Akire's Blog Review


Today I am writing a review on Akire Gaines’ blogs from week seven, five, and four! First, I’d like to state that her blogs are very aesthetically pleasing, easy to read, and enjoyable; she gives a lot of new insights that I have not considered before. The Week Seven blog was very nicely written, and I loved the picture she chose to add (it looks like it was an African tribe/community sitting around a fire and telling stories). Akire chose to write about the guest-speaker, Dr. Ochieng’ K’Olewe—a Kenyan storyteller and professor here at McDaniel. I really liked the part where she added that while his stories were good, she couldn’t really relate to the hardships from her own life to the stories—which I think is a great point. The lives of people in Africa are different from the lives we lead here in America, and therefore, our struggles, experiences, and communities, and legends/fairytales/folktales are all different. Akire’s Week Five blog was on “Sonne”. I really enjoyed how Akire related “Sonne” to The Young Slave and Snow White and Lasair Gheug since it helped develop the similarities and differences between them all. Finally, I liked how she added her favorite version of Snow White and her reasons for it, it helped characterize her as a person, but also allowed insight on her thoughts. Lastly, Akire’s Week Four blog was about “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Beauty and the Beast” and in discussing these tales, she also discussed the issues of women in fairytales. Overall, I really enjoyed Akire’s blogs and would definitely go back and read more of them in the future! (I’ve also added pictures of Princess and the Frog because this is Akire’s favorite fairytale movie.)
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