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THE ANTI SLAVERY ALPHABET- DONALD NG

It is really interesting how each alphabets resemble things that relate to slavery. What is more interesting that each letter resembles a different category within slavery. I feel that this book is entitled for kids whose parents are abolitionist (as discussed in class today). The reason why is because of the fact that a child whose parent that is not an abolitionist would think that this book is not relevant. This book is to spread the belief to families that are abolitionist and let their children know that it is wrong to enslave people. This book is from passionate abolitionist authors to make younger people feel that slavery is wrong and that it should end soon. The title and the first alphabet already gives the answer to who the author wants to express this to. For the age content I would believe that if would be for non adults because of the fact that the text would be hard for a very young children to understand. The last alphabet Z caught my attention as the author stated

    "Z is a Zealous man, sincere,
      Faithful, and just, and true;
    An earnest pleader for the slave--
      Will you not be so too?"

This message is to express that we are all not being faithful, we are no zealous, 
and we are not sincere. The author is appreciating the slaves for what they do.
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Intro to kiddie lit- Donald Ng

Kiddie Lit by Beverly Lyon Clark explains the struggle of kiddie literature books. Lyon states the complications between childhood and feminism. Being called girl in a certain point is offending like what we discussed in class. I believe that when people are called girl or kid, it really depends on how it said. I wouldn’t call somebody I wouldn’t know well a girl or kid. I would sometimes call my friends “what sup boy” and it would be okay. It also depends on how people define the words. I have a friend who calls people boy or kid but doesn’t like to be called back a boy or kid. I think that he feels superior over everyone or better than everyone because he thinks everyone is there kid. That also might mean that he care of his friends because he always puts us over him. For woman being called as girls it also relates to being called a kid. As professor Curseen discussed in class saying that she liked to be called baby because she likes to be held. It is nice to call someone girl or baby because it shows how much the person cares as it is closed to being held. Overall, it depends on how people perceives the word and the content that is in. In my opinion, being called a kid or a boy doesn’t bother me unless I know if someone is trying to offend me with the word.

 

Lyon explains that “today children are to stupid to know how to be children” I think what he means by this is that children believe that kiddie lit books are simple and not as complex as an adult book. He explains also how children’s literature has low literary criticism. He believes that writers don’t consider making deeper knowledge in children book which it seems like children’s books are handicapped. I believe that it is handicapped because before i read this article, i thought that children literature class is going to be really easy because children books can’t be interpreted to a certain extent as adult books but this article changed my mind.