Nervous Conditions???

            Personally, I think that Nervous Conditions is a great book and fits the course perfectly. Although I did not enjoy the layered project I thought that the book itself was a great story and also that it was definitely a good fit for our course question involving how culture and community affect people. This question is answered and addressed in multiple ways and this is one of the reasons that I think it is a good fit for the class considering this is the one question that guides the course.
            There are many reasons that this book is worth reading in this class including the fact that it makes us aware of a little bit of history because of its post colonial nature. It gives us a sort of history lesson and makes us aware of the issues that are in Africa. It brings up many tough conflicts like eating disorders, sexism, and poverty, which are relevant in our world today and aren't just things that are far off in this book. The post colonialism in this book makes the book a good fit as well.
            I think that our class did accomplish its goals in reading this book in that we learned about the background of the book and history of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. We went over many things during this book and it was a pretty good experience because of this knowledge. We learned many things related to the book as well as understanding the ideas that are directly present in the text, and this made it a pretty good experience, minus the layered projects.
            Overall, I think that this novel is a great fit for our class because it has a great storyline that is enjoyable, but isn't overwhelming with tough words and language, and because it comes along with the other things that we did with it by relating it to the real world. This book should be used next year for sure because of all of these reasons and others.