Newspaper:Travel

I think Rosenthal's piece should be in the travel section. It's objective and subjective and articles in the travel section can be objective and subjective. Also, the story is about tourists going to Germany to visit the concentration camps to see if such a gruesome place existed. It almost felt like Rosenthal was there and telling his experience was like. I feel like it should be published as a review under that section. He has a certain story telling vibe, that I think a lot of people can connect with and be interested in the place he went. "...at Brzezinka the sun should ever shine or that there should be light and greenness and the sound of young laughter It would be fitting if at Brezezinka the sun never shone and the grass withered, because this is a place of unutterable terror," this sentence seems to be said from the author's point of view. I don't think anyone else can describe someone else's feelings like that, unless they could read minds. It's hard to exactly write whats on someone else's mind unless it was fiction. I doubt that it should be in the short stories' column, because it's also seems to be too objective to be a story. When I read this, I imagined being inside the author's head literally. I imagined that inside his brain was a capsule, some sort of spaceship. I seated myself inside, clicked the audio button, and his thoughts could be heard over my pair of headphones. This story seems to real, to be fake.

Words of Wisdom

Tone Difference

Theme for English B's tone is more soother, whereas the tone for Hair is regretful and angry. Langston Hughes is more accepting and he understands the culture clashes. He also knows that he doesn't have to change in order to fit into society's image of perfect. In his poem he says, "As I learn from you, I guess you learn from me. " I like that line because it shows how this whole world is somewhat connected. Two different races with different ideas and thoughts, but so much to learn about each other. Malcolm X realizes later in the story and he regrets self- degrading himself and he was already perfectly fine just the ways he was before he got his hair transformed. He doesn't like the fact that he endured so much pain just to be someone who he doesn't need to be. Getting sucked in what is considered pretty can destroy a person's perspective on image and that being beautiful is a set of rules you have to follow. It was upsetting to both authors but they coped through it in different tones and methods.

Malcolm X and Langston Hughes

Hair and Theme for English B have their similarities and their differences.
It's all about what it's like to stand out from the crowd. Malcolm X in Hair is trying to blend in with the crowd, starting out with his hair. It's just hair, nothing special, but his want for a "white looking" hair shows significance that he wants to fit in. It's like high school, everyone is trying to find out what is considered "in" or "out." In Hair, Malcolm X is on his way to self- degradation. He wants to feel superior for just once in his life because society always looked down on having different colored skin.
Langston Hughes tells a story about being different. He says wearing a different color doesn't mean you can't like the same things or do the same things as a white person. He feels that everyone is connected in this world even though some people don't want to be. Some can learn from each other and it really doesn't matter about color. In fact, everyone can learn more about other culture and races. We all live in the same world, so might as well. When people learn about other people, they don't change along with it. A new perspective in another culture, is something someone gains.

These two stories both talk about society, and how judgmental it can be just because you're different. 

Fish Cheeks

There must be thousands of  possibilities on why Amy Tan decided to go along with Fish Cheeks as her title. I think she chose this title because in the story it mentions that it's her favorite food. Now, I'm a pretty picky eater, and I'm extremely stubborn about certain types of food. There's this mexican restaurant called Chipotle and they do burritos and burrito bowls. You scurry down the line, pick the toppings you want, and VOILA HEAVEN! Now there is a point to this. The point is that it is my Chipotle list, IT WILL NEVER CHANGE, because it's me. No one else is going to eat my Chipotle except for me. Favorite foods can't easily change, just like how Amy couldn't change her lifestyle to fit Roger..Ron...Robert. It's who she is and she doesn't have to change to satisfy someone else. She doesn't live for Robert and Robert doesn't live her life. It might be embarrassing to admit you like something that is out of the ordinary, but if someone were to truly love you, it wouldn't matter in the end. I believe that if you love someone, you'd love both sides, negative and positive. You really can't change a person, because it's their life and it's them.

By Any Other Name

I think the author wasn't trying to dissuade the readers about how people can have dual personalities. "But I put it happily away, because it had all happened to a girl called Cynthia, and I never was really particularly interested in her." This quote supports that people can have dual personalities. In this case, Cynthia was a meaningless name and personality. She cared about the name Santha. The author was born with that name, and the name defines her. She came into this world with that name, not Cynthia. Cynthia was a character she played at school, nothing more. I think a person can have dual personalities based on personal experience. A person can easily put on a smile, and you'd never know if they want to explode inside. There's surprisingly a lot of  people that are struggling inside, and you'd never guess what kind of issues they're dealing with. Everyone has a story, some are nice and others are bad.