I was really surprised that Janie finally came to such stark conclusions about how she felt about her grandmother. It became very clear in this reading that she has a deep resentment for the woman that raised her. I feel like this resentment is there because Janie feels as though her grandmother somehow cut her short from living the life she truely wanted. Janie blaims her grandmothers actions and pressures for all of the bad things that happened to her.

In A Cautionary Tale and a Partisan View I thought the initial discussion about folklore was interesting. I was surpised as to how difficult it was to find an acurate depiction of the south and the stories from the people who lived there. I guess it makes sense that there would be the stereotypical white racist stories that depicted blacks negatively but it was surprising how plentiful and overwhelming they were. I found it interesting that the person interested in researching these stories had to really struggle to find individuals that could acurately pass on folklore from the south. I feel like there hsould have been more people that wanted to keep the traditions alive.

I was kind of confused about "The Nergo Artist and the Racial Moutain". I thought it was hard to figure out what kind of messege Hughes was trying to send us. The Harlem Rennisance was about racial uplift but in this short piece I do not feel like he speaks of his race in a very positive or uplifting manner.

I can understand his point of view when he is talking about upper class blacks trying to assimilate to the white population. In his opinion they do not take enough pride in black culture and he thinks it is problematic that they tell their children to not "act like little niggers". It makes sense that this bothers him because they are prolonging the use of a derogatory term or concept. I do think he is extremely critical I think he may overexaggerate the ills of the upper classes.

What I found so problematic was his description of the "more desirable" in his opinion black people. I thought that he himself was exaggerating stereotypes that the Rennisance was working to get rid of. I do not think it's a good thing to believe that the more desirable black people were those that were "lazy" or "not important to community". It negates what others in his time were working for.