First Year English - Sam

Sam Pastol Professor Walawalkar & Andrew Froshman Seminar  Thursday, December 14, 2017 Essay #5 Throughout this semester in class, we read many books and articles where authors talk to the reader about their personal and social changes around them. While reading those book and articles, three authors stick out to me and they are Marjane who is the author and the main character from The Complete Persepolis, the one and only African-American speaker named Malcom X and Amy Tan. Not only I found them interesting, inspiring and unique, they all relate to one another. All three authors connect to each other because they have educated themselves, promoted awareness and are self-made people.  The first author who describes personal and social changes at a young age to an older women is the main character and author of The Complete Persepolis, Marjane. In the entire book, she uses her artistic skills with only three main colors; black, blue and grey with deta...

Blog #19  The Motorcycle Diary This diary has little stories with one to two pages long with a title that summarizes what they have written. Each chapter explain what they do in their journey and their experiences. It seems that not only they use their motorcycle they also walk, hike around places to find new discoveries. It also looks like the person who uses the “first person” is Che who is accompanied by Alberto. They both have the same mindset, meaning they both love traveling and searching for new things, more specifically understandings. Throughout their journey, they have met a lot of new people such as doctors to check on their health. Traveling and finding new routes are both of their passion. Q1: Why didn’t they use cameras to film their whole trip?

Blog #18 Gloria Anzaldua The Homeland, Aztlan - El otro Mexico. Chpt 1 The main character write her whole book like a poem with couple sentences and then leaves spaces between each small paragraphs. While talking about Mexico, she also using Spanglish, a mix of English and Spanish. It’s probably to show to the reader who she really is and accept the fact that she uses Spanish when she can’t say a word in English. She also talked about the Border line, how it’s dividing Mexicans between a safe and non-safe place and the way they are treated and called. She also talks about how people are deported for trying to find a better place for themselves but they also tend to get caught before crossing the border. At the end of the chapter, goes deep into the history of Mexico, for example who invaded and what happened at that specific time.  How To Tame a Wild Tongue. Chpt 5 When he teacher tried to pronounced her name, the main character got in the corner for correcting her o...

Blog #17 Ta-nehsi Coates Between The World and Me I The author is apparently talking to his son. It seemed like he was on TV being interviewed by a lady who asked him what it meant to lose your body. He is trying to understand the American Progress, or rather the progress of the white America’s progress. He explained that America’s progress was built on violence and looting. The America’s history is common for their torture, thief and enslavement. He explains his view on racism and American history. He is a black man himself and says that they live in a “goal-oriented” era. He talks about how America believes itself exceptional.  “Racism-the need to ascribe bone-deep features to people and then humiliate, reduce and destroy them- inevitably follows from this inalterable condition.” (pg.7) The author describes the world racism in his own world and adds that it is part of the American History. “I was sad for my country, but all above all, in that moment, I was sad ...

Blog #16 Persepolis Summary of the book The main character, Marjiane was born in Iran during the Iranian Revolution. As she kept growing up, she learned more about her family and went through difference faces in her life. She did everything to fully understanding her surroundings and who she really is as a human being. Although there was some hard times, she keep believing in her self and talking to god as someone who can guide her through her journey. At the end of the book, she finally accepts the way she is, as an Iranian women and her purpose of being alive.  My chapter. Skiing, pg. 267 (Author change) Summary:  Coming back to Iran from Vienna, Marjiane felt a sense of dislocation because she wanted people around her to understand what she suffered and her hardships, but instead she felt more isolated. She had hopes that coming back to Iran would forget her past, but instead she became depressed when she realized that her past lives had caught up with he...