Citizen Post 2

After taking a second a second look at Citizen in class, I began to look at the book differently. I realized that certain poems and pictures did not mean what I thought they meant. As I mentioned in my first post, some poems left me a little confused. I also could not put together what the author was portraying in some of the photos she published. Luckily, my classmates cleared up my confusion. For example, the picture on page 91 did not make any sense when I first saw it. In the story next to it, it mentions someone hanging. This confused me because I did not see anyone there until my classmates told me they were left out of the picture. I feel that they author did this to show the true emotions and reactions of the people attending the gathering. After piecing all of this together, a sicking disturbed feeling came over me. I just could understand how something like this could occur and the people watching could react the way they did. I believe that Rankine's  goal was to bring a feeling of uncomfort and disturbance to her readers especially in this picture. After analyzing more stories in the novel, I came to realize that even though most of her stories may not seem as severe as others, they still have the same level of racism and are just as important.