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I really didn't have any assumptions about the reading, because I didn't know what it was about. Obviously the culture of the islanders was different from someone who grew up in the city or even the country. One thing that did surprise me was the fact that they were descended from slaves and still lived on the land owned by their ancestors. One movie that comes to mind when I read the excerpt was, The Color Purple, because some of the characters dealt with these issues, such as moving away from the family land, being separated from family, and others coming in and being an outsider observing their culture. I've read a little bit of everything and think that Naylor did a very good job of describing a different culture and taking a global perspective towards the islanders' culture. Just the "18&23" reference was a little confusing for me to understand so I just reread it a couple of times. The background information was interesting and reading about how the land became their's . Mama Day, to me was the most interesting, because she reminded me of people in my family such as my granny or my great granny who if you had a question you could go to them and ask them about it and they would give the best answer they could.