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De Anda Jocelyn

Professor Marca

English 113B

February 25, 2012

Interesting readings

            The readings in Another City made me realize how people view Los Angeles. To me it had been my city, the city I grew up in and my playground. The readings from the book help me get a broader look on how Los Angeles is viewed.

            The only perspectives I had gotten of Los Angeles where tourists as well as people who were born and raised in the city. It was always almost the same tourist amazed as well as expected what they saw in movies. The people who were born and raised in the city complained about the everyday struggles, the obstacles, the traffic, and how they wanted to leave. It was different to see the view of other people. It was nice to have people write about the city in which you tend to have a love hate relationship with.

            The stories in which we discussed in class all had a similar topic. The topic was how the environments changes you shapes you and or influences you. The people from the stories we read all spoke on their environment and how they have changed or what the city has made them see.  I enjoyed to read their perspectives of Los Angeles. The most interesting ones would be the people who came to Los Angeles and were not familiar. Their perspectives I enjoy the most because how we spoke in class about the “frame” of Los Angeles. I put myself in others shoes and imagine places I would like to visit and how the media advertises it as well as frames it.

            Along with the reading there where presentation on certain readings. I enjoyed this because I was able to see my classmates view on the readings. The readings are like a painting where different people can have different opinions. They also sparked ideas in which I had not thought about. This interaction was good because we were able to speak of our ideas as well as to agree to disagree and learn a couple of things.