3rd Post

The Lesbian Bride’s Handbook
“But at first I felt compelled to tell the whole mortifying truth: “Because it’s a gay wedding.” Or, if I couldn’t quite get those words out of my mouth: “Because it’s not a real wedding.” I think this is an interesting passage because the author herself is gay and is talking about her own gay wedding but it seems like she is embarrassed to call it a gay wedding. Through this story you can tell the author is preoccupied by what everyone else thinks because of the way she tries to hide it’s a gay wedding. As much as the author wants to call it a party and not a wedding she still worries about the same things people who a planning a wedding worry about. Unlike her loved one who does not worry about what people think or about the details of the wedding, the author does. The title makes it seem like the story is going to give the reader tips on how to plan a lesbian wedding but it does not. The author is just as much confused about what to do with a wedding as the reader. By the end of the book, the author’s wants of a love celebration happens and her wedding turned out just the way she wanted it to.

Salamanca
The passage that I think is important is: “Salamanca… it has a ring to it.” It was a dreamy sound that evoked far-ff mysterious places, such as Samarkand or Camelot. It had nothing to do with anything, but it definitely had a ring to it.” I chose this passage because the father just picked out the word Salamanca because of the way it sounded not because of the meaning. Salamanca is the name of the store the author’s parents owned where people could go if they wanted to lose weight. The name Salamanca has nothing to do with weight lost but was chosen because someone like they way it sounded.