Group Reflection 1:
This picture shows a Sudanese girl lying on the ground and a vulture is behind her, eyeing her. It seems like the vulture was waiting for the hungry girl to die of starvation, before preying on her. This is often not the case in countries such as Singapore, as most of the children in Singapore are more privileged thus having food and shelter to live in. I believed that such a thing has happened because of the poor living condition in this country, causing the girl to have not enough food thus starving to death and having the vulture prey on her. After reflecting, I feel that we are very lucky to be living in Singapore, where we do not have to worry about lack of resources such as food, shelter and water. We should not take all these resources for granted and should appreciate all that we have right now. Also, it was reported that the photographer of this picture, Kelvin Carter, committed suicide the same year this picture was taken, as he was being blamed by the public for taking this picture and not saving the young child instead. He felt very guilty for not saving the child. Unable to live with a guilt of not saving a live, Kevin Carter committed suicide. I feel that the public should have put themselves in his shoes and understood his difficulties. The public should have stepped in to his position and understand the reason why he did not help the girl might be because he may have been transmitted with diseases just by touching the girl. Also, even if he had saved the dying girl from the vulture, the girl might even be too weak to survive for long.
This picture shows a Sudanese girl lying on the ground and a vulture is behind her, eyeing her. It seems like the vulture was waiting for the hungry girl to die of starvation, before preying on her. This is often not the case in countries such as Singapore, as most of the children in Singapore are more privileged thus having food and shelter to live in. I believed that such a thing has happened because of the poor living condition in this country, causing the girl to have not enough food thus starving to death and having the vulture prey on her. After reflecting, I feel that we are very lucky to be living in Singapore, where we do not have to worry about lack of resources such as food, shelter and water. We should not take all these resources for granted and should appreciate all that we have right now. Also, it was reported that the photographer of this picture, Kelvin Carter, committed suicide the same year this picture was taken, as he was being blamed by the public for taking this picture and not saving the young child instead. He felt very guilty for not saving the child. Unable to live with a guilt of not saving a live, Kevin Carter committed suicide. I feel that the public should have put themselves in his shoes and understood his difficulties. The public should have stepped in to his position and understand the reason why he did not help the girl might be because he may have been transmitted with diseases just by touching the girl. Also, even if he had saved the dying girl from the vulture, the girl might even be too weak to survive for long.
