Ben's Post

I believe the Beautiful Struggle would appeal to young, African Americans, who are interested in the life of a young boy in the city, or ghetto. It is appealing because it shows a life that I am unfamiliar with, and it enlightens me to another side of life in the Untied States. An obstacle, but also an interesting point about this book is the fact that they use very... crude language or vulgar descriptions. but it also graphically describes fights and other M rated content.

This book is easier to under stand when a student like BJ is sitting next to you, and can help translate the vocabulary that is presented in this book. The offensive material in this book would be interesting to deal with in class. I'm not sure of the effects of talking about such topics would be appropriate in every class.

Thoughts on the book so far....

This book is very appealing, but it may appeal more to African Americans because the book is about a boy and his childhood surrounded by being black. The book talks about the boys struggles throughout his life, not only about being black but fitting into different social groups.
If students are going to read this book they need to be ready for the story to flip and talk about the past, then jump back to present time. The student also needs to read closely and pay attention to key words and terminology to be able to stay up with what is going on.
The book is based around the general subject of the Ta-Nehisi's struggle do to being black. The only mature content really in the book is the use of the "N" word which is used periodically.

Yes i think the book should be available to more people because it tells a lot about blacks ans what they dealt with. The book helps explain a lot about struggle with not just being black, but with fitting in with different groups and people. The book isn't really a hard reading but if kids have a problem with slang and the n word then this book isn't for them. The people who read this book should know something about the African American culture. It deals with the issues of gangs and how they claim territory and different traditions.

The book so far is very descriptive and explains the childhood of the author with detail. The book expresses his thoughts and feelings about the world around him. He tells about his different experiences and gives us an intro into what the book has to come. Some of the things he says are ramdon and might have meaning but at the moment i do not really understand them.

Joshua

So far I like this book. It is very entertaining however the beginning is a little confusing. It helped out alot to discuss what was going on with our group because I got lost easily in the beginning. The book however has alot of action and has some exciting scenes. But I think this is a book that you have to get used to reading because its a memoir that is written in a poetic form of writing, and you need to pay attention to little details to help you stay with it.

Answer

I think that this book is interesting. Although the start of the book was a little confusing, the further it progresses the more the book makes senes. The author did not do a very good job of explaining the relations of everyone to him, but the more you read, the more you find out who they are. I think that by the end of the book, if I re-read the begining, it will make complete sense.

Question

What do you think of the book so far?

Book preview

So far I know that this book is about Barack Obama's life growing up and the struggles that he went through, helping him to evolve into the man he is today. I look forward to reading this book because this is the first president of my life time that I really wanted to be elected. He is such a great guy and all around brings a lot of swag to the White House.

This however is not the typical book that I would normally read. I normally read fiction books mostly for entertainment, and normally only read non-fiction/biographies/or autobiographies for school related reasons. I chose this book though because it looked the most entertaining to me, and I was really interested in learning more about Americas coolest president yet.

Obama Expectations

the book dreams of my father by obama is a book about his life before he became the senator. this book tells about his life as he lived in new york and many other places. He wrote this book himself but has rereleased this book. I like to read books about real things that really happen not just boring old life but problems people have like death. The last good book i read was tyrell by Coe Booth. i wanted this book because it was about obama and he is a black man who became the president.

Some of the things i know about the author are that he is was born in Hawii. He also was the senator of Illinois, and now he is the president of the United States. He won the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, for trying to spread internationalism. I chose this book because it explains the early life of our first black president. It also is a book that people wouldn't really want to read in high school, beacuse it is a fairly long book.

Ben's First Post

My expectations for this book is to enlighten my understanding of President Barack Obama. My current understanding of Obama is very limited, and this will help expand that knowledge.

This is not my normal book. I usually read fiction, while this is non-fiction. I chose this book because I figured it would be easy to follow and applicable because he is president.