I enjoyed the presentations on Thursday just as much as I enjoyed the ones that were given on Tuesday. As with Tuesday there were texts that I had seen or read, and some that I have not. Erin presented The Pursuit of Happyness which I have seen many times. I found it interesting though because as much as I love that movie and even though I think it teaches a powerful message I did not even think about putting it on my canon until Erin presented. It is funny how even though I have agreed with what many people have said about their texts, and even though I have been exposed to them I personally did not think to put them on mine until their presentations. That is one challenge I have had with this project is just thinking about all the different texts that I have been exposed to in order to make my canon. Hearing what other people have chosen to put on their canons has helped me come up with some other ideas of what to put on mine. Like I said in my blog post about Tuesday I believe the similarities and differences in our canons as a class show the similarities and differences in the ways we were raised concerning what we were exposed to before we got to Miami. It was very interesting to me that Vivian knew so much about O.Henry, as many people are age in America have never heard of him. I was exposed to O.Henry in junior high and high school, but I know some of my friends might not have been. It is nice to see what American texts are valued in other places, such as China in Vivian’s case.