https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_nPTY-gmYGgR-TORlkx8UyUG4zKW6oEFivCzqBBz3-Y/edit?usp=sharing Enjoy! Sorry about the extra page, but I don't know how to get rid of it! ...
I noticed something very interesting in Evicted. Matthew Desmond never attempts to make Sherrena, Tobin, or Quentin look like villains. That could have been very easy, especially since Desmond spent time living in their property and had a landlord-tenant connection with them. He could have written them as...
Vanetta Evans broke my heart. I briefly mentioned her in my last microblog. I was using her to prove a point, so I couldn’t get too deep into her life story, but she really deserves a full-length telling of her tale. Vanetta Evans is 20 years old and,...
This final half of Evicted was primarily focused on children. The whole book was wrapping up. We got to see some recovery stories (Scott moving into his own apartment and staying off heroin), some “recovery” stories (Crystal losing her house and her monthly SSI checks but becoming a...
In Evicted there are small numbers on the end of certain phrases. Usually, these are quotes or statistics. These little numbers lead to a section called "Notes" in the back of the book. A small note corresponds to each number. I'm sure there's a better term for the...
I have a lot of feelings about Lenina Crowne. To start, I don't like her in the slightest. She is annoying, entitled, and the embodiment of high society. She sees herself as essentially nothing and yet everything at the same time. She could be in a Leia-style gold...
This cover shows John at the bottom, Lenina Crowne in the middle, and Mustapha Mond at the top as a looming background figure. I drew John’s skin darker than Lenina’s because I imagined that he would be tan from being outside more often than her. There’s also more...
Aldous Huxley was born in Godalming, England on July 26, 1894. His family came from a long line of intellectuals. His early life was full of science, religion, and education. He and his siblings faced a tremendous amount of pressure to be perfect. This pressure may have been...
I love kids. They’re adorable, funny, and lively. I love watching them and being around them. It shouldn’t be shocking to hear that any seen involving toddlers in this book got the biggest reaction out of me. The way this “advanced” society treats children is deplorable. From the...
“Turned, the babies at once fell silent, then began to crawl towards those clusters of sleek colours, those shapes so gay and brilliant on the white pages. As they approached, the sun came out of a momentary eclipse behind a cloud. The roses flamed up as though with...
I know, it's a tad bit late for this. However, I'd still like to get as many questions about the blog itself answered. First off! This blog is not called "Carolina". I've actually titled it "A Thousand Worlds", which is much cooler and nicer than "Carolina". However, the...
https://coggle.it/diagram/Wo7pJxzm6QAB-6RR/t/sherrena-tarver-landlord/cd6182c47af0d3405b333e37504c4870452d08a964b14cd9ae17be274411d321 This infographic is a map of most of the major characters in the book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. As mentioned in my first microblog, I often found myself confused while reading this book. There are too many character to keep...
Matthew Desmond is a Princeton sociologist and has been personally affected by poverty, the main focus of this book. Growing up, he recalls the gas being shut off sometimes and meals being cooked on a wood-burning stove instead. He had little money like his mother before him, for...
While reading Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond, I found myself lost. There is a lot of landlord jargon and even more characters. The jargon was not my top priority, so I typically glossed over the more technical terms and skipped over to...
