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From: Menigo,Elizabeth <EMENIGO>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:09:22 -0500
I felt that LaVaughn and Jody were black. Actually, I felt all the characters (Myrtle,Jolly and Annie included) were black. I am embarassed to say I felt this all the way through the book. Looking back, my first impression of Jody being described as fair confused me but I assumed he was mixed race. I was very pleased to see in the Hornbook interview that the author was careful not to make them any race. I loved her example of the drawing hanging in her office by an eighth-grader in which Jolly and LaVaughn are clearly asian. For me,it cements the authors idea that they can become whatever race the reader needs them to become and that people of all races share common human traits/faults/needs/wants/etc. Liz Menigo UW Superior
Received on Tue 10 Jul 2001 12:09:22 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:09:22 -0500
I felt that LaVaughn and Jody were black. Actually, I felt all the characters (Myrtle,Jolly and Annie included) were black. I am embarassed to say I felt this all the way through the book. Looking back, my first impression of Jody being described as fair confused me but I assumed he was mixed race. I was very pleased to see in the Hornbook interview that the author was careful not to make them any race. I loved her example of the drawing hanging in her office by an eighth-grader in which Jolly and LaVaughn are clearly asian. For me,it cements the authors idea that they can become whatever race the reader needs them to become and that people of all races share common human traits/faults/needs/wants/etc. Liz Menigo UW Superior
Received on Tue 10 Jul 2001 12:09:22 PM CDT
