My Reactions

This poem was horrific, it makes you wanna cry. These two young people had a horrible life. The way Johnny’s was ended was so bad. It reminds you of all the stories you hear of the Jim Crow era.

 I thought that this was such a sad poem. It is a conversation a mother is having with a child she chose not to have. You can almost hear the guilt in every line she felt for what she had done. A regret that will follow her for the rest of her life.

I thought this was a really cute poem I love how she used rhyme to tell this story and to express her point. Although the poem is short it still tells a story a beginning, a middle, and a end.

This was a literary critic written by a Jewish teacher. I think she offered another vantage point of the story one from a non-African american woman. Her opinions about the significance of the quilt makes the reader really question the motives behind Dee wanting to preserve the quilt. It made me think that in Dee's own way she was trying to perserve her families heritage that she felt was to important to use everyday.

 I thought this story was very interesting. How Dee came home with this knew found education and confidence. Instead of embracing her family for who they are she belittle them. I think that the mother made the right decision, the quilts were just as important to Maggie as they were to Dee. I think she was more in love with the thought of what the represented then the actually items and memories behind them. 

Mr. Reynolds a cultural critic gives his opinions and background information on this story. He offers the reader insight on the point of this type of story and why Poe wrote it the way he did. I think that he brought up some very interesting points that I had not thought of while reading.