Nervous Conditions For next year? and Reading Times

    This year, as started Nervous Conditions I was pretty skeptical in reading it because of the foreign 

words and culture. Although as we got into the novel and started discussing it, I got very interested in 

the book and I began to enjoy it. By the time we finished Nervous Conditions, I was excited that we finished, although it was the best book iv'e read in all of my required reading. 

    Usually as I'm required to read books, there usually symbolic and deep books such as, To kill a Mockingbird. Whereas, in Nervous Conditions it was deep but easy to comprehend for me. As for next year, I think this novel should definitely be included in the syllabus simply because of it's story and themes that I haven't read in any-other book such as, female repression and gender inequality.

    Although I personally enjoyed Nervous Conditions, I can also see why people would not like to read this book, simply because of the plot. The plot in nervous Conditions is far from action packed, and most Post colonial novels tend to be like this. Although Not everyone will like the fact that it's an old setting, theres little action, and many characters. That was probably the hardest thing to deal with, the characters come very quickly in the book, and theres many names and relationships that you must understand in order to comprehend this Novel.

    Thats where the Layered projects came into play as we read Nervous Conditions. The option to pick what projects we wanted to do was a huge benefactor. Not only did we get to choose what projects we wanted to complete, but they were also broken up into an A layer, B layer, C layer 1, and C layer 2. Being due at all different times made the Nervous Conditions reading much better especially for people like me who, if the projects were all due at the end of the reading, would probably do all the projects at the last minute. Lastly, being able to chose what you wanted to do for the projects allowed you to focus on your weakness'. For me, I chose Character bookmark because I had a hard time Keeping up with the  Relations and Features of each Character.

   In conclusion, I would definitely recommend including Nervous Conditions in next years Syllabi. From the morals, unique themes, to never before seen culture, this book required me to read this book unlike iv'e ever read any other book before. I had to do this because off the Challenging Vocabulary, Characters, and Themes that iv'e never been exposed to before. With that being said, I would Definitely think reading this book for years to come would be beneficial to all it's readers to come.

Reading:

3/14/13- Nervous Conditions Playlist- 1 hour

3/15/13- Nervous Conditions project work (Playlist and Film Study) - 2 hours Mocking Jay- 45 Minutes

3/16/13- Mocking Jay- 1 hour

3/17- Mocking jay 1 hour