Required Reading The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead (the first half–through t

Required Reading
The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead (the first half–through the end of Chapter Nine)
Journal #7 Directions
Write at least one page in response this week’s reading. Use the list below, labeled “What Sort of Things Can You Do in a Journal,” to give you ideas of what to write about.
Your journal should be a minimum of one page, double-spaced. Follow MLA formatting guidelines (header, page number, title).
While I want you to follow MLA guidelines for basic formatting, I have different ideas about how to cite sources in a journal. I do not expect a Works Cited page for journal entries, but I do expect that all sources you use be acknowledge clearly in some way within your writing wherever you paraphrase, summarize, or quote them; furthermore, I expect all direct quotes to be placed in quotation marks.
What sort of things can you do in a journal?
record your personal thoughts and reactions to things we read, watch, or listen to
examine the artistic and literary merits of things we read, looking at things like characterization, theme, symbolism, etc.
explore historical and cultural observations about things like gender, race, the family, social class, economics, consumer culture, government structure, etc.
perform outside research to deepen your understanding of the text and share that research, as well as your insights make connections between our course materials and your own life and observations