Earley 1 Jastaysha Earley Professor Gazzara English - 102-315(Composition II) 03 February 2014

Session 3: T 1/28: Updike, “A&P” : What i think of the story is that i was anxious and confused at the same time in the beginning. It started off to me asking myself, “What is going on?” “What is going to happen next?” “Why is Sammy admiring all three of these girls in definite detail?” What i had admired the most of this short story was, how exactly it was told. I really did not know who was telling the story until mid-way of this selection. I also admired the fact that Updike was a bit concerned with feminism and how he made both Lenegal and Sammy portray it through their thoughts and perspectives. But other than that from beginning to end i enjoyed it.

Session 4: Th 1/30: Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues” : The turning point is when the narrator had a conversation for the last time with his mother. It was the last time before she had died and before he went away with his life. She was telling the story of how the narrator’s and his brother Sonny’s father’s brother was killed for no reason apparently. And she had explained the burden that it left on the father and herself ever since then. The point she was trying to get across to the

narrator is to always to look out and take care of his brother if anything were to happen to her. Another turning point can be when the narrator finally gets the opportunity to see Sonny play.

Session 5: T 2/4: Mason, “Shiloh” : This information contributes to my understanding of the story by seeing the sequence of how the events were displayed. The same things that were happening to Leroy and Norma Jean, happened before with Norma Jean’s mother; Mabel; before. It is like when the Norma and Leroy were slowly but surely arriving to the battlegrounds their marriage and commitment; well at least Norma Jean’s; were dying as well.

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