My Textual Lineage

For the assignment I chose the following texts: Box Car Children (book series), Hardy Boys (book series), Aesop's Fables, Greek Mythology short stories, Harry Potter of course (book series), the Hobbit, Wizard of Oz, Hunger Games (book series), To Kill a Mocking Bird, Diary of Anne Frank, Life of Pie, and Kite Flyer.

What I have noticed is that I tend to seek out books that are either fiction or mystery. In most books the main character is a youth that faces the loss of a parent or two (Harry Potter) and must fight against tremendous odds. I really enjoy it when books have twists and plot changes. I also noticed that in these books there is a unjustified death of one of the main characters which always tends to hurt when I invest so much time into the character. I came to the realization that none of these books, excluding Anne Frank and the Mythologies, have any historical relevance. One thing that I could do for my students and myself is to provide a short first person perspective account of a historical event.