Last week we started reading our new class book, Nervous Conditions. It was actually much better than I had thought it would be. I read the introduction chapter and chapter 1 to start off the book. In the book, Tambu, the narrator, and her family live in Zimbabwe. I learned from the introduction that throughout the book she is going to tell us her story about how Zimbabwe has changed as well as her brother's story. Chapter one got us started about how her brother went to the mission, which is a school. Only the oldest boy in each family got to go to school, and her brother was taking after their uncle. Ever since he started school there, he has been acting like a brat and acting like he thinks he's too good for the family.
Chapter one made me think hard about what that must feel like to Tambu's family for their son to have completely change and not want to visit anymore. I have three brothers and would absolutely be devastated if they acted like this. Relating the mission to modern day United States is sending a teenage boy off to an all boys boarding school and him not coming back for the holidays. It's also like him finally coming visit and him not helping out with family chores and putting himself in solitude. I can't wait to keep reading and learn more about the Zimbabwe culture and what Tambu's brother makes of himself.
Thanks for reading, Taylor Read for 80 minutes:: 17 pages read
Taylor, this is an awesome post. I agree with you, I was excited to read the book but I didn't think it was going to be all that good and so far its pretty interesting! Sounds like your comprehending it pretty well; i'm not all that good with it yet.. haha. But yeah I will be interested to see what the book goes on to talk about. Good job.
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