Night 2nd Part*

Simplay one of the best books I've ever read. I think it is just amazing, they way the author tells us the story, the characters, the details, but mainly, the images he uses for making us feel we're there with him and his father in the concentration camp, hungry and cold, questionning if this day may be the last one, sometimes wishing it was, but at the same time, have faith and being optimist. The two things that I likes the most about this book were: firstly, how Elie shows us the different types of reactions people has towards fear: indifference, optimism, resignation, anger, etc, and secondly, the message that he tried to communicate to the readers, that we can't be indifferent or "neutral" towards the unfair things that happen in the world, as he says: neutrality encouragesthe tormentor, never the tormenter", and trying to forget or denny what happened, is a way to accept it.

Phenomenal Woman*

I simply loved this poem!! I think it's the best way in which a woman, not only an afroamerican one can be described. This is one of the best poems I've ever read, it has rhythm, sense, feeling, but what is

most important, it has proud. It shows the proud of being a woman, not just any

woman, but one that is worth not because of what everybody thinks, but because

of what she is inside... A woman that does not need to be exhibitionist, be "built to suite" or be a "fashion model size" to get attention, she just needs her attitude, confidence, and self-respect for making "them swarm around her, like a hive of honey bees".

Everyday Use*

Sincerely, I did not like this story very much. I think the theme was good, but the way the story is told, not so much. The end was completely awful (for me) I do not think it had a lot of sense or even had the effect of suspense. What I liked a lot was the intention of the author of implying that even in some afroamerican families, discrimination also exists, and illustrating this by telling a story of a daughter that did not seem to love her family and, maybe not in the best way, wanted to overcome. It also shows us how in spite of everything, a mother will always love her sons and daughters, no matter how they are.

Those Winter Sundays*

I really liked this poem a lot, I think the theme was beautiful and it is the type of poem that provoke a reflection on the people. After reading it, I indeed thought about my mother, and asked myself if I appreciate all the things that my mom has done for me, she works all day long so that I can have a good quality of life. And I think a lot of people make that mistake, how we think our parents do all that stuff for us because they have to, not because they love us and want the best for us. So when we grow up and are not with our parents anymore, is when we start thinking about our childhood and remember everything... But sometimes is too late and we regret about everything we did not say or do, and when we realized all that, sometimes it turns out to be useless.

What's Poetry?*

"If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry". -Emily Dickinson

I agree a lot with Emily Dickinson, I mean, poetry can be easily defined as: "Genre of literature, formed by lines that at the same time form stanzas, usually refering to feelings expressed by the author", but I think poetry is much more than that. It should not only express the author's feelings, but it has to make the reader feel them too. It is the way you can tell something that cannot be easily expressed by simple words. I love the way poetry is part of our lives, not only  in what we are taught in the school, but also in something as daily as music. I think music is the best and most complete form of poetry, a good song is the one that makes you feel part of the story that is told, and also that makes you think, because music is not a group of sounds and words that people use for relaxing, it is the best way for expressing yourself.