Black Betty

I enjoyed reading Black Betty this week by Walter Mosley. It made me realize the tough times that different races and ethnic backgrounds had to go through to survive in our world. The one story that I also read that caught my eye was The Blind Man's Sighted Daughters by Joyce Oates. The reason why this story title caught my eye was because I have two daughters of my own and it made me curious what this was about. There wasn't too many simliar ideas or topics about these stories. The Blind Man's Sighted Daughters wasn't really a mystery, I reallly didnt have any questions during the story. One of the daughters was the care taker of thier dad, took control and was there for him. As the other daughter was trying to find different arrangements like assisted living places for him to live. Hopefully my daughters take care of me and just dont give up on me so easy. Having said that Black Betty was a mystery and had race and ethnic issues in thier story in which thier backgrounds and setttings of the story where very important. Overall I actually enjoyed both of these stories, even though Joyce Oates story really wasnt similar to The Maltease Falcon or Black Betty it was a good story and would reconmend it to someone that has a family or interested in what thier daughters are thinking when your getting down to the end of the line.