ENGL 306 | Discussions
September 28, 2016
Where on the line were you?
Erika - 5
Kaali - 5
Lance - 3
Micah - 4
How did you decide?
Lance
Felt like it was whining (complaining almost), it didn't really cause me to think any differently. She took something and stretched it, her stories and tailored them to her opinion
Micah, Kaali
It didn't feel like she was (actively) pushing an agenda. Her writing didn't feel extreme or aggressive enough for it to feel like a protest to me. Much of her writing was open to interpretation, the reader could choose what message they wanted to get from her writing.
Erika
Citizen may fit the definition of a protest, however, the characteristics I generally associate with protest were not strongly emphasized in her Citizen. Although her writing was very powerful, it felt more like this was informative than persuasive.
What evidence might you use to support your decision?
Lance
On page 12 (the one where she is on the airplane), when the mother and daughter come up to her and the mother says that she will sit in the middle, that is not necessarily an example of racism. The daughter could have wanted to sit on the side simply because she did not want to sit by a stranger.
Micah
The use of "you" in Citizen
Kaali, Erika
It's difficult to reference a specific part of the book because it's more the absence of certain characteristics that we generally associate with acts of protest.
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