with her older brother, Max, who is 9. When we asked her to skip, it took her a while to get her to pay attention and do it, but she eventually did, then went back to playing. It was clear that Max was the alpha, because he was much more physical and bossier towards Sophia. It was also very clear that Sophia was the beta, because she gave into Max’s bossiness and went along with it. In our opinion, neither of the children were the delta because there were times that the roles switched for a bit, and so did their behaviors. Both children are the floaters, because when we were interviewing Sophia, Max easily entertained himself. When Sophia and Max were playing together, there would be times where Sophia would go off and do something herself. Both children knew how to interact with each other, but also knew how to be independent and alone.
Observation C – Child with primary caregiver
From what I observed watching Sophia and her mother, Sophia’s attachment level is definitely secure. When her mother explained how we could not play with her made her upset and asked “Not even for a little?”. When the mom told Sophia she was leaving she repeatedly told her “I love you” and walked her out to the door, waving bye as she saw her leave. When she walked back in the door she screamed “Mommy!” and ran up to hug her. Sophia was playing with her toys in front of her mom. Although she wasn’t distressed when she left, every time she needed something she would call for her. Her mother’s parenting style is obviously authoritative. She shows Sophia love and cares for her needs and pays attention to her and what she feels. Whenever Sophia does something her mother does not approve of, she punishes herby yelling “No Sophia!” or pulls her to the side to make sure she acknowledges that what she is doing is not right. She threatens her play time and TV time if she does again and usually she doesn’t. In Sophia’s drawing of her
