Nervous Conditions: Chapter 9 and 10

When Tambu is given a scholarship to Sacred heart, the Catholic school, she has two contradicting opinions on what she should do. Maiguru thinks she should go for the sake of educated women, and Babamukuru thinks she should save money because of the new baby. For the next Christmas Nyasha and Maiguru stay home most of the time while Babamukuru drives Tambu back and forth.

While home, Tambu hears Babamukuru telling Jeremiah that he is letting Tambu go to the new school. Later in the chapter, Tambu has to deal with alot of things going on with her family Her mother becomes depressed and Tambu notices Nyasha's eating disorder. Tambu has to deal with many things including being told to stay away from her cousin because she has "Englishness".

Nervous Conditions: Chapter 8

In this chapter Tambu wants to be mad at Babamukuru, but she feels like she cant be because of everything he has done for her. There is alot of comparison between Tambu and Nyasha because of Tambu being a nice young lady and Nyasha disappointing her father once more. Tambu and Nyasha fight because Nyasha wants to do all of the planning for Jeremiah and Ma'Shingayi's wedding but Tambu is jealous because it is her parents.

Tambu gets punished because she tells Babamukuru that she does not and wont go to the wedding so she stays at the homestead while everyone else goes. When Maiguru leaves because she is angry with Babamukuru, Nyasha is not mad because she did not get abandoned, her mother was just getting away from Babamukuru's power for a little while which makes Nyasha happy for her mother.

Nervous Conditions: Chapter 7

In the beginning of chapter 7, Babamukuru and his family are headed to Tambu's family's homestead for Christmas and Nyasha and Chido are not happy about it. Chido gets out of it because he is invited to go with a schoolfriend  but Nyasha is stuck with the family. When they arrive, they all see that the homestead has changed dramatically. It is dirty and falling apart around them and Tambu's family. Also when they arrive, they see that Tambu's aunt, who Babamukur asked to leave, and her husband are still living on the homestead and he is not happy about it.

Towards the end of the chapter there is alot of family drama going on between Lucia, Takesure, Jeremiah, Babamukuru, and Ma'Shingayi. Lucia is accused of adultery and she also overhears Takesure talking about her supposedly preforming witchcraft behind her back which makes Lucia very angry. Lucia says that she is going to leave and bring her sister with her creating alot of problems in the crowded house.

Places and Identities

When I go to a place usually I have been there before so I know what to expect from that place. I know what kind of environment the place will have and what the people there will be like, but if I go to a new place the people and environment wil be different and sometimes unexpected. When you go to places like these you have to adapt to the environment and sometimes it changes how you act and what kind of person you come across to be.

If I go to a place where it is very peaceful and quite and the people are all calm and polite and the colors are calm and light i will be in a calm and nice state, acting like the people around me as to say. On the other hand if i go to a place where there is loud music and lots of bright colors and lights and the people have harsh personalities and they are wild and maybe kind of in your face your body adapts to that and sometimes you come across as that kind of person too.

If you go to one of these places the people there might not know you and when they see you they might think that you are a kind of person that you are not because your body and personality has changed to fit the environment so you might almost push potentially god people away because they think that you are someone that you're not.

The main thing is when you go places or go around people that you dont usually go around, your body and personality will try and change the adapt to your surroundings but sometimes you have to realize that it is not always good that this happens and you have to keep in touch with your normal self so you dont loose that part of you.

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Persona: Tambu

If I were Tambu and I was put in some of the positions that she was put in, I would act the same in some and differently in others. For example, if I couldnt do something I love anymore, in her case go to school, I would do what she did and do everything in my power to try and do it again even if everyone beats me down about it, I would just push forwards and do what I believe I can do. But on the other hand of when she was leaving her family to go and live with Babamukuru, I would have acted differently when I was leaving. Tambu acted as if she was better than everyone else and maybe she was but you dont act like that to the people you love as you are leaving them. I would have acted much differently than her in the fact that I would act as if I was really going to miss them because I know that I would and thank them for the opportunity and all of those things which she didnt do.

Layered Project

Im my opinion, I am not a huge fan of the layered project. I mean it is not horrible but I think that it is alot of work to do at one time. I think that it could have been better if we started it sooner and worked on it sooner in class. I think that my work on it is average, not the best but not bad, but I think that if I had a longer period of time to do it the work would have been better. I see how the layered project could be good in a way but for me it is kind of hard to see the good side of it, I just see it as alot of things that I have to do on top of alot of other things. Hopefully this layer will go a little better than the last because I will know what to expect and know how long each aspect will take.

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