Phyllis Wheatley

I thought that Phyllis Wheatley's poems were very good. I'm already a big fan of poetry but her poems (along with her circumstance of being a very young black slave) were interesting and beautiful to read.

My favorite poem was the first one -- On Being Brought From Africa to America. She has a great way of using language poetically to express her thoughts and feelings. I really like how she points out the racial injustice in America. I wonder how her voice and style would have grown if she were to have lived longer. It would have been really interesting to read poems she authored later in life.

John and Abigail Adams

I thought that John and Abigail's letters to each other were wonderful. It made me wish that letter writing was still something that people often used as a source to communicate. There is something so great about communicating in this way and being able to save letters forever.

In the case of husband and wife I think that it is a romantic way to stay in touch when apart.

In the case of the Adamses, I don't think that they wrote each other out of romantic gesture exactly. They wrote each other to stay in one another's lives. Nonetheless, I still think it's pretty great.

They talked back and forth through letters about politics, personal relationships, and the well being of themselves and their children.

I think that this form of literature brings history to life and gives the reader a fresh and personal look into the historical happenings at this time.