The choice of words in this piece actually had my heart beating faster and breath more shallow.  I felt frightened for the victims of this guy's shameful betrayal.  He was making money off of the backs of these hard workers.  I loved our heroine's bravery in standing up to this guy.  The descripitive words and the mixed in spanish made the imagary very clear to me.  Both this and Corner are written almost in a form of poetry.  They both also portay the mistreatment of Mexicans

what was interesting about this writing was the use of language.  It's an old english or something.    The use of grammer is different from today's as well. I'm not sure there is racism and bigotry in the story, just the use of words as description.  pgs. 23 and 33.  Will be interesting to discuss in class The stories seem to be about a boys journey to manhood. 

I wish I had read this years ago.  Have I finally found my genre?  I know I have a story to tell.  My fear is that it will be called "A GIRL NAMED IT"...........What is the female version of David?  I have been burdened with academic writing and hating every second of it.  We were in our Thurday night class and a couple of students ventured bravely out to discuss their not so nice memories of their childhood.  My story is terrible and I fear that if I begin to open up I may not stop. The pain may be horrendous. Although reading parts of Bird by Bird, by Annie Lamott, made me realize that I can begin one little photo frame at a time

My immediate reaction to these shoert short storiews was how a thought prcoess was told in such a small amount of words.  In Wrong Channel the reader immediately sees that through a blunder in communication this woman was not going to receive her green card through no fault of her own.  In Mockingbird, Peter expresses everyone's true but unspoken, and unpopular wish for life.  No one wants...to have to work that hard.  Land's End speaks to how not everyone has the same experience in a given place.  Certainly She will have a night of pain and not the enjoyment of a vacation.  Finally  in Waiting, She has tha same hum drum life of most of humanity, you work hard go to bed, get up, and start all over again.  All of these stories seem to have a rather bleak undertone on life.  

Wow!  What a reading.  I get the feeling that the writer, Wendall  Berry is very ambivalent about his heritage.  He both loves and hates what his ancestors have passed down to him.  He speaks about distroying the land but seems to recognize the path of progress.  He appreciates more fully what he grew up with, the comfort that he posessed without thinking about it.  Now as an adult he must come to terms with everything progres sbrings with it.  He sees the human race as violent and ignorant.  He finds himself going back to nature to reclaim his humbleness and to appreciate all that God has given on Earth.

What a great reading.  I found the way the author, Adam Gopnik uses irony and humor in his descriptions about adjusting to life in Paris to be refreshing and funny.  I found myself giggling thinking about how the BHV may look at Christmas.  His references to Darwin and the lack of Regulon in the Semioshhere is  very telling about our culture of technology and more technology.  I get the feeling that he wouldn't mind a little less instant media in his life.  Perhaps what he like about Paris is the lack of large appliances and large technology.

I have no problem with my comments being public.  As a group we have gotten to know each other fairly well.  I did not feel the need to revise my original comments as I believed in what I had to say.  Also, I would have to say that I wear my heart on my sleeve and have been rather forthright with my opinions and feelings.
I work very hard and can't wait to be a teacher.  This has been quite a journey and boy, is it flying by.  I sometimes wonder how much information we actuallt absorb.  At this point I am really just hoping to be able to write with a little intelligence and cohesiveness.