Sunday, March 29, 2009
Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones-Humanities I M-F
In a world where the only certainty is impermanence, where the cost of traversing the known territory is high, where people are displaced and inexplicable violence visits, where communities have ceased to cohere and the threat of loss and being lost is ever-present, what are we to do? Discuss what this collection of stories offers us in terms of understanding and antidote. (Post one comment using MLA/Html format-no less than 300 words.)
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Lost in the City, written by Edward P. Jones, is an outstanding book of short stories that follows the lives of African-Americans in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. The book flawlessly illustrates the struggles they experience in life, such as the death of a friend, loved one, or companion. The author goes into depth detailing the thoughts of the characters. Although the characters have diverse personalities and situations, they all share a common goal: to survive in the city. What was intriguing about Lost In The City was that I recognized many places mentioned in the stories, such as Cardozo, Gonzaga, and Dunbar High Schools. The streets that are announced in the book are streets I pass along everyday. I also viewed how Washington, D.C. has changed over the years with the descriptions in the stories, to what I see today. Communities have changed drastically from what the book describes. By reading this book, I have learned much more about my hometown and its features that are not advertised. The reader is presented with a viewpoint of how the characters deal with violence and the use of drugs in Washington, D.C. The book provides an accurate outlook on the complex lives of Washingtonians. One story in the book that was most interesting to me was “The First Day”. This particular selection represented the education factor in Washington, D.C., and how many are illiterate, but still desire the best education for their children. I related to how the character felt on her first day of school, away from her mother and into a new environment. The collection of stories has significance to the culture and everyday life of Washingtonians. The incidents experienced by the characters, and their actions to understand life concepts, are a key component to the story. Lost in the City is a book of magnificent tales and has been unlike any other book I have read.
Overall, the book Lost In The City was very confusing for me. There were some short stories that kept my interest and there were others that lost me completely. Throughout the book my favorite short stories were “The Girl Who Raised Pigeons” and “The Sunday Following Mother’s Day.” Both of these short stories expressed relationships between a father and his daughter. In the story “The Girl Who Raised Pigeons,” it was engaging to see how much a father can love his child and how much this story reminded me of my relationship with my father. The part of the story where Besty Ann’s father is continuously checking up on her after she steals from the corner store reminds me of how my father may react if I were to do something similar to that. I enjoyed how the author showed Robert’s (the father) true love for his daughter. This is evident due to the fact that he did not abandon Besty Ann although he was given the opportunity to do so and how he woke up early every morning to remove any dead pigeons to shield his daughter from heartache. A short story that was the complete opposite of “The Girl Who raised Pigeons,” was “The Sunday Following Mother’s Day.” This story shows the broken relationship between a daughter and her father after the murder of the daughter’s mother. Samuel(father) kills Madeline’s(daughter) mother, as a result, Madeline was raised by only her aunt, her brother Sam hates their father, and Samuel was sentence to jail for twenty-five years. Sadly, I did not fully understand the ending of this short story. For many stories, I could not grasp the main ideas or the endings. Due to this I did not understand why or how the book received its title or the short story “Lost In the City,” itself.
In the book Lost In The City: By Edward P. Jones was very interesting, it has really good examples of how some of the kids in the city go through every day life, in some ways a chaotic mess. In the first story “The Girl Who Raised Pigeons”, the beginning part was really sad how the mother died, but it was uncertain if it was the tumor or the child birth killed her. In “The First Day”, it was kind of confusing but I got the general topic. I also want to point out that I can relate to this chapter, when the mother was signing her child up for school she could not read the school’s signup sheets, just like my mother did when she signed my sister up for school. However she got help from a person in the office that could speak Chinese. Third, I could relate to the story “The night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed”, about around late last year and earlier this year one of my elementary acquaintance was killed in broad day light. However, he got stabbed instead of being shot. Unfortunately he died of the wound he received from the stabbing. Last, I could also relate to is the “Young Lions” because over the past few days on the news there have been break ins and bank robberies committed by people in that area.
My favorite story was the last story “Marie” because a regular person would sometimes worry about their Social Security checks, but in the end it turned out well. Overall the first few stories I really liked it was really interesting and different from the books I have read so far since most books I read are fantasy. In the future I would like to read more from this author since it’s a really good book and regular people can relate to most of the stories.
Lost in the City , by Edward P. Jones, in my opinion was both an interesting and appreciated book. The book contains fourteen unforgettable stories of city life in Washington, D.C. The novel goes deep within the definitions of love, joy, compassion, and belonging. The characters are very intertwined with the city and the life all around it. They observe the trees, the children, schoolyards, animals and even business men and women filling the streets in the morning. The stories are all different each demonstrating city life and the problems that come with it. Many school and landmarks are used in the book that I have already visited in real life which allowed me to relate to some of the characters and developments of the settings in each story, accounting that I like in D,C. Because our school is located in the middle of D,C, many of the streets and crossroads I see almost everyday on my way to school. Some neiborhoods are close to mine too so it helps me to picture what the author is portraying in the book. My favorite story was the first about a girl raised by pigeons. Of course I was never raised by pigeons, but I have always had a connection with animals, even the ones that are hated by society, for example rats, pigeons, pigs, and sharks. Even though these are animals people seem to hate for reasons that are uncalled for, these animals still love and care as much and even more than other animals. The girl in the first story realizes this. Over all, Lost in the City was a challenging yet fun book to read and enjoy. The stories were well written and organized. They portrayed sides of the story that are different than other books and were full of detail. I think the author writes very well and I would like to read more of his books or novels.
Lost In The City features African Americans from all backgrounds dealing with everyday struggles within Washington, D.C; many of them are faced with crushed dreams, deaths, poverty, and violence. In terms of understanding the above statement, Edward P. Jones addresses all in his book. He shows that sometimes even within your own environment, horrendous events can occur. In the short story, “The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed”, we learn of a young girl named Rhonda Ferguson. She had a lot of talent and had a lot going for her. She had a sturdy support system, and everyone in the community had faith she would be this legendary singer. One night though, Rhonda Ferguson was shot and killed by her boyfriend. When this type of event occurs, this should give anyone the understanding that no one is invincible; anything can happen to anyone. No one in the story was expecting this because Rhonda had amazing talent. This was also someone she knew who killed her, which no one could imagine.
Also, Lost In The City proves that communities sometimes fail to come together after experiencing a tough situations. In the short story, “The Store”, we meet Mrs. Penelope “Penny” Jenkins. She runs a store called Al’s and Penny’s Groceries. The narrator works for her, and he meets many interesting characters who are consumers at the store. Two characters were Tommy and Patricia Turner and they had spunk, were creative, and each had their own unique personality. One unfortunate night, Mrs. Jenkins hits and kills Patricia Turner with her car. Everyone assumes that Mrs. Jenkins did it purposely, and they call her awful names because of that. Mrs. Jenkins is the utmost apologetic, but no one believes her except the narrator. Mrs. Jenkins is embarrassed, and leaves town. She and the narrator meet up in disclosed locations far away from O and 5th Street where the store is located and where Patricia was killed. In this situation, the community should have not treated Mrs. Jenkins that way. She was remorseful, and she doesn’t seem as the type of women who would hit a child with her car just because. Patricia’s death tore the community apart, as one side defending Mrs. Jenkins and the other opposed.
Anyone can understand, whether from the D.C Metropolitan area or not, that we need to come together more as a community. We need more trust from unknown individuals and the people around us. Everyone has or will experience loss, and certainty is temporary because just as fast as we can get money, we can lose money twice as fast. Lost In The City contained many deceitful individuals who were all for self, and didn’t think of the well being of others. The deceitful individuals usually treated the ones they knew wrong, as was in “His Mother’s House” when Santiago killed Humphrey. Overall, Lost In The City was an enjoyable and I gained a greater sense of knowledge of the Washington, D.C surrounding me. It was also intriguing to locate the places in my head of where certain events occurred (Dunbar High School, Cardozo, Chevy Chase, the Orange Line, etc.). The language was also entertaining and easy to read. The characters are relatable because they deal with things my family and I experience daily (violence, lies, deaths, money woes, dreams, etc.) I am not a fan of mandatory readings, but I have no regrets when reading this book. I would recommend this book to anyone, D.C. resident or not.
Lost in the City, by Edward P. Jones is a fascinating novel full of different stories about African American life in Washington, DC and their struggle to survive. At the beginning of the book I was a bit confused because I wasn’t sure weather it was one story or many. However, because of that the book kept me interested because there was always another to read. I could make many relations to the stories because a lot of the places, I have heard of or have been to in my life. For example in “The Store” they mention Dunbar High school, although I do not go there, that is actually my neighborhood school. Or in “The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed”, the characters in that story attend Cardozo High School which is another place I am familiar with. Furthermore, the book had the orange line to Ballston, Chevy Chase and Georgetown in it. While reading this book I could get a great image of the setting because of my familiarity with those locations. This book, when I read it, felt really real and had a great detail of places and people’s thoughts and opinions. Most of the stories explain how people are trying to make money or their way of surviving and their struggle. One of the chapters I could relate to was “The First Day” because my mom is really picky about which schools she wants her children to attend, like if her mind is set on one school that she likes that’s the one me or my sister would go to. This book has been wonderful to read and I really enjoyed it. It is very different from any other books that I’ve read because of the different stories and the many things I am familiar with. The main reason I liked this book is because it was easy for me to paint an image in my mind of the stories.
Lost In The City was the first novel composed of short stories I’ve ever read, and also the first book I’ve read that took place in Washington, D.C. that had no mention of the government, monuments, or general tourist attractions, other than just in passing. I really appreciated this because it frustrates me that most people think Washington is nothing more then the Capitol of the country, when in reality it is our home.
One of my favorite things about reading this book was that I could visualize a lot of the places they mentioned. There have been very few books where I could do that, and it made this one all the more real. The stories I enjoyed the most were “Young Lions,” “The Store,” “The Sunday Following Mother’s Day,” and “Marie.” I liked “Young Lions,” because even though the story didn’t have a happy ending, it was very, very real. So many people get sucked into a life like Caesar (the main character) led, and many other people get hurt by it, like his girlfriend.
“The Store,” and “The Sunday Following Mother’s Day,” showed that you can rebuild your life and one bad thing doesn’t need to end it. These stories gave me hope because now I know that if these people could get over what happened, move on and make a great life for them selves, I can too (if I’m ever in that situation). I know it sounds like I think these stories actually happened, I assure you, I know they are fiction; however, they are so realistic that I treat them like real anecdotes.
And finally, “Marie,” was a favorite of mine because it told the story of a strong, older woman who had lived, and still lived, a full life. By the hints in the story you could tell that she was patient, brave, just, and strong.
I think that anybody, especially people growing up in D.C., would enjoy this book. It is a perfect mix of humor, tragedy, and reality.
Lost in the city by Edward P. Jones, is a book of a collection of stories about African American life in Washington D.C. It is an outstanding book that has relatable stories. It contains 14 amazing stories. It was funny to me because some of the locations mentioned in the book I have been to or pass by every day. One story that I really liked was “The night Rhonda Ferguson was killed.” I thought that this story was quite interesting and very touching. What I found interesting was the fact that Cassandra was the main character and Rhonda was a minor character who was mentioned twice. I thought this story was a bit sad because she was going through such a rough patch in her life. Her parents had both died in a car accident and she was partially living with her sister and brother-in-law. She also turned to cigarettes as filler to the hole in her life. When I read this book I learned more about the history of where I live and how life in this city used to be. It was funny to read how life was back then and it see how much it has changed now. I really enjoyed this book. This book is unlike any other book I have read, so to read this was very enjoyable.
Lost in the City, by Edward P. Jones, is a book composed of captivating short stories with various themes including death, violence, drugs, family, friends, and self discovery. All the stories tie into the fact that the characters are lost and you learn about their struggles and attempts to discover themselves. Their common salvation was hope, which acted as the characters motivators. Hope was their form of an antidote to their struggles whether they are internal or external.
In the story “The Store” the narrator is lost and without a job. His life is not structured and he goes to the streets during the day. He takes a job at the Grocery store on 5th and O to work for Penelope Jenkins. He struggles with commitment to the job and the maturity to go about it. His attempts to discover himself were based in learning from his work environment and showing persistence. He maintains his sense of hope by working hard in order to get a raise and to be satisfied with where he is in his life. He hoped that Kentucky would accept his offer to go on a date which motivated him. He had hope for himself and his future even when he was too lost to realize it.
The short story entitled “An Orange Line Train to Ballston” shows a very obvious example of someone who is lost because she does not feel loved. She hopes to see the man with the dreadlocks because he touched her in a way that she has not felt for a long time. He was kind to her and her children in a way that she had not experienced with other men. She struggles with the fact that she wants to see him and has trouble justifying to herself and her kids why they should wait for the orange line train, or in other words why they should wait for a chance to see the man with the dreadlocks. She gets on the metro every day in hopes to see the man, which motivates her. She was lost because she felt unloved and probably felt discouraged by the thought of men. Seeing the dreadlocked man’s way of treating her and her children helped her to see her way. It showed her faith and helped her on her way to self discovery.
Hope is ever present in these stories. It is what pulled them through. Without hope, the characters would still be Lost in the City.
Edward P. Jones' collection of short stories, Lost in the City , offers many perspectives on the theme of being lost. Characters in the book are lost in many ways. Some have lost their sense of identity, such as Penny at the end of "The Store", some have lost people they love in their lives ("The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed", "The Sunday Following Mother's Day", "Lost in the City") and must find ways to cope. Some are even lost within their own families and neighborhoods, like Madeleine in "The Sunday Following Mother's Day" and Penny in "The Store". The streets of D.C. mentioned in Lost in the City are not the streets that I have known since living here, however, the characters are relatable to me. I can relate to Cassandra in "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed" for her devotion to her best friend, Rhonda. I can also relate to the boy in "The Store", who is searching for a job and a purpose, and finds it working in Penny's store. The characters in Lost in the City find many ways to cope with their feelings of being lost. Lydia in "Lost in the City" literally gets herself lost in an effort to reflect on her mother's death. Vivian from "Gospel" finds solace in singing for her church as her husband dies. Marvella in "Orange Line Train to Ballston" tries to find love and hope in a man she runs into on the train. In short, the characters in Lost in the City are very lost. One of the things that the book teaches is that we can try very hard to find ourselves and our place in the world, we can try to get out of the fog, but whatever we do, we can never fully find our way out of the fog. We can try, but it will always come back, just not always as prominent as before. Lost in the City is an accurate portrayal of people in the district trying to find their place.
Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones gave us a true meaning of what it is to be lost and how there are many meanings to the word lost. In “The First Day”, we see the most fundamental meaning of the word lost meaning to not know where to go and what to do. The mother after convincing the girl that she would one day go to a specific school she finds out that it is out of boundary and she could not attend. This had to be heart braking. After years and years of telling someone something and it not happen on the day it should, because of small mistakes. We learn of another version of the word lost in “The Night Rhonda Ferguson was Killed.” Cassandra and Rhonda were friends. As friends Rhonda, with a promising future as a singer, is killed by her boyfriend shattering her future and the life of Cassandra as a famous person’s friend. This story in my opinion is confusing. Cassandra seems like a tag along giving up her future and summiting her life to Rhonda in exchange for fame. So when Rhonda died, Cassandra died. This left her in the world by herself forcing her to restart her life. Yet another meaning of the word lost is found in “The Girl Who Raised Pigeons.” Here lost means gone. In the story a girl named Betsy Ann who saw her pigeons fly away forgetting all the good she has done and never showed gratitude to her. It had to hurt her. She has taken care of something, in this case pigeons, and watched go off forgetting what she did and how she cared. It is very relevant to the culture of today. After you help people they sometimes to not care about how not saying Thank You hurt someone. Throughout this story we meet many people who are lost and it shows us that being lost is anything, but good.
Lost in the City, by Edward P. Jones, is an exemplary book of short stories set in the Washington DC that most tourists don't get to see. This book tracks the lives of young and old African Americans and their different struggles. The author did a great job at giving the characters life and substance, and he creates a window into the minds of the impoverished citizens. Since I was born and raised in DC it was cool to hear about the places i have seen growing up, such as Dunbar SHS, the National Mall and the K street market. My favorite story out of the collection was definitely Lost in the City, which was about a young, rich prostitute named Lydia, who has just lost her mother. I think this story truly illustrates being lost in the city, because Lydia was swept up in the temptations of the city. She is addicted to cocaine and selling her body just so she can have money for the first time in her life. During the story she is supposed to be going to the hospital where her mom has just died. Instead she does 4 lines of cocaine and asks the cab driver to get her "Lost" in the city. It's rather ironic that she asks for this because she is obviously already lost. Another story i enjoyed very much was The Night Rhonda Ferguson was Killed. This is a story about a promising young African American girl named Rhonda Ferguson. Everyone believes Rhonda is going to make something out of herself because of her beautiful voice. Sadly though one night her boyfriend shot and killed her and her promising life and career was cut short. This shows that life is precious and that any moment it can be taken away from you. That is another aspect of the tough life of the city and how an urban environment can swallow a life whole.
The novel Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones was a very great collection of stories. Lost in the City describe the daily lives of individuals and the conditions they have to go through using short stories. For instance, these stories describe the harsh environment, the excessive violence, the threat of living in Washington, just to name a few. In addition, many of the short stories include the aspect of death. This shows the reader, what the characters underwent and how the characters in the different stories were similar and had the same harsh conditions in Washington DC. Not only does Lost in the City describes what individuals go through but, if the short stories were connected or, in other words, put together as one novel, it would give the reader a glimpse of the life of one individual from childhood to becoming a senior citizen. The novel begins with a little girls life in harsh Washington DC in the story “The Girl who raised pigeons”, to growing up and going to school in the story “The First Day”, to life for teenagers in the story “The Night Rhonda Ferguson was killed”, to young adults in the story “The Store” and “Young Lions”, and all the way to senior citizens in the story “Marie”. From all these stories, only certain stories typifies how to survive and what we are to do to extant in these conditions of living. Two short stories that typify this are “The Store” and also “Marie”. “The Store”, one of the best stories from the whole collection, was about how a young man who has lost all hope is living under his mother’s roof and he eventually gets a job at a local store called Al’s and Penny’s store. The young man from this job and from penny, his manager, learns to be a responsible young adult. The young man; although tempted to drink, to hang out with his friends, and to always rely on his mother, changes his habit by doing something about his life and finding a job and succeeding in it. “Marie” is a short story about a senior citizen whose name is, well, Marie and the story typifies how she has to endure the Washington DC conditions presented in the novel. Marie never had too carry a knife until she carried a knife one time and in short it saved her life from a thief who tried to steal money from her which she did not have. She has carried a knife since then and that portrays how she has to do to survive in Washington dc. Thus, this collection of stories offer us how Washington DC used to be, what kind of challenges it brought to its inhabitants, and what the inhabitants did toward their challenges in Washington DC. In addition, it offer us, by typifying in the short stories what individuals did in Washington DC to survive, an antidote that helps us if in any case we are to encounter these kind of conditions. Lost in the City was easy to read, intriguing, and offers much insight into individuals. Overall, Lost in the City is great novel that I would recommend to anyone
Lost in the City, is a collection of short stories by Edward P. Jones. The stories were stories of what it is like to live in Washington D.C as a citizen not a tourist. Mr. Jones tells the stories of how the life of Washingtonians is way different than what many people thought life was like. Lost in the City's stories were full of both confusion, but also there is also some suspense in it also.
The stories that really seemed to stand out to me were “The Store”, and also “The Sunday Following Mother’s Day.” The store was the life of a teenager who was trying to get a job and make some money at the same time. Then story was kind of what it is like to have a job, and take care of it. The story is a symbolic of how people were blamed for things they didn’t do on purpose. Also the “The Sunday Following Mother’s Day” was a story of how it was hard to forgive and forget. Sam was a person who couldn’t forgive his father for killing his mother, yet Madeline can forgive her father with full heart for what he did, almost like it never happened. Many people who were young like Madeline when the death happened, could most likely have been a person who could forgive, yet Sam would not even think of forgiving and forgetting.
Also, a story that I know most people can relate to most is most likely “The Girl Who Raised Pigeons,” where Betsy Ann stole from the store. The way that she was punished, is most likely the way that most people were punished if they stole from a store, even if they did not know they were stealing. She had a time of any child would have if they stole from a store. “The Girl Who Raised Pigeons,” was my favorite story because of the way many people can relate to it.
The book Lost in the City, is a complex collection of stories from within Washington, D.C. The author, Edward P. Jones, was very successful with making the stories interesting. Most of the stories had enough detail and they were able to grasp my attention with much ease. With the stories taking place in the city of Washington, D.C., I myself was able to relate to some of the characters. Furthermore, I feel as though the author was able to make good connections between the central theme and all of the short stories. The central theme of the book is being lost, and the main characters of the short stories are all lost in their own special ways.
Although this book was well written and included much detail and creativity, the author did a few things that are unusual and did not help the reader to understand the book. One thing that I felt was a mistake was making some stories much longer or shorter than the others. Consequently, some of the short stories had much fewer details than the much longer stories. I feel as if the author is not being consistent with the short stories and consistency is a big part of writing. As well as not being consistent, the author also left some important things a mystery. For example, the author did not give the name of a character. When reading, it is sometimes confusing to see so many pronouns without seeing any proper nouns. When a reader is confused by a piece of writing, they may potentially loose interest.
Apart from the pros and cons, I consider this a good book. I can relate to it and it is very interesting. I think this book would be great for all high school students in the D.C. metropolitan area because many of us can relate. Adults that grew up in D.C. would also appreciate this book and possibly bring back memories of their childhood. Otherwise, the stories are a good read, and you won’t be wasting your time.
Lost in the city by Edward P. Jones is an interesting collection of short stories which all take place in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States of America. It was very interesting to experience another view of Washington, D.C. without focusing on politics, monuments and tourism. I really liked the short story “The night Rhonda Ferguson was killed”, because it showed how life in Washington, D.C. really can be. Cassandra, who is the main character, is really lost in the city. She is smoking and skipping school constantly, and also she is stealing. That could be part of a bad school system, but she is also helpless, because her parents died in a car accident when she was a little child. The reader sees what tourists usually do not see: Her driving a car to Anacostia, which is not a very safe area of Washington, D.C. to wonder around in for a teenage girl. I also liked the way the book was written. It is not written in proper English, what completes the experience of being in this story. However, it was sad to know that probably a lot of children have to live that life and that they have only very seldom a chance to escape that life. They often are not able to succeed in school, sometimes the biggest reason is that the teachers do not really want to teach, especially if the school is considered as a bad school. That book was a great book to read and I can see why it won different prizes. I recommend that book to everybody who wants to read a book about Washington, D.C. other than about politics and monuments. It is a real experience, which nobody should miss; it really gives everybody a view from within.
I am glad to say I had the privilege of reading Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones, a collection of short stories about the daily struggles of people living in Washington D.C. All the characters are “lost” because they have to deal with unfortunate circumstances and have to find order and purpose in their lives. Edward P. Jones has a true talent for keeping the reader engaged. Normally, I dread reading assigned books, but Lost in the City was well worth while. In fact, I’m glad it was assigned because I know I would not have chosen this novel on my own time. I could relate to most of the stories and for the stories I couldn’t relate to, the author made vivid enough descriptions that made it seem like I experienced those same situations yesterday. My favorite stories were “The Girl Who Raised Pigeons” and "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed". “The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed” was the most relatable story in the book for me. I can name several people who end up in terrible situations due to their significant others. The protectiveness of Betsy-Ann’s father reminded me of all the men in my family who would do anything at the expense of my happiness. Lost in the City isn’t about monuments, or the white house, it’s about the everyday people just trying to make ends meet and make something of their lives. It was refreshing to read something about Washington D.C that didn’t sound like a tourist pamphlet. I also loved reading about the streets I walk and the places I go on a daily basis (metro, Cardozo, Dunbar). Stories like “The Sunday Following Mother’s Day” teach us that unfortunate events aren’t the end of the world. We have to move on and start a new saga in our lives. No matter how long it took, each character used their fall backs as learning experiences. I especially recommend this book to residents in Washington D.C, but I know everyone can find this book very interesting.
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