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Response to the books ‘Talking to the Owls and Butterflies’
In the book ‘Talking to the Owls and Butterflies’ by John (fire) and Lame Deer, the authors give their unique view of how they see current America after undergoing an industrial revolution. I agree with Deer’s argument that industrialization has brought more harm than good. He draws the reader’s attention to the destructions of natural resources, wild and domestic animals caused by the American ignorance and greed to gain material wealth. Looking at the current state of society, the climatic changes are unstable due to the destruction of forests. Endangered wildlife species face the threat of extinction. People consider their parts valuable hence overlook their risk of extinction and murder them anyway.
Response to the book ‘How Did We Come to This?’
In Gordon and Suzuki’s book ‘How Did We Come to This?’, the authors address Americans’ focus on technological innovations to an extent where they overlook their dangers and implications on society. They discuss environmental pollutions that have stemmed from the construction of too many industries. Suzuki’s perspective has mapped out the current situation in America. More people are investing in the industrial world, and more warehouses and factories go up by the day. The government’s failure to regulate these constructions has led to over-reliance on machines and equipment. I found Gordon’s view on how Americans chose to stay ignorant to the fact that natural resources at their disposal were not infinite and over-usage would have long-term negative effects on them very interesting.
Response to the book ‘The Truth About the First Thanksgiving.’
In the book ‘The Truth About the First Thanksgiving’ by Loewen, the author focuses on the need for Americans to be more inclusive and considerate to victims when celebrating the annual thanksgiving ceremony. In this passage, the author’s claims that learning institutions have chosen to use a mythical base to cover the plague, Indian’s enslavement, and grave robbing Indians went through to protect their name intrigued me. Shifting the focus to the victims of the onset of Thanksgiving enlightened me on how challenging and triggering it can be for the Indians to celebrate this occasion.
Response to the book ‘From a Native Daughter.’
In Tran’s book ‘From a Native Daughter.’ she talks about the devastation to the environment resulting from the modern developments and dilution of the Hawaiian culture due to the invasion by tourists from different parts of the world. Her discussion on how the Hawaiian people are discriminated against captured my attention. I appreciated how the author thoroughly discussed the infringement of native Hawaiian rights, gender-based discrimination, and institutional racisms they are forced to face.
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Different points of view (POVs) affect stories by shaping the readers’ understanding of the feelings and actions of the characters (Mulcahy & Gouldthorp, 2016). Since every character in a story has their own perspective, it is the narrator who impacts the reader’s opinion of the characters and events as they unfold. Also, POVs affect stories by determining the amount of information the reader gets as the story unfolds. For instance, with a third-person omniscient POV, the reader can see everything before the other characters do, which gives them forewarning about other events which unfold later on.
I prefer a third-person omniscient POV over first person POV since it allows the narrator to freely move about the plot of the story because they are not limited to one character’s point of view as it is in the case of first person POV. Thus, this allows the narrator to give the reader several viewpoints throughout the story making it more interesting to read.
I enjoyed reading “Bullet in the Brain” more since the POV used allows the narrator to explain the thoughts and feelings of the main character from an all-knowing perspective. For instance, when Anders is struck with a bullet that injures his brain, the narrator describes memories of events throughout his life as if the narrator has been in Anders life all through. For instance, the narrator says, “He did not remember his first lover, Sherry, or what he had most madly loved about her before it came to irritate him…” (Wolff, 1996).
References
Mulcahy, M., & Gouldthorp, B. (2016). Positioning the reader: the effect of narrative point-of-view and familiarity of experience on situation model construction. Language and Cognition, 8(1), 96-123.
Wolff, T. (1996). Bullet in the Brain. The night in question, 200-206.
Response 2
Response 2
My classmate’s email has the advantage of being brief. Emails should always be concise and to the point. Greetings should be included in all emails. What a person says in their email welcome may have a significant impact on whether or not someone reads their message or immediately deletes it. Another advantage of my classmate’s email is that it has this feature. She’s done a fantastic job of ending her email in this fashion. Her email has a number of advantages, including this one. On a negative side, my classmate failed to introduce herself in her email. If she wants to impress the receiver, she should be straightforward and explicit about who she is.