Joe's Journal

 The idea of turning books into movies or tv series always intrigues me. After reading Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, I began to think about how this story could be transferred into a TV show or movie. Personally, I think this story would make a better movie than TV show. The book is made up of many short verses that tell the overall story of Jacqueline Woodson growing up and finding herself as a writer. I think the nature of the verses and the stories told would make it difficult to make a TV series out of the book. The verses are short and would be challenging to turn into TV episodes. I think the story would be much better suited as a movie. The story could be depicted in a similar style to the movie "42" which is about Jackie Robinson and tells his story from the early stages of the civil rights movement. From what I remember of the movie "42" it tells Jackie Robinsons story by focusing in on certain moments from his life. Brown Girl Dreaming is writ...

 The title Brown Girl Dreaming indicates to the reader that the story will likely be about an African-American girl and her goals or aspirations. The world Girl  is also an interesting part of the title. To me, the world Girl  implies that the story will be about a child or the main characters childhood. If the title were to be Brown Woman Dreaming , I would have thought the story would be about an older main character in her  late teen or adult years. Through the first half of the book, I think the title gives an accurate view into what the story will generally be about. The book so far has been about a young African-American girl and some of the moments in her life. Jacqueline Woodson has mentioned some of her dreams so far, but they have not seemed to be the focus so far. She talks about wanting to be in the classroom for things such as birthday treats or the Pledge of Allegiance, but can't due to being a Jehovah's Witness. She also mentions when she first learned...