https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp Made with magic en-us 2019-02-11 16:11:51 UTC 2019-02-25 16:14:44 UTC hello@padlet.com menkeselizabeth https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/329946834 I have read a few book similar to this in the past where someone from Africa has become accustomed to life in America and they reminisce about the past. The book that I read before was titled "". It was similar through character development as well as the plot of the book. Each individual character is narrating from a developed point in their life and talk about what life was like in Africa and how difficult it was to assimilate to American culture. The interesting part about both of these books is the display of stereotypes in general. It doesn't matter whether they are an African in America, an American in Africa, or just in America or Africa. ]]> 2019-02-11 16:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/329946834 jquinones6 https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/329947023 This book uses names that I am unfamiliar with a lot, most of them relating to the African culture, such as Ibinado, Uju, and Omenka.]]> 2019-02-11 16:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/329947023 menkeselizabeth https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/332770241 How is the author bringing the reader closer to the immigrant's experience?
The way the book is written, it begins with the "immigrant" or main character in America. She is going to get her hair done at the salon. In this she messages an old friend from the past. As a result, the story continues to talk about the past events. The way the author writes about these past experiences, is almost confusing to the reader at first because they appear to be all over the place and almost random. However, if the reader were to pay close attention, these events in the past occur like thoughts in the mind. It's like the book is the main character's mind and the readers are following her train of thought. In this, the reader is able to gain a better understanding of this main character and get "closer" to their experience. Moreover, the past experiences of Ifemelu are giving the reader the background knowledge of the character's life that adds a connection. This book is written in third person point of view. As a result, the reader can follow each aspect of Ifemelu's story, and therefore gets closer to the African immigrant]]> 2019-02-19 16:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/332770241 jquinones6 https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/332772246 one of the conflicts presented was Aunty Uju's decision to keep a baby to a man that she had a child's abortion for before, this made her character become centered around sympathy, as she had difficulty with the baby's citizenship when immagrating]]> 2019-02-19 16:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/332772246 https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/333756590 How did this person’s story exhibit/contradict (or both) the idea of the American Dream?
I don’t think the question should be how this person’s story exhibits/contradicts (or both) the idea of the American Dream because the American Dream is a fluid concept that applies differently to everyone. But in the sense of a general “looking to make a future in America]]> 2019-02-21 17:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/333756590 jquinones6 https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/333756690 The sto]]> 2019-02-21 17:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/333756690 jquinones6 https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/334929722 my ideas of immigrants moving to to the US changed because I now see how the parents often pressured their children to get better education]]> 2019-02-25 16:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/menkeselizabeth/h1lmrm0ok4mp/wish/334929722