The Answer That Increasingly Appeals:Reading Response

I like this story a lot. Here are my reasons for liking this story:

First off it was interesting all the random thoughts seemed to catch my attention because this is how people actually think or maybe I just think like her. One idea after another pops up into our heads we don't think in a linear motion that would be boring. I also like the fact that she had issues about her being half Jewish and half white, she seemed real and tangible and was talking about important matters that she had to deal with in her life. For example when she sends a request for advice she says

So my question is, on Friday, for this meeting, what should I wear? Seriously. This isn't the punch line. I don't know what the right thing is to wear. I've never met with the rabbi before. (pg.45)

How normal is that. That is what I like the normal way she is. I also like the form of the writing because it goes by seperate times and titles which helps with the reader see that she is talking about something different and that helps with the rhythm of the story because she does jump from here to there, but it is not confusing or at least not for me. I liked the development of the daughter and how we see her personality by all the little statements Black makes about her and her attitude toward school and pork. I like the tone she uses in her piece a tone of confusion.

Overall the story was a good one that caught my attention but I did get confused with the Patina Leather couch. I didn't and still don't get it. Oh and the title I don't get either.