ENCW 205 Fall 2021
Posted in Workshop on Nov 30th, 2021
[posted on behalf of a student] For my final project, I am writing a collection of essays about how place, including the landscape, people, and culture, has shaped my identity. The first three essays are done for workshop. The fourth essay though I thought of recently and haven’t had time to fully complete it but wanted […]
Posted in Workshop on Nov 30th, 2021
Good Morning Vietnam, My final project is supposed to act as a podcast that captures the voices of many that were previously ignored. So, let’s start with a little context. My siblings and I were uprooted and moved constantly because of how often both our parents were being deployed. Going to numerous schools enforced that […]
Posted in Workshop on Nov 29th, 2021
For my final project I am writing a series of poems about the places I have considered home and how they have shaped my identity today (or currently are). The places are Jacksonville-Richlands NC, Walnutport PA, Lynchburg VA and Sweet Briar Va. I want to use these poems to talk about the culture of each […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2021
For my project, I want to create poems about the Raleigh-Durham area and how they impacted my childhood. I would also like to explore themes of growing apart from one’s birthplace and how eventually, children are pushed to leave the nest. For the areas, I’m going to write about them as I remember them initially, […]
Posted in Workshop on Nov 18th, 2021
For my final project I made a vision board/mood board along with a soundtrack inspired by the book The Awakening. Throughout the book music and art are a common theme, from Robert singing Si Tu Savais to Edna being able to follow her passions and become an artist. So with this project I wanted to combine both visual […]
Posted in Music on Nov 18th, 2021
Take a moment and think about who is the ‘Father of Jazz.’ Was Louis Armstrong your guess? You’d be incorrect but who could blame you. He is broadcasted as the most influential jazz figure known and is who’s referenced in elementary schools when the subject of jazz music is brought up. However, I wanted to […]
Posted in Treme on Nov 16th, 2021
The show Treme has the common theme of identity we’ve been discussing in this course. The difference between the characters in the books we’ve read and the characters in this show is, in the show people are clinging to their sense of identity that Hurricane Katrina stripped from them, but in the books they lack […]
Posted in When the Levees Broke on Nov 16th, 2021
What happened in Louisiana was cataclysmic, I was only three years old when the hurricane hit and I never heard much about it growing up besides the name. Learning how poorly the situation was handled was sickening. Hurricane Katrina affected how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) works today. It’s more effective now and has […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 16th, 2021
For my final project, I will be writing a short story about a couple planning a dinner date at home. One character, Maria Tran, is a Vietnamese American who was born and raised in New Orleans. The other character, Sasha Scales, is an African American woman who grew up in Southwest Virginia. As they plan […]
Posted in Treme on Nov 15th, 2021
[posted on behalf of a student] The first episode of the HBO series Treme, “Do You Know What It Means,” takes place in New Orleans three months after Hurricane Katrina. It follows the stories of several different characters from different parts of New Orleans and different backgrounds. There is the Bernette family, whose house is off […]
Posted in Treme on Nov 15th, 2021
Treme is a televised series that peers into the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. There are a plethora of disturbances in New Orleans’ societal norms that the series addresses, ranging from schools closing to dilapidated properties to increase in crime rate to racial policing. If the series has a villain, it is the faceless apparatus of governmental control over employees and citizens. The battle […]
Posted in Workshop on Nov 15th, 2021
Hey everyone! For my creative project I will be taking a collection of pictures from my camera and adding short excerpts about how the nature where I lived in California helped me through my anxiety and also how it influenced my identity. The project will reflect on ideas and topics we discussed in class about […]
On pages 86-7 of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, an intriguing picture of Edna Pontellier was described: Mr. Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife. Bot her new and unexpected line of conduct completely bewildered him. It shocked him. Then her absolute disregard for her […]
Posted in Workshop on Nov 13th, 2021
For my final project, I am taking characters from the books we have read and turning them into tarot cards that have either fit the journey they go on or their character. I am hand drawing all of these cards. Here is a link where I discuss Tarot more along with the meanings of each […]
Treme takes place three months after Hurricane Katrina. It captures the events and feelings that rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina must have been like. Some are just trying to get on their feet, some were left homeless, and some moved completely away. All three scenarios are captured in Treme. It does a good job showing the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2021
Watching the TV show Treme as a capstone to our studies of New Orleans is a perfect conclusion to our media consumption. The show begins in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and in the very first episode we are exposed to a family returning to their flooded home, the first Second Line parade since the storm, a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2021
After watching the first episode of Treme, it made me think about the actual set-up of the story itself. All of the other stories along with the documentary all follow an event unfolding. Edna falls in love and reconsiders her entire life along with her place in it. Binx has to go through his lady-troubles and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2021
The Television series Treme gives an idea of the types of emotions and events that occurred when residents returned to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Although this is a fictional drama I think that this is not only an interesting way to view the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina but also an important way to view […]
The show Treme show casts a light onto the lives of multiple residents of New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina flooded 80% of the city. The level different characters have been impacted by the storm varies, The Bernette family whose house is mainly intact while others have lost everything (such as the Mardi […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2021
Treme casts a light on the lives of New Orleanians following Hurricane Katrina. The characters come off as everyday people who are simply trying to get by and rebuild their lives following the storm. There are even characters whose homes are left absolutely destroyed (such as the older Mardi Gras Indian man) and so they must […]