The Paper Bird In The Arrival-Personal Narrative

When looking at the cover that is great you thought the book looked interesting, personally I was excited to read the book. The man in the front of the book does resemble an image of the stock market crash. I would never had thought of that resemblance. When I first saw the creature I immediately wondered what animal it was and never thought of the color of the animal. The color of white could resemble purity and positive emotion. Your description of the outside is very vivid and so different, than the experience I had when examining the outside of the book. The paper bird in The Arrival stuck out to me to. I didn’t think of ascension, I thought it resembled the idea of being even after the man left. The whimsicalness of the world the man arrived

to me was interesting, and some of the symbols and statues represent a bond between cultures.

Teenage Mystique had some great points. The point that you stated “each is a special snowflake that must joint society, this generation, that generation, which one is to blame, who has to change?” I thought this point differently resembles the article and how times have change, but there really is one generation to blame. I have to agree with you there was a big theme through this weeks reading which was about individuality, while maintain oneself. The man in The Arrival struggled to fit in and had find a place in society while staying true to himself. Bakhtin’s article pointed to the idea that each person has their own experience that help create the langue they speak. The Teenage Mystique article spoke about how each generation has teenagers who are trying to find a place while meeting the standards that they are given.