Push

Being that Iam from Harlem, New York I kind of understand what is going on in this novel to a certain extent. Never before have I heard or witnessed someone getting raped or abuse like that as a child though. Plenty of time in school I had friends that have been beaten or verbally abused by parents. The reason that they got help is because i went to catholic school and the teachers really cared. In high school the guidance counselors was the one to help kids with situations like that. A couple kids that know that i am from Harlem always ask me what it was like and this movie kind of helped the stereotype. To be honest i know plenty of girls that are younger than me that already have children.Its sad to say because going to school in Connecticut show me a different view. I don't know anyone in Connecticut even my age that has children but in Harlem i know over 20 people my age and younger that has children. the movie precious , which i never seen, is the type of movie i try not to watch and I don't know why. Reading this novel explains better what was going with Precious. Its very disturbing and graphic. Being that she had a kid with down-syndrome didn't make it easier for her. I look forward to reading the book because i am from the same neighborhood and my family is the total opposite. I want to understand to not take my family and my education for granted because not everyone has it as easy as i do.

Fun home??

By far Fun Home by Alison Bechdel is the easiest book in this class. I spoke to many of classmates about what they mean by fun home. They said that fun home is the complete opposite of the description that their home would recieved. They live in a small town and the daugthers says her family reminds her of the Adams Family. The last time i checked the adams family wasnt really a fun home to be in. Well i think fun home is short for funeral home being that they basically live in one. the children does chores and the parents are complete opposite. With that being said living in a funeral home  does not define "fun". The one things about the children in this family is that they do alot of things to make this home not scary but actually fun.

Vagina # 2

Ensler seems to have two purposes in this text: to celebrate vaginas and to raise awareness of violence against women? Does she achieve both of these goals equally? Do they contradict each other at all? What is the effect of reading all the monologues as one large piece?

Eve Ensler does have two purposes in this text but i feel she celebrates vaginas way more than raise awareness of violence against women. This book celebrates vagina more than pornstars. Never had i read a book that expresses, the sight and smell of a Vagina. From live performances to discussions on college campus this book raises awareness for Vagina. Eve even speaks to different women about their views and secret thoughts about their own vagina.

Vagina

1)The genre of this piece of literature is drama, meaning that Ensler wrote these monologues to be performed. Why do you think she wants vaginas to be publicly performed? Why does she want vaginas to be physically embodied? What effect does this have on the way we see and think of vaginas?
For one I Never met someone that is so comfortable taking about their naked body part. Almost no one i know actually calls it vagina. i really dont think she wants this to be performed, but rather she puts alot of emphasis in the word vagina. She has alot of similesand personification. "Here's the place to practice saying the word, because, as we know, the word is what propels us. "VAGINA". this quote is powerful enough to show the authors point of view without reading anymore of the book. Its more of a tell all about being more comfortable with saying and talking about their vagina. She gives desriptions and smells about it. even gives a full list of nicknames for the word.

Carolines Wedding

Caroline is very appealing to me because happened in my family, with makes me think if I should marry someone outside my family. My parents really don't care if i marry an hispanic, caucasian, or spanish women but their parents did. What is ironic is my mom's brother married someone outside of the race named Caroline, which is the protagonist in the story. Her mom wasn't to found of this situation bout the weddings still went on and it was beautiful. In the story, Caroline wants to marry a guy outside her race. They are haitian and personallly i never a haitian married to someone else besides haitians. Her mom decide to make bone soap which is suppose to ruined the wedding somehow. Grace, Carolines sister, is caught in between the drama. my attitude with this situation is that you carry whoever you want. myself i am not really attracted to women my own race.

Night Women Analysis

Night women is about a prostitute that has sex with married men right next to her son bed. This story bothers me somewhat because i cant imagine a mom actuallly during something of this nature. She describes her son as a " butterfly fluttering on a rock that stands out naked in the middle of a stream. what she means by this he moves in his bed but silently enough that she does not know that he is awake. Her excuse to her son that if she ever woke up that the person she is having sexual relations is his dad. I heard a similar story from my mom. My mom said that a girl in Harlem, my residence, was a prostitute and she lived with two of her children. She did not exactly do it in the same room but in the same apartment. Not only did she lie to her children about the guys she had sex with, she lied about what was going on. when her children heard noises in her room she said she was exercising.

Flinn, On the Bus.

This poem is somewhat hard to understand but was very interesting to me. "Three hours after the buildings fell, he took a seat beside me. Fresh out of prison, after 24 months, You're my first hello!" These were the first three lines in the poem and it grabbed my attention. Being that Naomi Shihab Nye was linked to writing about the September 11th, 2001 attack on the trade towers i automaticly figure she was talking about the trade towers in  the first line. Later in the poem Naomi talks about a person singing behind her on the bus that had spent time in jail. This person felt his lawyers did him wrong and he wanted revenge. But he didnt want to go back to jail so he second guessed his revenge plan. I felt this is similar to Americans wanting revenge on the terrorist or whoever they thought was responsible for the trade tower attack. "Savaged skylinesn thousands of lives" was said in the poem and that it was exactly happen on 9/11. The last line of the poem was "Peace is rough".