Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Lit 216 - Recitatif
Oh wow I really really really really loved this story. The whole time I was reading it I felt like I was in Twyla's shoes - I could smell everything she smelled, see everything she saw, feel everything she felt. I remember being a little kid at summer camp and being afraid of the "big girls" just like she was. I think this story was really progressive because the fact that their race doesn't seem to make a difference, they are on level ground. I like that she never tells me which girl is which race, because it doesn't really matter. Reading this story was like watching a heart-felt movie about best friends and just made me feel happy inside.
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I love the way you us described that. I felt the same way.When I read the story the first time I imagined myself as Twyla and when I read it the second time I put myself in Roberta's shoes and it was a whole new experience. I feel that is the way that Morrison intended the story to be.
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