Chapter 3-Stage 18 & 23

I really enjoyed the story about Willow Springs. At first, it was a little difficult to understand. The author switched between dialogue and grammatically poor story telling. Of course Gloria Naylor was doing this on purpose. I actually had to think about what I was reading to search for the point of this short story. I think that what Gloria Naylor is trying to say with this story is that it's important when making an ethnography or trying to understand a culture, to really understand the culture, and not jump to conclusions because as an outsider, you are in no position to guess how people feel. This speaks directly to me because I have a tendency to guess what people think, generally wrong.