Latino USA: A Cartoon History by Ilan Stavans

Reading Latino USA: A Cartoon History by Ilan Stavans, I would have to disagree with Stavans when he said, "Nonsense, I say, puras tonterias. Our global culture is not about exclusion and isolation, but about cosmopolitanism (Stavans 3). He is disagree that Walts Disney is not brainwashing children's minds in Latin America, but i feel like they are not just brain washing Latin American children but also everyone who watches Disney movies. Disney inputs this ideal of romance, love and innocents in there movies that kids are so in to it that they expect this kind of romance to happen in reality. I feel like because of this they get so confused in what is reality and whats made up.

"Graphic Memoirs Come of Age" by William Bradley

I think in this text Bradley had some interesting points and he is a bit funny too.Thinking about what he said in the beginning of the text,i agree with him, he talks about how comic books later on  became like playing cards because everybody started reading comics and how all these authors who just want attention are willing to do anything to gain more audience and attention to their work. I think comic book or graphic novel now a days, do what they do not to entertain people anymore but to really just gain profit they would expand there stories just to prolong there time when people watch to gain money. Bardley mention how graphing novels aren't as illustrative in words and there is no picture illustration which makes it less interesting to read which i agree on. Just like when we were kids we tend to grab the book that has color pictures with less words then to get a book with alot of words but barley any pictures because it is not interesting, it doesn't appea to us.

"Empowerment Through Mythological Imaginings in Woman Warrior" by Sue Ann Johnston

What i found interesting about this text is that it talked a lot about  female and their role in china and in America. Females are looked down on in china but that wasn't just in china it also happens in other countries as well.Women were at the lower levels in society and are equivalent to slaves.In Chinese traditions, woman roles are to only be married and treated like property, they may not have a say in anythings. Johnston says Kingston piece is fiction because Kingston mentioned a story she was once told by her mother about  fa mu lan. She is not just taking the role of the male warrior because she is a female avenger. As a women she has both the ability to give birth and the ability to take away someone's life.