"Questions for the Characters"

"Snow"
By:Kenji Jasper

-Why did snow choose the life that he live if he suppost to be protecting his family?

-What runs through your mind when you kill somone? What do yo feel?

-Do you ever think about what your baby will say about your actions when she get older?

"Relating to Snow"

"Snow"
by: Kenji Jasper
pages 1-29

"The hardest thing in the world is coming in from the cold."

This is the quote snow the main character stated in the 1st page.This quote mean to me that Its very hard growing up and trying to survive the life he live.Everyday You either hear on the news somone geting shot, somone geting robbed.This story looks past that and in to his feelings as to why snow does these things.Its like a goal of his life to get his girl and his baby girl out of the bad life.So he robs and kill people which is the only way he find is accetable for him. He cant find a decent job to fit his skills and the fast money to support his family.At the age of 23 and no high school education he feel he has no choice but to live this kind of life.Many people now and day feel the same way.When they need a quick way to make money and take chances everyday of there freedom.Many people feel the streets is the only way.when I think about it Snow purpose of his life style is because of the most important thing in his life and I wonder when people take these chances and in the long run u end up died and gone who is there to blame? Yeah you loved your family so why not sattle down and do the right thing because now who do you wife and your baby have if you put up with the streets.Its a hard situation but its somthings for those who are living a dangreous life because of your family who would thy run to?

Contagious

Chapter One - Chapter Seven

The book Contagious so far is a good book. I havent really fully started to understand the book yet, it like two stories that are clashing together. Im not sure if the two main characters in the book meet later or what. The first story is about a man Maurice Jones who use and manipulate women. He makes them belive that he really love them when all he is really do is take there money. The second story is a bought a couple who robs men for there money. Nekole Mitchell and her boyfriend Sirron are belived to be like the next bonnie and clyde or something like that. Nekole siduce men and found out where they keep there money, then she go's home and tell Sirron. Then he come up with a plan on how to rob the men. That as far in the book as i got but it seems to be real intersting.

cash money

cash money was a very good book, the only thing that was kind of odd was the fact that Bj one of the main characters and hios girlfriend went there sepreate ways at the end of the story.I thought free his girl was going to move with him to atlanta. he had to move because things where geting real hot around him, but instead she stayed where she was at and stayed in school because she was so attached to all the money she was making and she felt money was worth more then love.She picked money over her soul mate and he dident have a promblem with it because he was also stuck on all the money he was making.This books show that money is very poweerful and it can take over people mindes.

Coffe Will Make You Black

PART ONE~~~ spring 1965- summer 1967
Coffee will make you black is so far about a young name Jean "Stevie" Steveson. She an eleven year old girl whose going through the stages in becoming a young woman and finding out what are things like. Well she's only in the sixth grade already a boy is asking her adult questions like "Are you a virgin?" ( Doesn't the book is Smut!!!! Mr. Malley!!!!!!) She asks her other what this mean or what this is......ya know personally questions about becoming a lady and going through puberty?????/(i think i spelled that wrong....lol) but yeah her mind is curious in whats going on.

Cash money

One of my books 'cash money' which genre is African American really bring teenagers together and talk about the events that is going on in story. I feel that young teens are interested in this genre because somtimes people can relate to whats going on. these books are like misterys that people going around trying to solve.There are also many everyday life situations that really happend to many people in every day life.In the story the little boy t.j got shot at the age of 14 by a crack head who robbed him and when you read things like that you can't help but to read on and see what happend next. Now his older brother the only person who cared is fighting hard to stay strong and not take his own life away.

Why did my group choose African American Literature

My group has chosen African American Literature because it is something that capture our intrest. The name of are books that we have chosen are: L.Roberts: Contagious by Quentin Carter, B.Posey: Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley, R.Briggs: Street Love by Walter DeAn Myers. We each have chosen a book that we know would be intersting to us, and not something that would bore us with in second. I think people read our genre because it reflects on real life exsperinces. It also show people pain and struggle, and what they go through living in the ghetto.

Assessment - Indy Reading Project - December

Briana 5/5 Responses

Love the voice/personality, but the last three responses were too short and too repetitive.  Provide examples dudette.  It is your responsibility to clarify.

LyN'aSiA 5/5 ReSpOnSeS

I look forward to reading your responses to the next project, when Fabio-esque novelists like Zane are prohibited.  Like Briana, I like the personality in your writing, but we gotta raise that diction just a bit.  Everytime I read "you is" it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and beg for medically assisted suicide.  

Rachel 6/5 Responses (Nice job Rach!)

You wrote "To much attention is not always good when your doing Illegal things."  Ah, the wonderful lessons literature teaches, lol.  I like that you are going back and responding to the questions I'm posing to your responses.  Good job this quarter.

Britney R. 1/5 Responses 

Brit.  One response?  C'mon.  Let's get it together.