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This is to elaborate on one of the questions what were asked in tutorial on May 14.
One of the questions caught my attention was: Was there any sense of accomplishment in Igbal's efforts to free children from slavery and the carpet/brick factories, despite of his death?
I do consider that despite of his death, Igbal was still the first person to really break down those ideal barriers of children not being capable of their own actions; thus he opened the door to more awareness today...What do you think?
I believe that Iqbal represents a symbol of courage and hope for children working in the carpet/brick factories. Iqbal broke free from the crulity of child labour. His excape for freedom was an example for all the captive children that were in the same positon as him.
Even though Iqbal died, his courage empowered other children to do the same thing he did. If he had lived, he would have gone on to do great things, but even though he was murdered his dream lived on.
What I was thinking about this week is: how many people in this course had actually heard of Iqbal prior to our reading and not from another course? This is why I believe that is quite quixotic to say that Iqbal lives on although he has passed away.
Craig Keilburger has become a household name when it comes to child labour. However, Iqbal Masih, the child who inspired Craig himself is a much less prominent figure in our western society.
Anyhow, I just thought I should point out this little irony. Iqbal Masih's ideas are carried on through others. However, his life, his story and his tragic death are far less popular.
This is what I got from the readings on ideology: Ideology is an idea that the ruling class, the ones who owns the modes of production (the ISAs and RSAs) uses to put the lower class under subjection and in so doing place themselves, under the same subjection, an example of this is the justice system, the ruling class are the ones who label what is legal and what is not legal, but it is illegal for for both the ruling class and the lower class to commit murder.
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