Ending of Caucasia

So, we finally finished Caucasia. Personally, i feel the ending was very very terrible. Honestly, i was in love with the book at the end. Its like whoa she found her dad and sister wow its gonna get good now. Then bam we get the ending kinda thrown at us. I suppose its good that I ended wanting more, shows how engaging the last few chapters are and such. But seriously, almost every book/story we've read has an ending like that. Seems like Kunkle is torturing those among us who enjoy closure to our stories and not some crappy "abstract" ending.

Cool Writing Presentations

Over this quarter, we all have at some point presented to the class a piece of writing which we find to be, well, cool. These presentations not only got us more engaged in close reading material we like, but opened us to new music and movies we might not otherwise have heard or seen. Personally, this project has made me much more aware of the lyrics and the deeper meanings of books, movies, and music.

The Generic Post Concerning Race

Everything ive done in class from the movie i watched, the discussions ive had, and the articles ive read have really made me take a step back and think hard about race and how depictions can really shape the minds of entire populations of people. You would think that something as harmless as pancake syrup wouldnt have anything to do with race or racism. However after that movie, it really makes you wonder, where else this happens. Maybe its because ive grown up in this decade, but i dont see it nearly as bad as it was. Im sure with some investigating i could uncover some examples. Last i checked aunt jemima still was around.

Caucasia part 1

So the first few chapters of Caucasia. From what i can tell, its shaping up to be a pretty good book. The way Danzy Senna crafts her words ever so elegantly in her novel really help make the story gripping even for someone who would never read a book because they wanted to. I found myself looking forward to reading what happened next. This is something i haven't felt in a long time. While i cant predict what will happen, i hope it only gets better. =]