Angel A. Ortiz Martinez
English 1109 at 3:23PM Sn-M
September 13 2020
Journal 3
So far actively reading is going well, I do like acquiring new vocab words and taking notes is helpful understanding a little bit more of what is going on within the story that I’m reading. What I do think that is most effective on my active reading is the note taking on the sides in which I can write a little summary or key words in which helps me understand what is going on within the page or couple of pages. Sometimes for me highlighting doesn’t help for me for mysterious reasons but I do combine that with summarizing so I can highlight the summary in which I do have a little parenthesis where I place the most important event or sentence, I believe the page or chapter contains. There are some connections in which I relate with the readings, so it does help to remember what is going on within the story. In overall it does help actively reading.
My preference so far would go to “The House of Mango Street” due to the simplicity but yet how descriptive it is throughout the chapters and how little by little withing the setting there is more and more locations and unique characters. Obviously not as descriptive as “One and Done.” The reason I’m saying this is because when I read this, I feel like that in this story I maintain within my mind a little visualization of the area and with the characters and locations within it. I feel like between both books both are good on how different they are, but I will go with Maurice Claret’s book due to the fact that it gives off a more in-depth outlook what was happening in his life and to the very detail.
One of the questions I would ask Clarett would be what motivated him to write this book…
Hey I understand what you mean when you say that "The House on Mango Street" is easier when it comes to active reading. I think that "One and Done" has so much more detail to it that its harder to catch every important detail in it.
ReplyDeleteGreat question at the end I to wonder sometimes what propelled him to write his book. Anyhow I agree with some of your points but ask you to challenge yourself to find and figure out why One and Done is so hard for you to read. It is easy to say one is better or more reader friendly then the other but I challenge you to find and figure out what specifically you find hard about reading One and Done because it could open your eyes to what you have been missing out on in The House on Mango Street. Anyhow I am glad you enjoy Cisneros and I hope to also understand her readings a bit better myself. I guess the overall conclusion question I would ask you is why is One and Done hard to read? I hope to see your answer soon and hope that your classes go well.
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