“The Invention of Wings

The Invention of Wings

I was curious about what the book “The Invention of Wings” was all about. My curiosity began with the title and it was then that I gained full interest in reading the book. I was up to the challenge that was ahead of me. Unlike most books that are organized in chapters, I found out that the book was organized into parts and ranged from part one to part six. All those part were divided into certain number of years. Immediately I began reading the first part of the book I was amazed by the description and the characters of the book. Having not read a lot about slavery before, I was marveled by the story and I wanted to know about the characters, the city, Charleston and how life was in early 19th century. The author’sstyle of writing was very good since it enabled me to understand the book in both angles and by this I mean, through the eyes of a slave and through the eye of the owners of the slave.

​I found the book very unique in that the author is able to show us the other side of slavery which is rarely told. The author is able to show how the Grimke family lived and what their views were about slavery. Excited by this I kept reading through the next parts of the book and I was able to be introduced to new characters who made the book even more interesting and better. Excited the two parts of the book with the author introducing themes such as the theme of love and deceit that is brought about by Burke Williams and Sarah I was more than happy to continue reading the book.

It is in the third part of the book that I really felt saddened by the death of Mr. Grimke, a good man that also hoped for a better life for the slave that worked for him. Just when I thought the dream of seeing the slaves free had gone with the death of Mr. Grimke, I was fascinated that Sarah didn’t let the death of her father affect her course but rather she took the word of her father and went on to pursue what she believed in. It is here that I felt that I needed to read the book even more. The book takes a revolutionary twist one that made me read it till the end. Reading the book was a great experience for me. I was able to learn a lot from the book and the book also helped me build my writing skills and my vocabulary since I would learn new words here and there as read it.

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Reflection

Reflection

            I must say that I was somehow nervous before starting to write the paper. To gain courage. I grabbed my book and paper and put down the question as I kept on brainstorming on the question so as to ensure that I had interpreted correctly and that I was on track. I quickly went through the articles provided but one could not get off my mind and that was Why “Work Smart, Not Hard” is the Worst advice in the World. I was curious to learn the arguments put forward by the writer of the article, Mike Rowe. Because of that I went through the article twice. The first time I went through it like a person just reading a story book and the second time I did it more seriously along with my pen and paper trying to get the main points from the documents. I was able to identify my thesis statement and thus I felt that I was ready to start on the work.

 

            As usual a few negative thoughts came into my mind as I wanted to start working on the paper. My main worry was whether I may arguments would fit the minimum number of words required for this paper. This was because I feared that my arguments were very brief and thus they could barely fill a page. It was then that I resorted to reading more about the topic so that I could have a greater understanding of the paper and also have more points. My main source of motivation was the true life stories that I had read that related to the topic and thus they motivated me to work harder and write and even better paper. After reading the entire articles and understanding it, I set aside two day in which I was sure that I would be free and ensure that the work would be complete. I decided to write two pages on each day this really helped me a lot since I handle the paper easily and even finished before the deadline. I was able to put my arguments in a well set manner, one that would enable any one to read well and understand my points easily.