Consider your experience reading The Color Purple (a fictional novel), Fences (a play/drama), and Wild (a nonfiction memoir). Which type of longer text did you enjoy the most, the novel, the play, or the memoir, and which did you find the most challenging? Explain your preference, describe what made that type of text more engaging or accessible for you, and reflect on how understanding your preference might influence how you approach future readings.

 Prompt Response: Considering my experience with each of them, Fences is out of the question since during that time I didn't participate or there in class due to an injured arm or sickness. The Color Purple was a decent fictional novel but in my opinion wasn't the greatest in terms of my taste in books. The one that left a lasting impression and enjoyed the most of the nonfiction novel, Wild. It was solely what I had read the most in terms of interest and I couldn't stop reading it as I notice the emotions behind each and every chapter created for the nonfiction novel Wild which soon came my love for it as I did more and more analysis over it. The most challenging would have to be the Color Purple due to the fact that I feel like it was the most complex out of the three, while one could argue that The Fences a play/drama is more harder due to the historical context it was in. I think that the Color Purple was questionable and most challenging due to the fact it involved fully grasping each of the characters. In the future this might influence me to pick up more nonfiction novels as I have a love for them, as I realize that I like listening to a person's real experience about their flaws and successes. 

Summary: Today in class 3 more groups or my classmates and peers did their interactive orals with good discussion and analysis among the class about what we think about each chapter and questions they asked the class about their chapter. 

Reflection: While I could say I learned a lot, I think that one thing that I learned that stuck to me was Cheryl keeping the condom all along the way showing her temptations of going back to her old self despite coming all this way. This impacted me because of the fact it made me stick out my tongue out in disgust but also understanding because humans are like that as well, but I didn't think she was so desperate of keeping it even if it's a small piece of her that still clings onto her showing she's still the same Cheryl she was in the past in some ways but also different showing on how change happens to a person through the process of healing. In the future I will use this to remind myself of what happens in chapter 14 when it comes to the Hippie, each time I think about the condom later in the story. 


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