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@vamcdonough After reading Kindred I’m not surprised that critics can’t nail down one genre or get the correct genre paired with the right book. I’ve always had a difficult time with coming to a solid conclusion about what type of writings I am reading. There’s too many rules for them!

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@insco_lindsey This writing definitely wasn’t a very happy one. But as you said in your statement, it is very hard to write positively about this topic in the time period it took place. I would’ve thought by now things would change but sadly there are still so many problems. #engl20101

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Especially women who have a darker skin tone. I would like to say it’s shocking but it isn’t due to the lack of maturity and love in society today. #engl20101

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Octavia Butler’s novel, Kindred, talks a/b the life of slavery in the southern parts of America by telling the story from the POV of a black woman. I don’t want to overstep boundaries, but I feel this was the best POV for the best story since women get treated so poorly (1/2)

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Kindred was an amazing read and I felt that Octavia Butler did such an amazing job with how she wrote this novel. I felt she did a great job with what she put in it and how she put the information in.

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@Mandaranog1 It was fairly different than what I expected as well. I felt she did an amazing job describing and depicting what life was like for African Americans during the periods of slavery and the time after it as well. I thought it was very interesting. #engl20101

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@insco_lindsey I would agree with your statement as well! I also feel like that’s why I enjoyed this reading so much because I like reading horror stories or books that can really depict true emotions which I felt Octavia Butler did a good job of in the book Kindred. #engl20101

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@Bethany22535696 @Mandaranog1 I have not read the Great Gatsby before but I’ve heard many good things about the movie and book. I actually have been meaning to read it for awhile now but have never gotten around to it unfortunately

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@VivienFisher11 I agree with your statement. I feel that genre fiction is invalidated by so many authors and readers simply because the stories can be cliché sometimes or so fake they don’t seem like a good read. Both types of writing takes immense amounts of thinking to complete. #engl20101

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(Contd) how we feel, our emotions are always valid no matter the reason we get them. Whether it’s from a fiction novel about superheroes or if it’s a National Geographic article that intrigued you. They both matter the same. #engl20101

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A quote from @leverus that I found to be very insightful is “Fiction is never real, but feelings always are.” This stuck out to me because I feel that a lot of people’s emotions are invalidated by society. This quote means a lot to me because it tells us that no matter....

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(Contd) Whereas literary fiction is written and read to better understand the world and get “real life” emotions derived from the reading. #engl20101

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https://t.co/OSLqcbRker In this article, Steven Petite goes in detail about the differences between literary and genre fiction and why there is such a hard time distinguishing the two. The biggest difference is genre fiction is to escape reality....

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@VivienFisher11 Hahaha, I’m not a writing major or minor but I could definitely see some parents not wanting to spend money on their kids because they think writing is “pointless” even though it’s useful in so many job settings. It’s a talent that most people look down on

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@syddd_08 I’ve always thought that writing skills were very important for any job because you have to be able to write well to put together a good resume. If you can’t spell simple words correctly then why would a job hire you?

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Did you know that almost all employers will throw out your application if you have any types of spelling/grammatical errors in your application? Spelling matters!! #engl20101