Elizabeth Westhoff

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

I've already benefited from this new knowledge because I know more about the major players and it enabled me to better understand a presentation about Fannie Lou Hamer. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

While March 3 as a graphic novel was hard for me to read b/c there was so much text, I learned a lot about the Civil Rights Movement. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

One thing I noticed about March 3 is that the novel started on the first page and that the title page wasn't until page 25 of the text. What did you hope to accomplish with this unique start to the novel? Was it to immerse the reader more fully? @repjohnlewis #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

At the English Senior Seminar learning about 1920s literature. I’ve never heard of mind reading being part of the modernist movement/texts but Ian did a great job explaining how they correlate. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

@emmalydiaf37 #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

@repjohnlewis My Southern American Lit class is currently reading March 3 and one thing that struck me is that SNCC was specifically made up of young adults/teenagers/students. What was the inspiration behind organizing this specific group of people? #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

@EliseHughesTSU This is the third graphic novel I have read for class at Truman and it is the hardest for me to switch between text and graphics. I think it is because so much history needs to be explained for everyone to understand the story. I haven't gotten that far yet though. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

I love how the March 3 personalizes the individuals who were involved in the civil rights movement. Even learning little snippets of what specific people, such as Fannie Lou Hamer on page 47, went through helps to contextualize the hardships people experienced. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

It kind of surprises me how many freedmen and women lived in the South. Alice and her mother lived there and the novel also references multiple preachers and other free black men. It just seems dangerous to me, what's stopping them from being made slaves again. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

"Mama has to have someone with her through the night. What if she needed something" (Bulter 216). This quote sounds eerily like one of the videos we watched at the beginning of this book. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

@rileygracevh I found it scary that Rufus expects Dana to consider the plantation her home. But even scarier, Dana claimed the plantation as home on p. 126. However, Dana can feel semi safe because she understands the expectations of the Weylin family and knows how to survive. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

Question: On page 167, Alice says that Dana will be the mammy of the house soon. This passage seems to have a sinister point of view of the mammy role. Are mammy's betraying their own or are they protecting themselves like Sarah on page 145? #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

Question: What is the writer trying to accomplish when she has Alice revert back to childhood? Is it a necessary plot line for this work? #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

Takeaways: The setup for and development of each character's personality and probable actions seems to be taking a different direction than much of class discussion predicted. Kevin actually comes back for Dana, Rufus seems to be turning out worse than Tom, etc. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

"I liked to listen to them talk sometimes and fight my way through their accents to find out more about how they survived lives of slavery" (Butler 94). This quote encapsulates Folklore's goals. It is living history told to us through a story. #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

"And from what I've heard, it's common in this time for the master's children to be on nearly equal terms with slaves" (Butler 83). I know this book is historical fiction, but this just seems crazy. I guess if a person owns slaves it's easy to mistreat their kids. #TSUSouthLit

[chronically sleepy @jack_wipler]

The fact that Kevin didn’t realize they ought to move to a free state if they have to move is what I suspect is just the first of what will soon become many noticeable differences between Dana and him #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

Attended the SRC today and learned that horse chiropractics is a thing that people study and that horses can do stretches just like us. #tsusouthlit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

Ghosts in the Holler reminds me so much of family get-togethers. There's always a little kids running around with the aunts and uncles talking in the house. The only thing that doesn't fit is that we would never run out of food... #TSUSouthLit

[Elizabeth Westhoff @emw3313]

Poetry normally isn't my thing, but pages 30-31 of #ElectricDirt were especially powerful to me. The food imagery just worked for me. #TSUSouthLit