Homework 32
Homework 32 asks you to respond to the introduction and the foreword of the book, Baghdad Burning. James Ridgeway is the author of the introduction. He describes Riverbend as being a middle class status living with her mother, brother, and father. He says she is a young girl in her mid twenties. Riverbend did not necessarily respond to her blog everyday. She wrote weeks or even months apart at times. In doing so, her followers were not sure if she had been taken by the war itself. In summary, Ridgeway gives a background on the happenings in Iraq through the Author of the blogs, Riverbend’s, eyes.
The book begins with a foreword by Ahdaf Soueif as well as an introduction by James Ridgeway. The foreword starts out by giving you a description of Riverbend, who is a young Iraqi girl that begins to write a blog in 2003. She describes her experiences of the war as a civilian in Baghdad. Ahdaf goes on to explain how accurate Riverbend’s writings are.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:54 am
Pretty fair work on your summary in HW 32. Ridgeway also provides a historical background on Iraq and US relations with the country–this is his objective view, not Riverbend’s view. The assignment also asks you to provide an MLA style in-text citation citing the source (author and page number) of your facts.
No HW 33?