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Faith is the center of all things. Faith provides a person reassurance that the world has a purpose. Without faith, it is hard to define whether the world has a reason or is it does not. One thing ultimately leads to another, so the follow-up question is if humans actually do have a purpose on Earth. In my opinion, human purpose solely depends on the status of the person and the world that they are living in. 

People cannot live without hope because it would be hard and pretty pointless to keep waking up to start a new day with no promises. You begin losing sight of the future and become depressed because you eventually lose all motivation to move forward. Losing hope is another phrase that symbolizes losing yourself. It is all similar to a domino effect in which that human placement in the future world links to human satisfaction, which links to the future, which links to hope, which ultimately leads to a successful of unsuccessful outcome. People that have a successful outcome should be praised and honored for all of their hard work, while people that have an unsuccessful outcome should look at it as an opportunity to try again. Life is a privilege and not a luxury; it should not ever be taken for granted. You are treated according to your identity and treat others according to their individual identities. It all links back to the way that a person is brought up by their family and where they fall in line with the rest of their siblings. Your hopes and dreams also help to form an individual’s identity because together they form clarity of the future. Hopes and dreams are what provide people with their meaning and purpose in life. 

Tibetans - An ethnicity of and language spoken by around 6 million people in east Asia. The Tibetans are thought to all be direct descendants of the Qiang people. This ethnicity does not have a specific demographic because its people are now very diverse and widespread.

Naxi - A Language is spoken by citizens around Lijiang, China. It is spoken by about 300,000 people today.  It was invented in the thirteenth century by King Moubao Azong.  Since the Communist takeover and the cultural revolution, speaking it has been discouraged.

Sisyphean - “A legendary king of Corinth condemned eternally to repeatedly roll a heavy rock up a hill in Hades only to have it roll down again as it nears the top” (Merriam-Webster). A Sisyphean task refers to something that can not be done because it is a never ending problem.

Nanzhao - A historical kingdom in China.  This kingdom was formed in 729 AD when five different kingdoms merged together to become one.  It contained part of the silk road and other trade routes that lead to China.

Ch’ing Dynasty - A Chinese empire that lasted from 1644-1912.  It was the longest lasting empire in the region.  The empire fell due to conflicts with the rest of the world before World War I.

Cultural Revolution - Mao Zedong started this movement in 1966, by having China’s youth get rid of all the “impure elements of society”.  The goal of this revolution was to regain the support the party had twenty years before during their civil war. During this revolution, the schools were all shutdown.  This was done because the party leaders did not have the revolutionary ideas that the people did, so the students formed groups and spoke up. The Revolution ended by the educational system being restored and the leaders being re-instated.

Jingpo - “A person who professes his or her patriotism loudly and excessively, favoring vigilant preparedness for war and an aggressive foreign policy; bellicose chauvinist” (Dictionary). This type of attitude can be positive or negative in a time of war.  If you are too aggressive, you can cost your country a lot of capital but if you are not aggressive, you can cost your country a lot of capital as well.

Kachin - “A member of an indigenous people living in northern Burma (Myanmar) and adjacent parts of China and India.” (Dictionary). This is a nomadic group, meaning they roam an area in search of food instead of growing it.  They’re named after the red soil of the land in which they live.

Karen - “A member of an indigenous people of eastern Burma (Myanmar) and western Thailand.” (Dictionary) This is the group of people that claim Rupert is their Younger White Brother, who is going to save them from the world.