Wednesday, June 11, 2008

A Village: Stranger

*Imagine all the stuff we left - I can imagine the family walking in, seeing the bed mattress, mosquito net, armoire, tables, propane stove, buckets, half-made clothesline, boxes of supermei and deho

Erdman uses present tense, pg 45 for example, "She sucks her teeth."

pg 48: Erdman questions her task

pg 49: "All my training has convinced me that no development is worthwhile unless the idea comes from the community." - that's modern thinking

Erdman touched on guilt when the village men arrive - could be more played out

*we know that feeling

donation saves her because she overspent on decorating her place - that's new PC

she likes the cassava

*Bek likes the leaves

Erdman mentions she grew up Christian but no longer practices (all three PC writers shared this)

p 58: did anyone edit this? She jumps all over in space and time

wow, this is unique - Erdman gets to drink behind closed doors with the women (she also gets to attend births)

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