This weeks Geekly assignment handed out by Terri/teelgee is to post a quote a day. There’s no rules, the theme is completely up to us. I’ve decided to post some quotes from film adaptations that I enjoy. Yesterday, I wrote about American Psycho, one of my favourite sick and twisted stories. Today I’m going to go with something a little less bleak. PD James wrote a fascinating dystopian book called Children Of Men which was adapted for the big screen in 2006. While it does start off darkly with humanity at it’s lowest, there is an underlying message to be found of the power of hope and human goodness. I would highly recommend both the novel and the movie.  Book Title Children Of Men Author PD James |  Movie Title Children Of Men Director Alfonso Cuarón |
 "Early this morning, 1 January 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed in a pub brawl in a suburb of Buenos Aires, aged twenty-five years, two months and twelve days." |
 "But what do you believe? I don't just mean religion. What are you sure of?" |  “That once I was not and that now I am. That one day I shall no longer be." |
 “As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in. Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices.” |
| Kee: Froley. Theodore: Froley? Kee: Name my baby Froley. Theodore: It's the first baby in 18 years. You can't call it Froley. Kee: Says who? |  |
 "We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life." |
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• The first story introduces us to the Monkey King, who is indeed King of the Monkeys. But when he goes to a party the Gods/Deities gathered there basically make a joke of the Monkey King’s 
appearance. This pisses him off majorly and he decides that being King isn’t enough – he wants the power and greatness to rule everything, which he doesn’t realize at the time means completely recreating himself and losing his true self in the process. This story arc is used very well in creating a framework for the other two tales to rest. It is also based upon a traditional folk-tale (more info can be 
• The second story is the main story and centers around Jin Wang, a Chinese boy living in present day USA. Jin experiences some problems due to his ethnic background and feels like he doesn’t fit in. Later he becomes friends with a boy from Taiwan who displays no awkwardness about his Asian heritage, but this bothers Jin Wang sometimes. I found this part of the book the most compelling as we get to experience some of the emotional and intellectual arguments Jin goes through while trying to get a clear idea of just who he really is, regardless of what he appears to be on the outside. It brings up a lot of thoughts on the subject of acceptance – not from others, but from yourself. 
white boy who lives in dread of the yearly visits from his cousin Chin-Kee. This third of the story uses Chin-Kee to embody every racial misconception that has probably ever been mentioned about the Chinese race. It’s almost painful to read, Chin-Kee is presented as a buck-toothed, cat-eating, karaoke-singing moron. And it really makes a person wonder how in this day and age we could ever be so cruel to other human beings, or so stupid.
• A few years back I was sitting enjoying some drinks with a group of friends, (not all of us were white) and we were talking about where in the city would be a nice place to rent. A certain building was mentioned that is both gorgeous and affordable, it also happens to be next door to a popular Chinese food restaurant that we all agreed has delicious food. It was at that moment that one of the people said something that I couldn’t believe I was hearing - “Yeah it would be a awesome place to live, just make sure you keep your cat indoors or she’ll end up as take-out.” I was completely blown away, not only by the fact that a well-educated, socially aware person would say this, but also by the fact that more than half the people there laughed. A couple sitting a few tables over didn’t laugh and when I glanced them leaving I realized they were both Asian. I’ll be the first to admit that yes I have taken part in my fair share of off-colour jokes, but after that I began to see how things we say have an impact on those around us. That couple in the bar that night were treated unfairly by having to hear that joke. And if a person is willing to say these things around strangers, what’s stopping them from making racial jokes around their kids – and that in my opinion is how these racial stereo-types maintain their strength in our society. It may be a joke to some, but to others it’s not, especially to children who only see that something makes people laugh and don’t fully understand what exactly the laughs are implying. 
