toni morrison interview

not sure if I found the right one...

The interview begins talking about Toni Morrison's new book "A Mercy" and "Beloved." Then they talk about which book she thinks is better. After that they talk about the story line of "A Mercy."

I personally didn't like this video. I didn't like the video because I haven't read any of Morrison's books and am not interested in reading them. I also didn't like it because it was 30 minutes long and was very distracted. Also, it is one a.m.

This video relates to my class' because i will unfortunately have to read Morrison's book, "Beloved," in Western Heritage. I am also apparently going to have to read a section from "Beloved" in Analytic writing.

1) Why did we have to watch it?
2) What do you think is Morrison's best book?
3) What is your opinion on Morrison as a writer?


yaaaa I'm done :D

simpsons annotation

This article explained what the Simpson's series is, giving the basic ideas and explaining when it was created and the history of it. It stated that the Simpson's was the most viewed cartoon since the Jetson's. It said that the Simpson's series is about a middle class family and reaffirms many myths. And then it goes on to explain some episodes of the series. And while the Simpson's family may be a middle class family, they don't have many of the values that a middle class family would have, like how education is portrayed.

I personally like the Simpson's, so i was able to relate to this article and understand what they were explaining in the beginning. Also, I have seen many of the episodes they explained and helped my understanding. And i also agree that while the Simpson's family is portrayed as a middle class family, they don't really follow the basic ideas of a middle class family in real life.

This article is easy for me to relate to my life because i used to watch the Simpson's a lot and it is easy for me to understand and agree with many of the things this article is saying.

1) Explain a situation when you can relate to the simpon's family.
2) Who is your favorite Simpsons character?
3) How would you explain the Simpsons?

3statement things

1) Men feel woman should do what they want
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2) Men see woman as an item
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3) Men think woman should stay home and take care of the family
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the second sex annotation

In the Second Sex, de Beauvoir explains how men oppress woman. He says that men see woman as an object and see themselves as the subject. It also says that men see woman as the "other" category. According to de Beauvoir, men see themselves as the essential being and they look at women being inessential and useless.

I felt that this was a good article in the time period that it was written in. In the early 1900s woman had very little rights and were seen as objects and men were superior. This can also still be seen today, but on a far smaller scale.

This article shows that men see themselves as superior to woman. This can be seen in movies and other stories, the men are normally the main character and the hero where woman aren't as often. There are no where near as many mythical female heroes as there are male.


1) Explain a time when you felt like an object.
2) Explain a time when you felt superior to someone.
3) Who is your favorite female hero?


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