extra credit #1

During our last class discussion, we talked about what it means to be a boy or a girl in today's society and what our roles are as male or female.  I understand how all of this related to our book Middlesex, with how Cal isn't sure what is right and wrong for her and all that fun stuff.  I am going to admit that I don't know how any of this really relates to the book Speak.  I really like the book and I'm having fun reading it, but I don't see how it relates to what we've been talking about this unit. Throughout the whole book I was thinking maybe she might realize that she is a lesbian, or bi-sexual or something like that, but I'm almost at the end of the book, and it hasn't happened.  I do think that a lot of people can relate to Melinda in Speak because she is in a new school and she doesn't have any friends and a lot of people changed.  I can relate to this because i have many friends that completely changed once we got to high school and I would never want to be their friend, just like Melinda.  I really did like both of these books in this unit though. =)

Blog #6

I found Middlesex to be a very interesting novel.  It was very different.  You do not really think about how someone like Cal would fit into a society until something like this is brought to your attention.  It is a very bizzare novel but the more you think about it, it didnt happen that long ago and its not like its not happening now.  Gross to think about, but it happens.  The Westboro Church people really made me angry.  I mean yes they have a right to speak their mind and all that kind of good stuff but it doesnt really even seem like they are doing it to benefit anyone but themselves.  They get a high in making people mad and that seems to be their goal when they go out to the corners like in the video we watched.  I just dont think they should be able to do that, even though I agree with everyone should be able to have freedom of speech.  These people arent doing anyone any good at all.  I found the Heterosexual Quiz interesting because it made me feel like the minority.  Like I was being pushed into a corner and being drill for my beliefs.  So I kind of see a little better now on how homosexuals feel in their everyday lives.