The
most important observation I made in the second half of Jasmine is that even though Jasmine is given all of these different
identities from the men in her lifetimes, she still maintains her sense of self. You would think that such an existence would
leave one quite broken and lost, but she seems to be her own source of healing
and strength. She moves through her
lifetimes and gradually becomes her own master.
I have been introduced to an entire world of literature that I had previously
given zero thought to and was convinced I would not enjoy. I’m not quite sure why I felt this way, but I
have never been so wrong. I was
surprised by how beautifully all of the texts seemed to fit together, and how
each offered its own unique version of home that many times I never saw coming.
Before this class I was so wrapped up in
my own idea of home, with all of my biases and ideas forming what and how I felt a home should be. I also
loved to see how the characters in each story created their homes from the
complexities and intricacies of their individual human lives. Discovering others’ homelands is such an
interesting (and new) way to learn and I find myself considering homelands for
many other characters that I meet.
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