ROAR POST 1- TERM 4

Summary
The book I am reading for this term is Why the Cocks Fight ? , by Michele Wucker. This book so far up to page 50 has informed me about alot of information. The main focus at first was on cock fighting which are fights among roosters vs. roosters. This is when a man bets another man on roosters and so forth; like gambeling. Although in the Dominican Republic and Haiti this is illegal, they manage to have it happen anyways. In the Dominican Republic this is taken very seriously and if you refuse to pay your bet, you are band for life. The same rules apply in Haiti, the only diffrence is the amount of money bet since Haiti is a little bit more poorer then the Dominican Republic. In adittion to all of thid both Haiti and D.R experienced dictators such as Rafael Trujillo, Buloyer, Lillis and so forth, In this type of goverment roosters were used as an influence in the political parties. In the Dominican Republic there was times where there were dictators thrown out because they were disliked. This happend often in DOminican Republic since they didnt want ot be run by someone they all went against ( not true with Trujillo). In Haiti there was a point where it was split into two goverments by location. The North had its own governer as so did South until Boyer untified them back. Cock fighting became popular as it became a famous hobbie amoung all the poeple. ALthough in the Dominican Republic it was a sport announced by Trujillo.
FACTS*
-> Dominicans decalred Independence in November 1821
->Dominicans and Haitians protected themselves from European invansions
-> Haitians had to wait a little while before declaring their independence
->May 7th of 1842 there was a earthquake that struck the entire island
-> they both fought against foreigners

Quotation
"They say that women and roosters have something in common. One day they will fail you. Any rooster, even the best one, will loose one day"(Wucker 24).

Reaction
My reaction when reading this is that its just like reality. In reality you are bound to loose at some point in your life, you cant always win. No matter how much you may be the best at everything, there will be that one thing where you are not going to be the best at. Although I found the first sentence a litle sexting against women. I found it sexting because its prety much trying t infer that women are bound to loose but not men and thats not right. I feel like that comment did not have to be made and it shouldnt have been said towards women.
Knowledge I have about Dominicans is that often they feel that women are loosers in general since when I was in Dominican Republic for the summer, I saw it. I observed men get payed more the women in the same job and just unfairness amoung both sexes.