AfAmariano

     I’d like to start of this blog post by saying happy thanksgiving everyone. I hope everyone’s spending quality time with those you love. Now onto another American staple, Richard Wright. This past Monday, Mr. Mitchell screened HBO’s modern adaptation of Native Son. As I watched I felt that there were too many changes from the original plot and character in order to fit modern times. First, with Bigger, or Big, as he’s called in the movie adaptation. He takes on a whole new persona. What I found most interesting about him as a character (in the book) was fear of seeming afraid. A pivotal moment for him was the fight in the pool room. In the movie, Big had a counter-culture which made many of his actions questionable. At times I felt that his choices didn’t fit how he was portrayed. I was sad to see the fight scene omitted and adapted into a sad substitute, but that might be picky.      Without giving too much away, I did want to mention that I enjoyed...

     I often worried for Sethe throughout the course of this book. She has been through a life of traumatic events. Her childhood spent as a slave without a family, and her older years spent with the haunting if her dead child. Many people go through hard times in their lives, but not many have scratched the surface of Sethe’s misfortune. For any person, time helps heal emotional wounds, but it is necessary to have support whether that be from family or friends. For Sethe Halle was that support in her life. After her “loss” of Halle Sethe turned to baby Suggs, the town leader and mother figure for Sethe. Apart from Baby Suggs, Sethe had the town too. Life seemed to take a turn for the best after her escape. It only took 28 days, for Sethe to lose everything.      We know well the lengths of Sethe’s love, so it’s difficult to imagine the effects of losing “her best part.” For 18 years Sethe beared the weight of her trauma with no shoulder to lean on. Ins...

     When Mr. Mitchell warned my class about Toni Morrison’s, Beloved , I proceeded with caution. I immediately realized that no warning could’ve prepared me for the wild ride Morris took me in just the first paragraph. In class, as we “unpacked” the first paragraph I noticed how much more I understood upon a second read. As we delve deeper into the book, I notice another trend that we talked about in class. Morrison travels seamlessly between the current world and the past. While it’s confusing to keep track of which facts go with which timeline, I think the mystery of it adds to the intriguing part of the book.      I like especially learning about Sethe’s past, because the history of her journey tells so much about who she is as a person. Up to this point I know that Sethe escaped from “Sweet Home” to Ohio. That alone is a tough story, but Morrison adds the fact that she ran away, separated from her family, with the hope of meeting them once she reac...