Monday, February 23, 2009

blog #3

I really enjoyed reading the identity essay, “If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I” by Geeta Kothari. I liked the topic of the essay because it was fun to read and not a serious topic. I enjoy reading pieces that are more intimate and feel like the writer is directly speaking to the reader. The one-on-one dialogue is interesting to read. I also liked that this dealt with another culture and you as the reader get a sense of nationality and cultural identity to it. When the writer talks about going back to India and eating in the restaurants that is it not true ethnic food, it reminds me just like here if you eat at Taco Bell that they modernize and Americanize the food and it is not truly Mexican food. The food there would taste different because it comes from real ingredients, not processed food. The characters in the story are not use to the “real food” of India and cause them to get sick. I like tuna and think that the food choice of this essay is interesting. Also the writer mentions other foods that you would find in other countries such as “yellow dal, rice, chapatti, bhaji, lentils. I have never heard of some of those foods. Overall I liked the story and found it to be interesting. The paper we had to write of our own identity was interesting to write. Thinking back at a time in my life and talking about an event that dealt with identity was emotional. Everyone goes through times in their lives where their identity is questioned and you are forced to find out who you are. Going through school is in itself an identity adventure and as you grow older you find out more about yourself. I really liked this assignment because it allowed me to rethink all the way back in middle school and forward all the way up to now. There were a lot of ups and downs and emotional times, but that is what makes you who you are. You have to experience the bad to find out the good. It is neat to think of all the teachers and coaches that have helped you through growing up. I can still remember an old song our grammar teacher taught us in 7th grade to remember linking verbs and can still sing the song! This class so far has been really intriguing on levels that I had never imagined. The knowledge I will take from this class will be with me as I continue on in life. I am thinking about pursing my masters and English is a subject I really enjoy. Not only do I get to express myself creatively by writing, but also by reading and researching well known writers that have been known as some of the greatest of all time. In every upper level English class I take, I findd more about myself than any other class that I have taken here.

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