Independent Reading Four

My favorite aspect of Don't Lets go to the Dogs Tonight was definitely the vivid and distinct descriptions that Fuller used to describe her African surroundings. The language use of this book, transports you to the jagged and shifting conditions of the environment there. The creative and poetic way Fuller presents the African sunsets or the routine screaming of the savage animals, makes you fall in love with the harsh African countryside.

Independent Reading Three

In the book, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, there are several themes hidden behind the seemingly random assortment of stories from Alexandra Fuller's childhood. One theme that has resonated the most with me is the persistent occurrence of Fuller's family's apathy. Not only do they display inconsideration towards the impoverished people in their vicinity, but they exhibit a lack of consideration towards Fuller. This is seen on many occasions. Two of these instants being the death of Fuller's younger sister and baby brother. On both occasions, her parents don't attempt to comfort her.

Independent Reading Two

In my independent reading book, Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight, I have noticed jarring differences in the Afrikaners settlers culture compared to ours. Firstly, even though throughout this book the author's family considers themselves poor, they always have servants and hired-hands for the farm. They also seem more calloused towards observing people suffering. In our society, we organized fundraisers and raise awareness for these causes. In this book, they seem indifferent to these types of things. The pictures of bloated bellied, half naked children we see in commercials, that beg for donations, are the same children that are neighbors to the Afrikaners. The people living in their backyards are these struggling people that, in America, we reference to when some bratty four year old refuses to finish their drive-thru dinner.

Independent Reading One

 The autobiographical Don't Lets go to the Dogs Tonight is from the perspective of Alexandra Fuller, a white settler living in southern Africa during the ending age of apartheid. With the use of vividly descriptive language that captures the stark surroundings, Fuller reveals the shifting values of races. When the book begins, the Rhodesian war for independence is in full storm. When this enmity is final over, the political practice of apartheid is banished.
 Fuller's book documents the reaction and resilients of the whiter settlers living in Rhodesian (soon to become Zimbabwe).