Reviews for Deep sightings and rescue missions

The average rating for Deep sightings and rescue missions based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-01-30 00:00:00 Edward Papesh This collection, published posthumously, of Toni Cade Bambara’s unfinished essays and short stories is at times wildly difficult to read and wildly stunning. Of the short stories included, “The War of the Wall,” “Ice,” and “Luther on Sweet Auburn” are my favorites. In these, Bambara employs the voice and cultural outlook that make her more polished stories works of genius - “The Lesson” and “My Man Bovanne” are two such stories that come to mind. The nonfiction, on the other hand, is all about independent filmmaking, an art form Bambara invested much of her creative energy into during the latter half of her career. If you’re looking for advice about writing, you aren’t gonna find it here. If you’re looking for biting critiques re: literature, you aren’t gonna find them here either. What you’ll get are drafts, at every manifestation, of Bambara’s unpublished fiction and essays - drafts in all their ugliness; drafts filled with grace.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-05-07 00:00:00 Giancarlo Buonamici In this collection of short stories, I focused on "War of the Wall." In this story, two young African American children are walking to school when they see a woman painting on their neighborhood's wall (a wall they had also carved the name of a war soldier into). Throughout the story, they watch as she slowly finishes her mural, commenting between themselves about how this is all a waste of time, until she finishes. Her mural represents the neighborhood, and she has depicted many of it's inhabitants (including the children). The children then find out that the artist was related to the man who's name they had carved into the brick. This story would be a great way to teach people that while you have your own internal identity, you also have an outward identity that people will judge and recognize you off of. Now this is not to say that one should change their physical appearance to make other's feel more at ease, but simply to say that someone may see your physical identity as something more beautiful than you do (and then choose to make a mural about it). Physical appearance is a big thing in middle school as that's generally when you first realize "what's wrong with yourself" once you hit puberty. So while you may find your physical identity to be something lack luster, other's may find it to be beautiful and will make beautiful things with it with you as their muse. In this story I would probably talk about voice. The two children's voice are so present and unique and descriptive throughout the story. The voice of these kids creates a really strong and powerful story. For this story I would do "don't judge a book by it's cover" and "sometimes you can judge a book by it's cover." Both of these have to deal with making observations due to one's physical appearance and their behavior. I would prefer if students did both activities about themselves to prevent any bullying in the class.