REFLECTİON 7

“‘Soon we will be millions’: from Paris with love and lessons”

“To celebrate and imagine together.”

“To look at each other and smile.”

“No parties, no barriers, no labels.”

“Take squares and rediscover hope.”

— Quotes taken from interviews by the Nuit Debout TV group

One of the essays which I read this week is ‘Soon we will be millions’: from Paris with love and lessons. I really like this article. I want to mention that the writer shows us that people who live in France or Paris are very sensitive and interested in many social events lately. They can be together and talk to each other really kindly. Especially, their topic is real democracy. Also, I take attention to many people take part in this event without considering their ages. For instance, high school students or middle age people or adults are together to talk and have a communication one another’s. I think that the writer supports this movement and s/he considers that this movement is very sophisticated. Likewise, I support this movement and also it makes me remember Gezi Parkı event in Turkey. Because people who live in Turkey and join Gezi Parkı event tried to stay away from violence or a vehement protest mostly. However, there happened some physical injuries during the event. Now I think about the event of Paris and they are more relax or thoughtful for sharing their ideas freely. It is very crucial point because art, music or democracy can be happened in free environment. I do not know why but I think that people who have lived in Paris are more open-minded than somewhere else. Since French Revolution, they have been more sophisticated and educated. They have read the classical novels or some else all the time. At the same time, many classical novels were emerged to France. This free environment is quite effective. They can share their thoughts or ideas or access new perspectives of different class or nation people. They can think critically when I compare to my hometown people. They may not judge the book by its cover. To sum up, I want to share my ideas about the article. I think that thinking critically and freely is very important for me, so I choose this article. All the people can share their thoughts and have a communication with different environment people comfortably because people can understand each other problems or lives styles not by judging them.