The Canary-Colored Caravan--Reading Response #2

While reading The Canary-Colored Caravan, I have discovered that I am not a big fan of comics. I never really understood the comic from beginning to end. What confused my the most was what the main topic was suppose to be. I didn't understand whether it was a story about what her family used to be like or whether it was about her relationship with her father. This comic left me with many questions at the end. Some of the questions were about certain parts of the comic in general, like was her mom having an affair when she was talking to that man? and what does the fact of her father suntanning have to do with the story? I like stories that go in more of a chronological order, and a reason why I didn't like this comic so much was because it jumped around a lot. I did find it unique how it stated in the beginning that her mother and father were both English teachers and that she was also in to writing as a career. I did pick up the fact that this comic never did mention how the father died. It stated a lot that the father did die, but never said how. Another question that I was left with was what kind of relationship did the writer have with her father? I kind of got the feeling that she was aggravated with him because he was always correcting her ways and she did not seem to like that. This is my opinion on the comic, and I understand that everyone has their own opinions.

Nemat's Secondhand Bookseller

After reading Nemat's Secondhand Bookseller, I understand more about writing narratives than I ever have. I really enjoyed reading this story, it kept my attention from beginning to end, and that is not very easy to do with books. This story has taught me more about how in dept your suppose to go while writing narratives. I really felt like I was in the story, I could mentally picture the setting of every part of the story. I haven't quite been able to figure out why Nemat uses dialogue when she talks to the bookseller, but not when she talks with other people in the story. By Nemat's thesis, "In a way, books have saved us both." I felt that it focused on the main point of the story throughout the whole story. In the past, I have struggled with writing a thesis and I believe that after reading this narrative that I have more confidence and understand it a little bit more than I had before. I was fascinated by how interested Marina Nemat was with reading books, how she went through so much trouble just to be able to read, and taking matters into her own hands to pursue her interests. This narrative has given me some ideas on what to write my narrative on, and in a round-about way of how I want to write my narrative. I am not a big fan of reading, in the past it has caught my interests but maybe this is the start of a new chapter in my life with reading and writing.