A Nigerian-American's Take on Literature

At first this book kind of confused me. I didn't really understand how there could be a ghost of a baby in any form of literature, it just doesn't make sense. Why would a baby linger around after death? Perhaps I haven't read far enough to get the answer, but any answer still doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Its a baby, don't they like get a free pass into heaven or something? Like, why does this baby care so much about making everyone miserable? Why is the ghost baby so mean to the dog? Who names their dog Here Boy? When I started this class, I wasn't expecting to read a book quite like this one. I wasn't ready to suspend my disbelief and accept there were ghosts (although I kind of believe in them... its complicated). This book just uses the paranormal like I use my cellphone, often enough for it to be worrying. In Invisible Man, I didn't know it was even a fiction at the start, then again I don't know a lot of things, I just know enough to sur

I feel as though the men throughout all the books we have been reading have been interesting to say the least. In "Invisible Man", they seemed to be more well rounded although some of them were still considered bad people. In "Their Eyes Were Watching God", the men seemed much flatter, with only a few being well rounded. I don't know how to feel about the contrasts really, but what I do know is that I don't feel too strongly either way. However, I suppose I prefer the way they were depicted in "Their Eyes Were Watching God". Their role in the novel was what really sucked me in. The men in "Their Eyes Were Watching God" served primarily as love interests for the main protagonist, Janie. Outside of that, they weren't really used for much (this is not to say they weren't crucial to the book, but in relation to Janie's story, that was their primary purpose). A good comparison would be the women in "Invisible Man". They

I'm gonna keep it 100 with you chief, at first I didn't know what was going on. I've seen people write in different dialectics before and still have never understood them. Now this author throws us straight into a story written in southern hieroglyphs. I also want to relate to the protagonist, Janie, but I have almost nothing in common with her, which isn't essentially a bad thing. She seems like a well rounded and three dimensional individual, while I on the other hand am most defiantly not. I'll likely never go through the problems she is and vice versa, but something about her makes her seem like an actual person. Additionally, one of the problems she is currently struggling with (or was I suppose) is loving a man she has been forced to marry. This is a problem I'm happy I as an African American will never have to deal with, because I'm going to die alone . Her problems make her seem like she isn't just some two dimensional Disney princess, she is

I'm kind of lost on what it means to be invisible. I feel as though I might have a grasp of it. In the case of the narrator it is to move through a crowd unseen or be so generic that no one recognizes you. Invisibility in this book reminds me of the Lego Movie, where the main character was so plain, that they couldn't use satellites to find him and perhaps the author intends for invisibility to be like that. What irritates me is that the concept is brought up so little in a book that is named after the concept. Maybe he'll awaken some kind of beastly persona and go on a crime spree and just blend back into the crowd. He probably won't, but it would be interesting to see him get away with more stuff, like how he beat up some guy in the very start of the book and got away with. I can kind of relate to Inviso Man, I sometimes go unseen until I'm needed as well. You can easily dip in and out of shadows if you please, and only when someone needs you for their own gain

I don't know what to really say in response to a Mary. They're everywhere and they only want one thing and its disgusting. Social interaction with minorities to make it seem as though they're making a difference. Now, some of you that even read the book may not know what a Mary exactly is and I'm here to help you. Here are some tips and tricks on spotting a Mary: Are they a liberal? Do they smile too easily?  Are they approachable, but you'd rather not? Like in the way that a friend's parents or a teacher is approachable , but you'd rather not . Do they talk too much? Do they talk to YOU  too much? Do they invite you out to things you would just rather NOT go to?  Does their presence occasionally make you uncomfortable? Is this your face around them? Are they a bit too happy for a Monday? Do they laugh at jokes, that just aren't THAT funny? Everyone has their own sense of humor, but I'm talking like laughing so hard you walk ar

I know that we already know that Bigger is a killer, but in this blogpost, I plan to expand on that. I also plan to possibly do an essay on this topic as well. Anyway, Bigger is a killer and he was raised in an environment that only encouraged violence. From the very start of the book, Bigger's thought process can be described as hitting the problem until it goes away.While we aren't given his background in too heavy of detail it is likely due to him being raised in a corrupt city, where the white man controls everything and the only path he knows is the one of violence. Typically, young men that join gangs are stereotyped as being violent and bigger is no exception. This can be seen when his gang plans on robbing a white man, which in itself is an act of violence (kind of). Instead of voicing his displeasure of the thought of robbing a white man, he decides to just beat up his friends instead. I am not psychiatrist by any means, but I feel as thought his environment has some