Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 101 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start those conversations BEFORE we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

The Bosnia List

As we start this memoir, there are several questions that I have:


  • Why is it significant that the Serb flag has four S's which stand for "Only Unity Saves the Serbs" (28)?
  • What does the word "nationalism" mean to you and have you ever seen it in action? 
  • Why is it significant when the soldier asks Kenan if he's Bosnian, Yugoslavian, or Muslim?
  • How is Kenan different from his Serb or Croat classmates and neighbors? 
What questions do you have as you read?

I want to give you all a heads up: The author of The Bosnia List, Kenan Trebincevic, will give a talk at the QCC Holocaust Resource Center on May 6th from 3-5. Anyone who goes and writes a one-page response will get extra credit, equal to a week's worth of the blog.

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