Thursday, February 4, 2016

Journal Three- Devon

I really like how he has so many different profiles of people. I think that it keeps the book very interesting. I think the images that he uses are also very effective. If the picture of Rivera and Pine was not at the beginning of the profile we might think that they still hate each other to this day. I don't think that they should make the profiles so short. I wish that some of them could have been longer. May not eight pages like Rivera but maybe four. When I find something interesting as I'm reading I underline it.

Tommie Bass profile was very interesting to read. He wasn't a doctor with a degree but he knew herbs and the effects that they could have on people. This profile showed how ordinary people can still be very smart. You don't always have to have some type of degree to be a genius. This guy had people coming to him for advice. In my life I've met people that have no college experience and some of them don't have any high school experience. They are smart though about certain things. Tommie is "street smart" just like some of the people I've met. The photo at the beginning shows that he is organized but on the shelve there are books. He's educated enough to read. The photo shows how much of an ordinary person he was.

A line that stood out to me as I was reading was on page 67 - " I been into it, you see, for around seventy- two years. If a fella don't learn something in that time , he might just as well quit." I thought that this statement was very true. If your doing something and your not learning anything then you may want to change things up a little bit. I feel like as time goes on you should learn new things about whatever your doing.

5 comments:

  1. I too thought that the profiles have been very interesting. Every new profile just keeps flipping the script, and it has helped to keep me engaged. Also, the pictures have been fun to look over because I think they help me gain a better grasp of who these people were. I never thought of these articles being brief as a weakness, but I can definitely understand your argument. Sometimes after I've finished reading an article I do wonder what happened to that person later. There should've been a follow up book consisting of the surviving individuals.

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  2. We are definetely on the same brave wavelength with Holding On. I also thought that it would really add more to the book by extending the length of the stories which would probably give us a better understanding of each individual. Tommie Bass also struck me as the most interesting story as well. Its true that this man might not be "book smart" but he is definitely "street smart" and more so than a lot of people I know.

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  3. We are definetely on the same brave wavelength with Holding On. I also thought that it would really add more to the book by extending the length of the stories which would probably give us a better understanding of each individual. Tommie Bass also struck me as the most interesting story as well. Its true that this man might not be "book smart" but he is definitely "street smart" and more so than a lot of people I know.

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  4. I also like the multitude of profiles, I think it keeps the reader connected and anticipating what will come next. I picked Tommie Bass as well and adored his intelligence. He is proof that there are people out there that are not selfish and that you do not have to "go with the flow" to be successful.

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  5. The different profiles is what makes this book work. If the author looked for people with the same personalities and same lifestyles the book would have been boring and repetitive. Tommie Bass was one of my favorites as well. It just showed how much he cared about people and his knowledge of herbs.

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