Reflection #1

I wish we could have discussed Awiti longer. People in our group noticed an interesting thing about Awiti, she has tunnel vision. In the beginning of Awiti's story, I saw all the people, her people, that were killed and sold into slavery. I understood her actions in killing the white people at this point in time, since the only places where she killed had slaves, or were slave trade port. Her fury at killing the white people at this point can be seen as justifiable. As the years went by, and even when slavery ended, racism continued in the world. Lynchings and hanging continued, and Awiti's wrath was still justified. It's when we got to close to modern times, when we see the white people who don't have racist thoughts, that we know that at least a few things in the world has changed, and yet Awiti hasn't. Awiti's view has become tunneled, she hasn't realized that people have changed, yet she keeps killing them. She keeps killing whites even though they have changed and they aren't the same people that were slave traders. She keeps creating hurricanes in the hurt locations even though they are now mainly black. All Awiti wants is her revenge. 

I also would have liked to discuss the spirits that Awiti talks to. Is she picking and choosing the spirits she talks to, because that would be horrible, or can she only talk to those of African descent. If she picks and chooses her spirits, that makes her seem like a horrible person, especially since blacks weren't the only ones persecuted. What about the LGBTQ community, the Jews and other persecuted people? Why didn't she listen to them? Another thing pointed out and that is interesting, is the fact she never seemed to talk to her own victims, the victims of the horrible things she's done, of her hurricane victims? I believe if she had done that, she may have thought about her actions differently. 

In the end of the day, I hope next class I can debate and talk about these things, since I find it interesting. 

- Eli