Response to Ross Drucker - Essay Example

“Response” Response to Ross Drucker: To start off with I really liked the fact that you channelized your thoughts to such an important aspect of the beginning of the chapter “Joe.” I feel that even though I understood what it was about yet I did not mention it in my write-up. It was a very good move on Alvarez’s part to have started the chapter in a way that would have kept the readers engaged. Moreover, this way to begin the chapter also performed the role of stimulating the reader's thought process and imagination, for example, I started off by thinking that she was just hallucinating and it was only a little later that I started getting the hang of it.

As far as the language is concerned, I felt it was not the language that hindered the communication between Yolanda and her partners rather it was the difference in cultural values and personality types that hindered their understanding of each other, the way I see it. Rudy had made himself quite clear and so had Yolanda that she needed some time and space in order to be more intimate with him. Yolanda’s fear of losing Rudy kept her from being very open with him in this matter as to the fact that she felt that there needed to be more to love than just sexual needs.

Similarly, with John, she was not able to tell him straight that she wanted more to their marriage than just physical attraction and that she wanted someone with whom she could talk for hours. I also agree with the fact that the chapters we read do portray Yolanda’s quest for identity, just as “Their Eyes Were Watching God” describes the identity quest for Janie. Response to Kerriann Salatti: I like your mention of Joe and her confusion with the word love. This reminds me of her allergy which she tries so hard to overcome.

The fact that she is determined to get over her allergy shows the strength of her character. However, I do not feel that Yolanda finds it hard to confess her love in a way that John does not feel to run away from it. I feel that Yolanda was very expressive, but she was feeling bad turning John down after the amount of time they had given to their relationship. That I feel was the reason for her to write just a brief note to him before leaving. Once again I do feel that language plays an important role in the story but not that Joe felt restricted by language.

I think she was very fond of the English language and sought to improve it at all times. Also, she was far more poetic than any of her partners as you have also mentioned, so I feel that language could not have been a restriction for her. In my opinion, it was the reluctance of her partners to hear and understand what she wanted to say that was the barrier in her relationships. It was this clash of personalities that was the reason behind the conflicts. Regarding the black crow, I like your interpretation.

I myself felt that the black crow symbolized Yolanda’s feelings for the doctor and was a way of expression for her because she herself could not gather the strength to confess anything to the doctor herself.