Presentations

I learned so much from the presentations on Thursday that they left my mind spinning with tidbits of fascinating information as I walked out of class. However there were some pieces that really stuck out at me and I continued to think back on them long after class was over.
For example, I was intrigued by the idea that Alexie might be using the idea of the medicine wheel in his book of poems. If he is then it would mean even more then just a message to the people of America, inviting the readers to share the story he has to tell and challenging them to do something about it. If Alexie is using the medicine wheel you could infer that he is trying to bring balance back to America, heal her and make her whole and balanced again. (Or at least point out the need for this healing and at the end a challenge to do it.)
However, Alexie might also be using the medicine wheel unconsciously. What I mean is that he may be simply writing but the things upon which he is focusing could reveal somethings about Alexie that he never meant to be known. Of course a reader would have to understand how to use the medicine wheel in order to understand what it says about Alexie but that doesn't mean that it is not possible. For is it not obvious based on his writing that he needs more balance in his life (understandably because of the things that he has lived through and learned about his heritage.)
Anyway, I really enjoyed this presentation because of all of these ideas that it brought up for me.