1.In Drown by Junot Diaz, How does the event in the story between Yunior and Beto effect the characters moving forward?

2 If it was you in either shoes of Yunior of Beto how would you react according to your own belief and culture?

This week we discussed “Drown” by Junot Diaz and it really got to me. I am a Dominican-American and reading about Junot it really sparked my curiosity of my culture and made me start to do research on history to uncover things that i was not aware of prior. I believe this class does that a lot to many of us. I feel that we have read a story in the class that can relate to the culture of everyone in the classroom. I really enjoy this.

I was not sure what to write this week but i felt like telling the class how i felt about the readings thus far.

“Always squeeze bread to make sure it’s fresh; but what if the baker won’t let me feel the bread?; you mean to say that after all you are really going to be the kind of woman who the baker won’t let near the bread?”

This final line in the story truly indicated the mothers feeling towards the girl and the fear of the daughter becoming a “slut”. The fear is so high that when the daughter interrupts her and ask “what if the baker wont let me feel the bread?” the mother immediately responds to her. She responds to her in a way that the mother is already believing that the daughter is an outcast “slut” in the eyes of the society.There is not much information of the girl. As the reader we don’t have much detail to say that the mother has reasoning for believing the daughter wants to be a “slut”. The mother seems to not be giving the girl much of a chance to prove herself. I believe in a way the mother is actually pushing the girl into becoming a slut rather then preventing.

1. Describe what enlightenment means to you? Use readings to support your answer.

2. In the beginning of “Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglas” he describes some very gruesome experiences. Choose one and write about the thoughts and the feelings that were running through you when you read it.

So this week the topic of the post is Free choice. You would think that being that Free choice means you can write about what you want, that it will be easy. Think again, it took me a whole day to think about something so i just decided to start typing. I believe that is one of the reason Free choice is a topic.

This course is a lot of free writing and i truly enjoy it. I am someone who at times just likes to write to let out my emotions or to jot down what i am thinking about and what is on my mind. Writing to me is a passion. When you sit down and write all your emotions and thoughts are reflected in your writing. The style in which you write is a sort of indicator of who you are as a person. I enjoy writing columns about topics that enhance the lives of others since i thoroughly enjoy reading about things that enhance my own life. That’s my choice of writing. Certain people write non-fiction stories, others write poems. My question is if you were told you were going to die tomorrow, what would you write and what would the topic be about?