Mandy Francois

Mandy Francois
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My favorite essay is Scibona because of all the imagery used. I feel like Alexis’ essay was well written, good even– but it was one dimensional and like a sitcom where they only hangout in the same living room. In Scibona’s essay, their words prompted my mind to illustrate different settings, smells and made me pause and think. For instance, $3.85 per hour is insane– then I realized that it may have been average for the time. I also thought about the smell of grease, my friends who attend St John’s University, how people read Donald Trump’s biography before he was president and so forth. I also vaguely relate to building a different relationship with reading and books, as I entered college and felt like my life too, became multifaceted and I felt a stronger sense of choice. I also relate to not doing so well in highschool and finding myself being more disciplined and engaged with my post secondary education. I’ve also observed that Scibona’s essay takes us forward in time, while Shermie Alexis’ is almost stagnant and barely moving past what I imagined of them as a child and what a reservation looked like.