Blog: I am so happy right now with my group. We finally have some filming done! Last weekend Leah was supposed to film her family at their cabin, but Maya was sick the whole time and Leah wasn't able to accomplish much. But last night we interviewed Leah's parents. The interviews went really well, both subjects were engaging and told interesting stories that will hopefully draw in the attention of our audience. I was the one asking the questions and it felt really professional which I am also happy with. We have the camera for the whole weekend and we hope to interview Maya then since she will be almost completely healthy again. I believe we have great footage to create a good trailer and documentary, even from our first two interviews.
Reading: As I was reading the beginning of the page written by Langston Hughes, I was confused with his form of language and didn't see where the paper was going. The ending is what made it click in my head. The paper seemed to not be very organized. I don't know if it was Hughes' intention to be this way, but I felt that the paragraphs were in no order and I couldn't connect how they flowed together. I also wondered why he wrote this paper in the form he did. The lines weren't complete, as in a sentence would cut off and be continued on the next line when there was plenty of room left to have the whole sentence on one line. Even from reading the paper, my question wasn't answered.
My favorite part of the paper was when Hughes said "You are white- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. That's American". I like the way that he phrased this thoughts here. As Americans we are a part of one another. We make up the country, through learning and interacting with one another. Therefore we are a part of one another. I guess that when this was written this wasn't as well known of a fact, but I believe that it is today. Hughes was ahead of his time when writting this paper.
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