Book 1, Post 1
The book I decided to read as my first book for this class is American Like Me by America Ferrera. I was intrigued by Professor Hanson telling us about how America was a student in his class. This was honestly probably the main reason I decided to read this book. I also read the reviews about it and a lot of people seem to really like it, so I decided to give it a read. On top of that, I feel I could benefit more from learning about other people's lives. I grew up in the U.S., so I don't know what it's like to have conflicting identities. I know myself only as an American. And so I'm very interested to learn about how other people live through this experience of having two "home cultures" and how they conflict with each other, and in what ways they harmonize with each other.