Blood Dazzler: "Prologue-p.34"

1/25/10 ----- I like the perspective that Patricia Smith uses throughout each of her pieces. She tells the "story" of hurricane Katrina many ways. She tells us how the hurricane thinks as it gets closer to shore and gathers strengths. Also, she tells the story through a victim's eyes and even a dog. Her writing is very interesting. For me, it's almost confusing because of the odd phrases she uses. But in a sense, that's how it should be because hurricane Katrina was powerful just like her writing. You never knew what would happen next. In some ways, I think that her writing went a little too far. She used some profanity and racial gestures that I don't think were appropriate. Of course, they do make sense within the writing, its just that I would have rather wanted her to phrase things a little differently. For the most part though, I like her writing so far and am looking for to finishing the book.