Between the world and me really touched me, because I never realized the extent to which a black man, or maybe even more a black woman, has to protect his/her body and how much certain parts of American culture condones the past. But personally the story resonated with me because of the theme of losing your body. I realized that the things that I fear as a woman about having my body taken from me are similar to those things African Americans also fear. The way you guard yourself, change yourself in terms of appearance and the emotions you show, in order to appear the least scared and vulnerable. The measures you take every day to make sure you don't end up in an alley or a dark parking garage. Oppression of all kinds entail someone at risk of losing their body, and someone with the power to take the body. This scared me. Just one small wrong step and the body has been taken from you. It was way too familiar and it have me quite a hard time reading the book because of how real it was. I'm aware that this was probably not the point of the novel, but nevertheless it was what it evoked in me, as well as a better understanding of how it is to be black in America. Everyone reads a book differently. I would like my interpretation to be as acceptable as any other, for this is just one of the way which I understand this book...
Caroline
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