Notes - August 24, 2016

• Edwidge Danticat --> Creating Dangerously: THe Immigrant Artist at Work
• Haitian author - attended Brown University and written many books
• Advocate for immigrants 
• Bridges between Haitian literature and English literature 
• Mass media - what is "okay," and what isn't? 
• spectacle of their deaths 
• Artists tend to be influenced by personal experiences more than others, however, what influenced her was watching someone else die 
• Still loves her culture, but recognizes there are many struggles in Haiti
• Loving her country, despite the government is corrupt 
• The government's control over what can be shown to society 
• Despite how terrible a country may be, people still stay in their home 
• Argentina --> government pays for everything so nobody leaves  
• Difficult to relate at times due to lack of personal experience 
• The present tense makes it feel more "real" --> "words hold more weight" 
• Earthquake caused literal destruction 
• So many aspects people can connect to 
• Death of a family member
• Natural disasters 
• Oppression 
• Making that connection --> Compassion 
• "You find a way to get through"
•  Government manipulation 
• "Nobody can bend people's will - only by their ideals" 
• Pg. 9 "And no matter how hard he tried, Papa Doc Duvalier could not make their words go away" 
• Reading Dangerously --> Create dangerously for somebody to create dangerously  
• Choosing what to read to help yourself - personal development 
• It may bring you harm 
• Created despite the hardships from her homeland 
• Risk --> appearing as if one is not tolerant of anything
• Why did they go back?