gabrielle: entry #1 "why I chose this lens"

For this project we are beginning to do, I ironically decided to go with the Race Lens. I chose to examine the books in this point of view because I mostly, if not always, see them through a psychoanalytic way without consciously knowing.  This time, I wanted to get out of my ‘safe zone’ by selecting something I usually wouldn’t go for and a bit challenging. I found the Race lens to be the most interesting from the rest because based on these two novels, I  believe I will find some great correlation with one another by looking at it this way. Even though I say that I have an open mind, I still find myself being prejudice some how. For example, without meaning to have a mindset about certain groups, I still have some stereotypes inplanted in me. I might not find it in anyway harmful or menacing, but to someone else, it could be really offensive. Because of this, I have to remind myself that I have to empathetic and see where the person is coming from. What I hope getting out of this project is to be less restrictive of analyzing things in lens that aren’t in my comfort zone.