Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Malcolm X, Alexie, Bell

Dr. Steven Kapela
Avalon Bednarcik

MalcomeX: QFD&J

1. I believe Malcolm’s intended audience is African American’s because he emphasis his struggles of growing up as a slave, and being denied many things due to his race.

3. Malcolm X had many sponsors including people and institutions. Including Alex Haley who he narrated his autobiography. Other people include Mr. Elijah Muhammad, his visitors Ella and Reginald.  Institutional sponsors include Charlestown prison, where Bimbi made him envy his knowledge, a dictionary, his correspondence and his reading of many books. Including, Will Durant’s, Story of civilization; The new York Times; Parkhurt’s collection; Nat Turner; Herodotus, the father of history; Half a billion people, about deeply religious brown people, and then he started to study philosophy. I think his most influential sponsor was Mr. Muhammad, which could be considered a very strange answer. I believe Mr. Muhammad gave Malcolm X, a lot of respect and appreciation based on how ignorantly and highly he praised white people. I’m not sure where his wisdom is derived from, but his mad teaching changed Malcolm X. Basically the whole concept of prison itself changed him.

6. Malcolm X went through a lot in his life and experienced many things no one should ever see.  He had a lot of motivation to back up his readings, and personality reading is so hard for me. My mom used to read to me as a kid and maybe that’s why I don’t like it right now. Reading is fine; I just have really specific taste in reading. Although I have had many reading lists, with very shitty books, it’s very unfortunate.

Applying and Exploring

1. This is a very touchy subject, in today’s world, oh the Internet. How it has changed our lives so much, and made Americans ignorant to literacy. I’ve read studies about how the internet has made Americans ignorant about the speed, and that too much information is coming to our brains any the same time, making it unbeneficial, in some aspects. We’ve have become a very Illiterate America.

2. Okay, Dr. Kapela, I currently don’t think I can elaborate a whole page on this, but I’ll try. I am still young and consider your class my literacy sponsor. I’ve hated English class my whole life, and I actually like your class. I’ve actually learned good tools I can use in English. I always receive good grades in general, but English is the hardest class. You have taught me so much about English, and this year isn’t even half way over. I really appreciate how much you made me appreciate English.

Meta- Moment

I feel my teacher would say his literary sources are the most important idea and I would agree with that statement. They were his motivation to everything he is today.

Alexie: applying and exploring ideas

1. I do not believe every person can overcome poverty; this is kind of ridiculous to assume. Although determination can be major part of succeeding, so is talent. I’m sure everyone can think of someone that is fully submerged in a career path, which you know they have no talent, but heart? It takes a lot to make it to the top, and you got to have ‘it’ to get there.

Bell: As you read

1. I have a lot of memories which, I have fictionalized and many I don’t even remember.  Ids rather not name anything specific or personal. Although, my brother, my cousins and myself were all very close as children growing up and I have many fond memories which were very different than what they recall. I believe it is because of my somewhat more creative brain.

QFD&J

4. Bell means by the word, “kill” in her writings was, as a child growing up she was punished for speaking things not meant to be spoken. Referring to her sisters Gloria’s suicidal past. She felt the bond was lost or broken in telling. Her autobiographies were written in memory of her mother’s hope chest. She did learn to gain knowledge, and self-growth though the autobiography of others.

Applying and Exploring

3. Typically there are many horrible parts of every traumatic event the storyteller would wish to delete. So I feel most people, writing a story tend to change it solely because there appearance might be embarrassing.  On the hand you really could have been traumatized and actually forgot the event.

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