Ch.3(117-133)

Although I was a really big fan of "Mama Day," I really really enjoyed the opening paragraph that talked about people's reading habits and the way we as people comprehend things at different times of our lives. Reading Charlottes Web as a kid and reading it as an adult, you do take the message two completely different ways. I have never thought about that before and it really moved me while I started to read chapter three. Another part I found very helpful in the book was on page 130 under "Positioning: Reading and Writing about Yourself" As a fieldworker, you need to know how to write your own perspective into the subculture you are writing about, at least for this project. Instead of leaving out personal, subjective information, fieldworkers should write it in----that is a line from the book that I think is extremely critical. This is not like a normal paper we will be writing, it involves a lot more detail then we may be aware of. As far as the 'Mama Day" story goes, I thought it was excellent. I really liked how descriptive the text was, it really makes you feel like you're in the scene with the characters being described. The author makes this woman seem so suspicious and God-like. It leaves the reader wanting to read more, which is a key element to any writing assignment.