Villanueva Reading

Questions for discussion and Journaling

3: I think when you start of a piece with a memory it is more interesting than how a normal paper would start off with a hook and a thesis. Unless you think the hook can be a memory then Im all for it because you can relate to the piece more because this memory may have a connection with you. When you start out with a thesis or synthesis you almost are like "here we go again" kind of feeling rather than reading an anecdote that you might relate to and keep you interested in the article.

4: These poems were tough to understand and interpret and I don't think they did the best job clearing up Villanueva point. I couldn't really find out how the memories had to do with these poems because the poems were just memories themselves. The passages I could understand a little better and they helped me understand the point more than the poems. I think it would help if Villanueva just listed his main points and talked about them more in depth.

8: Students who don't identify people of color in their writing are losing a sense of interpretation in their writing. It might give the reader a better understanding of what someone might be going through when they know their color. That way some students/readers might also be able to relate to the situation if they know what the color of the character is. I know if I was reading something and the color of the character had to do something with the story I would want to know.

Applying and Exploring

2: Porter's idea of intertexuality is important because I believe it can affect us in the role of color. We realize that memoria can be translated from writting into speaking terms and help us connect to it more because we can talk about it, just like we will in class. Intertexuality have affected me in other texts because its hard to get away with it, because its always around us and you cant find a way around it. When I write I always get my research from a previous source so the information will always be the same just in a different form.