Overall Evaluation

These authors are all very much so worthy of our study. I say this because not only are these works that we have read very well written and entertaining, they are also relevant to today and they address topics that are very sensitive. For example, a few of the selections talked about racism, and we can see that racism is a very sensitive topic today and there are lots of people that would probably not be happy with some of the selections that have to deal with racism. I personally connected with the topics and themes that were found in the readings. I personally enjoy history quite a bit, and it is very interesting to see fiction stories that have to deal with racism in the 1960's, or how towns in the south functioned and reading about an all black community was very intriguing on a personal level for me.

                I particularly found Mrs. Turbin intriguing, I found it interesting to see things from a racist white person living in the 1960's point of view. It was kind of refreshing to see her point of view even though she is not a very good person, but in history we seem to only get a viewpoint from the African Americans during the time of Martin Luther King. I also thought it was interesting to see what type of thoughts were going through her head while she was in the waiting room. The story "Revelation", challenged my faith when I read it, I saw it as a reminder to be loving to all people no matter what they look like, or what their race is. It also was like a checkup for me to just make sure that I am not a Mrs. Turbin and go around being full of hate and judgment. Those were some of the characters that I found to be engaging and what really challenged me and made me think throughout completing the assingment.