This article had to be one of the most boring pieces I have ever read. I felt that it was so pointless to ramble on about historians. It was completely unnecessary. When she first started off talking about the show that she was taken to, I thought it was going to be rather interesting to hear about the headdresses and feathers. She talked of meeting the actual American Indians, and it made me excited to keep reading.
Once I passed the part where she was retelling her personal experiences, it became so ridiculously boring that I couldn’t even comprehend what she was saying. Over and over she spoke of historians. This when on for a few pages. I felt like she didn’t even get her point across. Overall I think that her rambling was not needed and she could have written the article without all the fillers. It had the potential to be a good piece but Jane Tompkins killed wit completely.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I agree completely. It was ridiculous to keep going on and on about I felt like, nothing. I felt like she just drug the whole thing out.
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely drawn out too much, but I feel like she got her point across several times. This might have been the reason it seemed so drawn out, because she kept reinforcing her thoughts. What she believed was that "fact" might not always be true depending on who you are talking to.
ReplyDeleteYes, I was very bored too. Sometimes she would make a connection to something that was back a few pages and I couldn't remember what it was. I believe though, that somewhere in that very long article that she did make a good point about the contrasting views of the native Americans
ReplyDelete