Prompt: Consider your experience reading The Color Purple (a fictional novel), Fences (a play/drama), and Wild (a nonfiction memoir). Which type of longer text did you enjoy the most, the novel, the play, or the memoir, and which did you find the most challenging? Explain your preference, describe what made that type of text more engaging or accessible for you, and reflect on how understanding your preference might influence how you approach future readings.

 Prompt Response: I enjoyed Wild the most because I can connect with the themes of that story better. For example I can sympathize with losing family members and just wanting to drop off the face of the Earth to hike in the wilderness. While the Color Purple was the most challenging for me because of how out of this world it was for me. Celie has a completely different experience in life compared to me in a completely different time. I cannot imagine the abuse she must have endured. I am compelled by the novel, sure but it's an ugly book which I am thankful I can’t relate to. What made Wild more accessible to me was the more modern style of writing which I experience more often making it easier for me to quickly pick up on themes and such. I also like hiking a good bit, and in my opinion because of how Cheryl portrays herself she is much more compelling to read about versus Celie. For me, reading about Celie was sort of boring because of how it felt like she was waiting for life to get worse until the end of the book. Meanwhile Cheryl is more interesting because of how flawed she is and how she reacts to the things around her in the beginning and end of the novel. 


Summary: In class a couple more groups presented their oral projects including my group for chapter 13. 


Reflection: The Color Purple is a great novel with an interesting plot but I find Celie boring for a good portion of the book. It's hard to read about this woman going through all these horrible things. Meanwhile for Wild, Cheryl has clear problems which are brought up throughout the book on her hike. Wild is a more simple plot but going on a spirit hike to figure yourself out is something I have done so I can relate more to that. I also like flawed characters more (yes I know Cheryl is a real person). They make the novel more interesting and feel like they are driving the plot. Celie feels like life is just happening to her and she has little to no control. Which helps contribute to the theme but for me makes the novel less enjoyable than Wild. 


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