During the third quarter, my class spent a long time reflecting on our interpretation of the book and how we can use our opinion as part of our identity. During the video essay process, I started to become more confident about my opinion of the book and more knowledgeable of the book’s effects not only on the reader with the story but the reader’s views culturally and historically.
In my video essay, I discussed how the Congolese culture was not fully represented. It unifacially displayed a side of the Congolese people that caused criticize and distaste towards their culture. After researching, my viewpoint of the natives positively shifted, and I became historically more aware of the relationship between the natives and Europeans during the 1890s. This quarter has encouraged me to be more involved with novels and question how the book affects me as a reader and my outlook on the world.
This quarter has also helped me be more involved in the novels we are reading. I talked about that on my blog too.