Victoria Miller’s blog

 I really enjoyed reading both I, Rigoberta Menchu and In the language of memory. They gave me as a reader a very clear image of what the indigenous face and how they live. I am aware that indigenous people face much discrimination and cruelty, however, I was never really aware of how drastic it was. I feel as though the cruelties that the natives face are not vocalized as much as they should be. When I think of the news and discrimination I manly thing of those of Africans decent, the Islamic, and Mexicans. However, there are so many groups that face discrimination out there and it bothers me how little we talk or learn about it. I think back on my grade school to all the moments we talked about discrimination and I remember talking about slavery and all the segregation that the African Americans face for at least a week every year, which in no means is a bad thing, however I only remember talking a about the cruelties the indigenous face ones or twice and the only thing that we t...

 This week I really enjoyed reading I, Rigoberta Menchu. It was both very interesting as well as enlightening as I was shown more about peoples experiences that I never really understood. In I, Rigoberta Menchu we learned about the hard ships that Rigoberta and her community faced. I really enjoyed reading this book because she told use about her culture and explained it as much as she could. I really enjoy reading about other cultures and I find it interesting to look at the similarities and differences between them. I also enjoy learning new things from the culture because some of the believe and practices are more than just that and it's a good way to look at healthier and safer ways to do things. For example, apart of the Quiché Maya's birth ceremony is the isolation of the child and mother for eight days. Rigoberta said that this was so the child could hold on to its purity a little longer and so it can start being acquainted with the world, on top of that it also might h...

 I really enjoyed the poems this week. I personally enjoyed Out of the Game the most because of how sarcastic it was. I also liked the contrast between the two. In the first poem I have we are shown the things that were given to the Cuban people. The poem came off very content with the progress of the Cuban revolution despite the facts that these were the basic of privileges. The poem says things like "I have the pleasure of walking my country," and "I can say cane" all the while sounding perfectly content as if it were a great privilege to say and do those things. I find this completely shocking because having the right to do an say what you want should be the base line of rights, or even below that. After writing that I realize that not even as Americans are we completely free to do these things as well, especially these past few years with the covid restrictions. However, under normal circumstances we are free to travel the country as we wish. In contrast the oth...

I really enjoyed the reading History will absolve me, it is one of my favorite reading that we did this year. I enjoyed reading his perspective and I still can believe that he made such a speech with out any notes. There were so many things that Castro talked about in his speech that I strongly agreed with and everything he said was very clear and understandable that it had no chance of being interpreted any other way. I also enjoyed the sarcastic and passive aggressive comments that he made through out the speech. These literature devices really show how passionate Castro was about his arguments against the government because he is not trying to be professional and he is just speaking his thoughts without restraint in my opinion.  I also appreciated how he not only used Cuba’s and Latin America’s history, but also the history of other countries as well as their beliefs to support his arguments. My favorite example of this was when he was arguing their right and obligation to rebel...

 Hi Seth, reading your post was really interesting. I also thought that the book seemed to have a very hopeless attitude. The thought of only existing to pass on DNA is something I hadn't thought about while reading the book but I makes you question if the work that Evita put into making a better Argentina was worth all the strife she got and the shortened life span. However, whether something is worth while or not can only be decided by the person involved.

 Hey Brooke, I also thought it was very to learn about how the women fought in the war. It was nice to see some representation of these amazing women in the Underdogs despite how little it was.