RRR"We Dont Know"

In Mary Agrusa’s personal experience “We didn’t know” (2016) She talks about how she and her family members are unknowledgeable about the wartime her father is spending. Agrusa explains the lifestyle it is to live in a place that most kids who parents are in war live on and the conditions that they have to go through. She uses personal experiences and events to describe the living conditions and events that they experience on a daily basis. She mostly made this for anybody who parent are going out for war or at least training so that they know what to experience when the time comes.

In this story I perceive that Agrusa wrote this for the memories of her father. She explains how her father went of to war and struggled. She also describes how her family struggled after her father left.I found it very interesting because it gave me an insight on what kids who parents are off to war go through. Many people fail to realize all the emotional and mental states that the children go through when it comes to having to find out what happened while at war and also figuring out if their family members are safe.

 This passage shows that some things are better left unsaid. Some people fail to realize that when a male or female are in war, that it can affect the lives of their family members. But some others like to keep the experience from them. Her father went to war but kept all information away from them, although they did know he went to war. She had to go through her father’s things on accident as stated, “We discovered my father’s involvement with D-day by accident”(par 5). Her father kept most of his experience to himself because it was for the good of the family. But some people tend to wait for the right time to tell people. When they were all sitting down and her father finally said, “It was the worst experience of my life, I wouldn't wish it on anyone”(par 12). Some people keep negative experiences to themselves, so that either other people can learn from them or that people won't feel bad for them. Although holding things in may make it work, some people might only wait for the right time to tell people. 

RRR"The Percerption of Africa"

In Chinyere Ohuoba’s personal experience “The Perception of Africa” (2016) she asserts that the media uses mass communication to convey a negative look on Africa. Ohuoba explains that Africa is more developed then the media shows. Ohuoba uses facts in order to inform readers that media control the way we look at Africa and other places. Based on this personal experience the audience is anyone who is from Africa that shares her experience or is influenced by the media.

This passage gives so much information on how negative images and especially stereotypes are built into people minds, to depict how they think of certain things. I enjoyed this passage because it shows me that stereotypes shouldn’t be real because it shows nothing positive or true about the object. Myself experience a lot of stereotypes that are not true about my skin color. Most people say that black people are ignorant, ghetto, and loud. When in reality I am the complete opposite, which opened my eyes to show that there is a bright side of everything and everybody.

     Most people tend to pay more attention to the stereotypes of many cultures that the real unique values they bring to this world and depict their thoughts on what the media allow them to see instead of seeing for themselves. As stated, “Many Americans use stereotypes to classify a place in a general aspect, but not every assumption rings true for each country within Africa” (Paragraph 3). This passage mostly shines a light on the negative views of Africa. Africa was a continent where slaves came from, and some places are empty and dry. People only focus on the bad of Africa but nobody knows the positive views of Africa and how much of a good impact on this world. Stereotypes come from what people are shown like “images of Dirt Roads, collapsing buildings, and starving children” (Paragraph 3), those images are what people see and that’s what the media allow them to see, but otherwise if you actually see what the place has to offer in person, all stereotypes will go away. “We traveled to Nigeria and stayed for two months. The length of time that we visited helped me truly experience what my country had to offer” (Paragraph 4). Getting information from the media is a whole different story than getting the information hands on.

RRR"Context"

In Dorothy Allison’s personal experience “Context” (1994) she expresses her distress of her lover might think of her relatives and where she grew up, that might look at her differently. Allison dialect describes her struggle of being raised differently from her lover. Allison uses comparisons in order to inform readers that context is essential conved the message. Based on the essay the audience is anyone who shares her personal experience.

This novel is amusing because I am also approaching the milestone of my spouse meeting my parents. this passage taught me that your bond gets stronger with your spouse when they meet your family. Reading this passage, influenced me to be able for my spouse to meet my parents. I am very happy I came across this passage due to the fact that me and my spouse are getting even stronger.

Individuals from different types of environments have a difficult time understanding how other people live. This reading by Allison supports this statement. The author states: " My mom cooked on a two-burner stove to save us the cost if eating out, our greatest treat was take-out food"(116). This flashback shows how Allison struggled growing up. She remembers how they had to save money and make ends meet. Unlike her lover who was accustom to going out to eat. The author also gives an example, stating: My lover was a Yankee from a good family, who had spent the summers of her childhood on the jersey shore"(117). In this statement, it shows how her lover was raised different from her and how she could not relate to the things she did growing up. This made her fear what her lover would see on her face once she spent time with her relatives. In conclusion, the focus of Allusion's paragraph is to show how difficult it is to introduce your lover to your family