Opponents of the movement for democracy Analysis by Aung San Suu Kye – Essay Help Services

Aung San Suu Kye

Aung San Suu Kye: In Quest of Democracy [3 ideas]

[1] Suu Kye’s premise is that though opponents have argued that democracy is not suited for the Burmese people, a close look at Buddhist traditions suggest otherwise. See Paragraphs 1-2. Is this an effective introduction to the problem?

[2] Suu Kye then asks why Burma has failed to live up to its early expectations as a democracy. The people, she argues, “got at the heart of the matter” by pointing to the “words of the Buddha.” Buddha pointed out “four causes of decline and decay.” Is this happening in our society? Yes? No? The answer is somewhat complex, of course.

[3] In defending Buddhist teachings and the Buddhist view of what democracy looks like, Suu Kye identified “TEN DUTIES OF KINGS.” Have a look at these and ask the question, is this what democracy looks like? You might focus on maybe three or four of them.

Aung San Suu Kyi

THE ESSAY:

Opponents of the movement for democracy have sought to undermine it by [1] casting aspersions of the competence of the people and [2] identifying democracy as “un-Burmese.”  Third world governments do this all the time—But in Burma, because it’s isolated, people have had to draw on their own resources to explode these “twin myths” –that the people are unfit for “political responsibility” and that the society is unsuitable for democracy…People’s appetite for discussion has “sharpened”—interested in representative govt., rule of law

Buddhists, as mentors, have led the way in this regard, drawing on Classical learning, etc.

Why has Burma failed to live up to its promise? International scholars determined this and that—the people, however, turned to the Buddhist “Four cause of decline…”

Paragraph 4 on totalitarian socialism—what developed there—but people countered propogandist doctrine—by examining traditional theories of government.

Buddhist View: –see these ideas [paragraph 5]

Paragraph on the many Buddhist doctrines—by numbers—interesting collection of sets or rules

She then turns to The TEN DUTIES OF KINGS—see each of these as democratic or not–

COMMA SPLICES, RUN-ONS, PERIOD FAULTS [FRAGMENTS]

*COMMA SPLICES and RUN-ON sentences look almost alike, though they are not the same thing. They are similar in that they incorrectly join two INDEPENDENT CLAUSES.

COMMA SPLICES: A comma splice [also known as a comma “fault”] is created when a comma separates two independent clauses. “The hurricane intensified, it turned toward the land.” [4 major causes]

“Thomas Edison was a productive inventor, he held almost 1,300 U.S. and foreign patents.” [2^nd independent clause starts with a pronoun—it should be a new sentence–replace the comma with a period, start a new sentence]

“Thomas Edison was a brilliant scientist; however, he spent only three months in school.” [conjunctive adverb that joins two sentences—this conjunctive adverb (however) should be preceded by a semicolon, not a comma—remove the comma, put a semicolon after scientist]

“Thomas Edison invented the microphone; in addition, he created a superior storage battery.” [transitional expression that joins two sentences—this transitional expression (in addition) should begin a new sentence—replace the comma after “microphone”  with a period, start a new sentence]

“Thomas Edison was the genius behind many inventions; among the best known are the phonograph and the incandescent light bulb.” [2^ndindependent clause explains or gives an example of the information in the first independent clause—replace the comma after “ inventions”  with a  period, start a new sentence]

RUN-ON SENTENCES: a run-on sentence is created when no punctuation at all separates two independent clauses. “The hurricane intensified it turned toward the land.” [4 major causes]

“Thomas Edison was a productive inventor he held more than 1,300 U.S. patents.” [2^nd independent clause that starts with a pronoun—place a period after “inventor,” start a new sentence with “He”]

“Thomas Edison was a brilliant scientist however, he spent only three months in school.” [conjunctive adverb that joins two sentences—precede the conjunctive adverb “however” with a semicolon]

“Thomas Edison invented the microphone in addition, he created a superior storage battery.” [transitional expression that joins two sentences—“in addition” should be the start of a new sentence—place a period after “microphone”]

“Thomas Edison was the genius behind many inventions among the best known are the phonograph and incandescent light bulb.” [2^nd independent clause explains or gives an example of the information in the first independent clause—place a period after “inventions”—“Among” begins a new sentence]

FRAGMENTS:

Do not write a subordinate part of a sentence as if it were a complete predication [sentence]. This error is known as the “period fault” or “sentence fragment.” A phrase or dependent clause cannot be written as a complete sentence; to write and punctuate one of them as such constitutes a period fault.

“Knowing how kind he was. The kids took advantage of the grocer.” [dependent clause–participle]

“I had no money left for Europe. When suddenly I was left a fortune.” [dependent clause]

“I labored hours every night. Finally giving up all my efforts.” [participial phrase]

“The bank was destroyed by those who needed it most. the small depositors.” [appositive phrase]