Post #3

Post #3 - The title "The Book of Negroes" is in my opinion the line that cannot be crossed. I could understand the Dutch group disliking of the title, but I don't find it necessary to burn the cover of the book either. It isn't a bad title, but it's just a word that just doesn't quite fit in, despite that these powerful words unfortunately get used rather frequently in today's society. Knowing that the book is based on the day to day life of Aminata Diallo, I believe a good title could be something as simple as 'The Life of Aminata' or usually a title derives from a quote in the story such as, "Someone Knows My Name", which is what the story is called in some countries.

Post #2

Post # 2 - The essay that I liked the best was the suitcase lady because the fact that it talks about the life of a poor person, it relates to a real life situation. When I read real life situation stories, I can take a lot of valuable life lessons out of them. Reading this essay made me realize how lucky I am to have a home and family and food. There was one sentence in the essay that really stood out to me: "Somewhere in her bleary eyes and in the deep lines of her face is a story that probably no one will ever know. She is taking pains to write something on a notepad and crying steadily."

Post #1 - To begin with, my major interests include rowing, weightlifting, CrossFit, reading comic books, watching movies, listening to music, playing video games, and drawing pictures. I like working out a lot because I like being fit and I also find that it also clears my mind when I'm about to read and so  I find it to be good preparation. My particular interests for literature include short novels, short stories, and as mentioned before, comics. I don't necessarily find it interesting to read longer books because it would take more than one day to complete and it makes it more difficult for me to 'recap' on stuff from previous days. It's too much work to remember for me. Although I do like the amount of detail that's in the longer books.