Tuesday, November 20, 2007

On a Trip to Target and and Interesting book

The other night I was at target shopping for my new baby niece and while looking at books I found one I really thought was cute it is called "I love you so Much" by Marianne Richmond. I then saw another book with the same name thinking it was a sequel to the one I was looking at because it had a different picture on the cover I picked it up and began reading. Turns out it is the exact same book. The only difference between the two books was the pictures, colors and price. The first book I picked up was red with illustrations of an African American mom and daughter on the cover. The second was a bit larger it was a blue color and had a Caucasian mom and daughter on the cover. This book also cost a little bit more I am hoping that is because it was a bit bigger. But my main reason for telling you all this is that I was taken a back that a book would be printed twice with two different covers especially when the pictures through out the book are not just pictures of one ethnicity. So I want to know what you think...

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Questioning the text: Cofessions of a closet Cathoilc

I had the questioning text paper and I decided that I wanted the group to think about the question "How does the plot of this novel position readers views and feelings on people who question either their own faith or faith in general?"
To direct you to the text when thinking about this question the passages I choose are page: one (confession of examining faith), six, seven and eight (learning about new religions), Page 104 (how Bubbe feels), and Pages 143 and 164-165(religious leaders feelings.
I choose this question because I know I have struggled with faith and my stance on it my entire life and at time faced ridicule for it.