Post #3

I feel that the title "Book of Negroes" is just to get public attention whether it is to enrage everyone in the country that led to front page burnings and censorship because I think that the author knows that the title will eventually be accepted and people will start massively purchasing these books because of its publicity or former history. Or maybe the author wanted to put the title as 'The Book of Negroes' so that it feels more like the times when black people were actually called 'negroes'. The title is obviously not appropriate at all especially since it was released at a time when the word 'Negro' was so sensitive to people's ears, it might lead them to think that this book is racist or offensive. I think that the book burnings are just people overreacting to this situation, even when the details of the book is appropriate, and if they hate the book so much why would they spend money to buy it meaning supporting it then burning it afterwards? Isn't it a waste of money? Based on what I read from the novel so far, I think that the title could be changed to simply something like "Aminatta Diallo's Diary" or "Aminatta Diallo's Life of Slavery and Freedom"

Post #2

I like the essay "In The Trenches" the best because I feel it is the only essay that doesn't bore me as much and the things that the narrator experiences are phenomenal. The essay is straight-forward and easy to understand in general unlike the other two for example the 'suitcase lady' the author describes the lady's outfit and her actions and everything but it doesn't seem as convincing or leading us straight to the point, and it could mean so many things. 'in the trenches' is just straight up just war, bombardments, fear, explosions, friends... I believe that essays like "in the trenches' catch most readers' attention.

Post #1

HI. My name is Eric Fong. I'm from Hong Kong, 17 years old. Here is my first blog post.

I study in Canada in a private school called Ridley College, it is my fourth year there, it is also my last year and next year hopefully I get to go into a good university somewhere in Canada (either British Columbia or Ontario) or maybe the UK. I swim. My favorite literature is the Magic Tree House series I read when I was younger, they are always fun to read and never boring. I hope I can achieve the goal of writing better essays and speaking more fluently in English by the end of this year.