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@khadijahkhan01
Research...
I extremely enjoyed the book because it was a very different book, and it had another way of looking at things. Although there were some moments where I was going to throw the book away, but I came across it.
The research was interesting and hard. Getting all of the right material together was difficult enough, let alone putting it all in a 30 page essay.
The Fixer-Bernard Malamud
Not gonna lie, but it was hard finding an interesting fictional book, especially after everyone began to choose all of the good ones. But, then i began to do some research and I came across some of Malamud’s work, which seemed interesting. So, I chose the best! I made sure to choose something that wouldn’t bore me while I start my research.
Day 1 of OGI gone.....
Today was the first day you weren’t with us :( Even though we were really sad, we still decided to do our work like good students. We quietly worked on our chalk talk and had very insightful commentary as well as questions about it. We all pray for your wife to have a smooth going surgery. We love you @kreinbring65 <3
Sincerely,
5th Hour AP Lit Students
****BTW: OGI stands for Our Gentle Instructor
Wait, where are Writers Notebooks? Why aren’t they open? Where are your books? Does Natalie have grapes? Khadisa is scowling! Make her smile! Seriously, thank you!
Ok @kreinbring65 u spelled my name wrong, rude....
বাংলাদেশ
Translation:
For me, my family is everything. So therefore you would think that my tribe is my family here. But no it’s not. Like I said my family is everything for me, so my ENTIRE family. My family is so spread out around the world. But we all do come from that one place which is also known as Bangladesh. That’s why I consider my tribe to be in Bangladesh. Everyone just goes down there all together and we all just have a great time. It is the only time when the entire Khan family is together.
We all love sitting around and just talking at our house in a circle. We talk about stories from the past, ghosts, and weddings. Yeah they don’t really relate. But our favorite types of stories are ghost stories. We all love scaring ourselves. And I think scary stories are just a Bangladeshi thing.
My tribe isn’t only in Bangladesh because of my family it’s also because of all the people there. Every time I go there I feel like I’m at home. I can connect so easily with everyone there. It’s a special bond that I can try to look for here in America, but it would be impossible to find because it still has been that way ever since.
Querencia <3
Where is my querencia? This isn’t a question one asks themselves it’s just something you know. I believe that everyone has their own querencia, whether it’s your bedroom, home, or just anything. I feel like mine is very common because as we know your querencia is where you feel like you belong, feel safe, and you feel the most connected. Therefore, I chose my home. However, not my current one. My home in Detroit.
Why?
- I was raised in this home
-emotional attachment
-brings back memories
-friends
-neighbors
-calamities
-crushes
I feel like the most important thing compared to all of these bullet points is that every time I come here I feel like I’m home. I don’t feel this “feeling” when I’m living or even just being in this current house. I just feel like it’s a house. After I entered the world, my old home is the house I first went to. It’s something I can’t let go. Regardless of what people say about the violence, I feel the safest here. I have gone through the toughest times in this house and everything just sticks to me. Every time I go back I don’t want to come back. I just want to stay there.
Stars?
Ok what up with these stars? I am still confused on why the star constellation? It comes up a lot throughout the book. From Betonie drawing them to finding them on a wall. Tayo also saw them in the sky. Clearly it is very important, but why? This is one question of mine that remains unanswered because I do not know if I missed an important part in the book or it’s something Leslie wants us to focus on and something to get to the root of.
Ceremony...
I feel like the more I read into the book, the more confusing it gets! Like come on seriously...even though it gets confusing I still feel like I understand it. It’s weird! But hey it makes me think that I may be doing something right. As I read the first half of the book I did notice color being mentioned. However, reading the second half I noticed a lot of color being mentioned. I don’t quite understand why, yet. The three main colors that I repeatedly saw where blue, yellow,and white. Why those three only?
As I had stated previoulsy that I was confused at first while reading the book, however I ended up understanding what was actually going on. The activity that we did in class helped me understand Tayo’s character so much more than I already had before. I began to compare his life in the book to mine. For example, when Kreinbring told us to draw our family I was able to instantly draw my family. However, when I looked at Tayo’s character I realized that it was the opposite for him. If he had to do the same then he would be confused because he doesn’t really have a “legit” family. Another comparison/connection I found was when we had to draw ourselves out. I connected that back to all the outlines that are repeatedly mentioned in the book. I also connected it to how Tayo describes how he views himself in the book and also how he is described within the book. All this really opened up more avenues that can be looked at while I finish reading the book.
Mostly like everyone else, reading this book seemed to be a struggle. As I read the first few pages it started getting even more confusing. At a point I was just done! The settings and “picture” kept changing. Or it just kept bouncing around, here and there. But I had no choice but to read on. And so I did. Thankfully I did because as I went more into the book, it started to get more interesting. As I read on I felt like I was able to understand Tayo’s character more. However, the poems still had me confused. I liked how they were formatted in the book, but the meaning that I wanted to find behind them ended up confusing me even more at the end.
Commanders Wives...
I had no idea that the discussion that went on with the Commanders Wives would completely change my way of “reading” the book. As I read the book I thought that they had a negative role in the book because of the way they came off. However, after listening to what the Commanders Wives had said I have nothing but sympathy for them. They honestly have it the worst when compared to the other women. Not only because their husbands are with other women but also because they have no connection with anyone. Their only hope is the child they get from the Handmaids.
AUNTS
Yeeeeshh!!! The discussion with the Aunts was really interesting, but kind of brutal at the same time. What I got from the discussion was that the Aunts do what they do for themselves and for the sake of the system. This came off as selfish to me because the were oppressing the Handmaids just so they can get rewarded and not get punished. Also the techniques they used to oppress the Handmaids were brutal. Like not allowing them to read and hitting them. It is extremely sad because the women are oppressing each other.
Jezebels...
It was my turn to go up in front of the class and defend myself as a Jezebel today. It was extremely hard because as I was defending myself people were thrown away by my answers because I believe that the Jezebels were the only females in the book that had the most amount of freedom. Even if that was just a little bit. I agree that the actions that were taken by them were wrong however they had something instead of nothing when compared to the other women. They had complete access to sex, drugs, and cigarettes, which gave them control of themselves. This explains why they don’t want to let go of the little freedom they got from becoming a Jezebel.
