Book: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Jasir Chavis, Jueni Austin, Phoenix Satterfield, Lyss Williams

“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison is a story about a young black girl who is mocked by other children for her dark skin. She prays every day for blonde hair and blue eyes because she thinks that’s what would make people love her. In our podcast, you will hear us discuss themes such as culture, colorism, racism, and beauty standards and how they appear in the book. Enjoy!

Book: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Malcolm, Izzy, Aedan, Stella

Summary:

In the premiere of our podcast about Fahrenheit 451, we talk about Ray Bradbury’s writing style, the hound, and interpreting the figurative and the literal in this book. This book is about a society where the word ‘firemen’ becomes inverted to mean someone to starts fire to burn books. We explore this and much more. Please enjoy!

Book: The Color Purple by Alice Walker

By: Williams, Alex, Kevin, Karim

Summary:

In our first podcast, We talked about the how the author opens up the book, also she brings up the point that the father was abusing her and she went into details and this already gives the reader on what they are going to read about. we also speak on the grammar, at the person who is writing is trying to point out that the person was not that smart and we can soon tell that she is really not that smart since her fathers points it out to the reader and to her as well.

Book: Nineteen Eighty- Four Author; George Orwell

By: Gia Torres, Ida McGrath, Noor Kreidie, Zoe Zisser, Andrew Bowers

Summary:

Throughout listening you will be engaging in a talk on how 1984 unravels many ideas of doubt. You begin to question and break down ideas in order to understand the meaning of life within this society. This society is controlled within the government by screens, everyone is being watched 24/7. With that being said theres a lot of talk about decisions that are being made. The outlook on the main character and what he emphasis on a regular through his daily tasks and interactions with other people within his time of secrecy. Enjoy Listening!

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Book: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

James Kry, Nasir Duppins, Sukainah Hasan, & Tristan Mayberry

Podcast Summary:

In this first podcast, we covered how skin color played a huge role throughout the book and mostly the life of Pecola. In the book, if you’re not how everyone wants you to be, you get bullied for it. We went over Pecola’s very abusive father, who burned down Pecola’s home, leaving her with Claudia’s family for now. Page 5, before the actual story began, quoted “Pecola was having her father’s baby” along with her questioning how women produce babies, sparked a debate between Tristan and Sukainah about if Pecola will be impregnated by her father later on in the book. Towards the end, we predicted where the novel was going to go. It was collectively agreed that Pecola had a lot of issues that needed a backstory that hasn’t been provided just yet. So, in the pages to come, our prediction led us to Pecola gaining a larger role where her tense family situation will be revealed.

Link to Podcast:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HUvBy8ZsDf_PPe4Z-7gYf_gtqqYUgipz?usp=sharing