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I cannot say that I haven't struggled while reading Song of Soloman . Morrison dropped us straight into a scene with little to no context. What I find most difficult is to keep track of all the characters and their relationships with each other. Although this seems like a very minor difficulty, it makes it very hard to mend together pieces of information we are given as readers. Additionally, when we hear different characters views, it is difficult to understand who's is the truth. I made a list of all the characters along with their nicknames and I constructed a family tree showing me every character's relation with the others. I find it very helpful to reference this list when I get mixed up or forget the characters. Further, I found that it is important that we analyze character behavior and decide if they are or are not a reputable source of information for the reader. These were a few of my greatest challenges I have encountered so far in the novel and the stratagies...

I have always dreaded my name. Luise. Nora. Christov. Bakargiev. What a mouthful. Regardless, the name carries so much history, and with that, family pride. My name comes solely from my dad’s side of the family, who immigrated here through Ellis Island from Germany and Italy in the early 1900’s. Luise, my first name, was the name of my great grandmother, my paternal grandmother’s mother from Germany. Nora, my middle name, was the name of my great grandmother, my paternal grandfather's mother from Italy. In contrast, my surnames carry much more history that date many decades further back. My family’s original last name is Bakargiev, a name that is often cut off of my official records, passports, and transcripts, yet this is the name that has been carried for generations. My commonly known last name, Christov, is just an adopted name that originated as an adopted name from one of my relatives paternal figure. For example, one of my distant great grandfather's name was Chis, an...