Welcome...and initial guidelines...

This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

Weekly plans and other materials will always be posted in Vista, not this blog. So go to Bb Vista to get the discussion prompts and other instructions.

I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

You should have received an email from me inviting you to become a contributor to this blog. The email was sent Monday afternoon to your official Drexel email address.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

I Want Out

The article i read was about a young college student living voer in the middle east during the War. He talked mostly about how angry he was that he was stuck over there during these times. He was suppose to go to college sor his studies but because most of the girls werent't going back to college he decided not to gom back either. His mom who worked at the college still had to go and work but on her first day she found out that they were shutting down the college and stopping all lectures and classes. There had also been a new curfew set forth that required people to stay in there homes for most of the day or night. He was angered by the fact that he was trapped in his house and trapped in this country he wanted to leave. He ended up spending most of his days watching tv and eating worrying about gaining weight and becoming a clostrophobic. The main tone in this stroy was of anger and frustration over the situation he was put in. This is very understandeable i know that if i was stuck in my home and wasn't able to do anything i would want to leave to.

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