who killed strawberry aka nicole?

even if the mayor did not kill nicole why is the community still allowing him to run their city?

why does everyone in detroit seem to have a problem? whether it be financial, crimrs, death, not satisfied with their lives, etc. Everyone has some kind of issue but they are still loyal to Detroit

Detroit

Questions:

1. Where is the government? Why aren’t they taking action to fix Detroit?
2. If the government can’t help, why don’t the citizens of Detroit take initiative? Rather, they make the city worse for themselves.
3. What can we, as a nation, do to improve Detroit’s living conditions? If neither the government nor the citizens doesn’t take initiative, who will?

I anticipate more chaos and government incompetence in the book. Also, I would like to see more of the reasons why Charlie went back to Detroit. Is he trying to solve the problem of the city? Or at least suggest what we could do? There are times where Charlie suggests that having a dream as a Detroiter is useless, but hey it’s free to dream. I look forward on connecting more of these instances to the class’ theme: American Dream.

Detroit: 3 questions.

1. Why are people setting houses on fire?  Is it only for pure entertainment?
2. Is Charlie going to share what he's learned about the firemen with the mayor? In order to provide them with better materials?
3. Are people intentionally trying to kill their own neighborhoods? Do they think it will send some kind of message to the mayor on what he should do?

Preview: I think it's gonna be how Detroit is slowly dying or Is basically dead. Maybe it'll explain further on how it got that way?

I think it intertwines with the American dream and how is it possible? In a place that it's extremely hard to strive.

Quote: “It was not a ghetto by any means.” (pg. 34) Re: “Joy Road” the street that the author grew up on, with 3 brothers and a sister. Divided to working class suburbs.

Theme: Descriptions of people in the book up to this point seem to be either racial queues or assumptions that the individual is caucasian.  

Choice and or the ability to have a choice

Author’s tone on race:

Second set of 3 questions

1) Perpetual flames are most commonly associated with hell. Yet, LeDuff continuously asserts that the people of detriot are good willed---but must suffer through hell. What does LeDuff's hell filled with heavenly people, say about Detriot, the world and the effects of environment on the way a society behave?
2) Keeping with the theme of fire. LeDuff draws irony by claiming Detriot is in perpetual flames, but also notes that the politicians call the firemen lazy. In this sense, the politicians are the real lazy firemen. LeDuff's half-call to action--half criticism, draws a sense of irony. Who is the real firemen for the detriot, a city set to flames a multitude of times?
3) Joy Road was not so joyous. Was does the road's nomenclature reveal about the previous state of Detroit( It was named after an individual, but it still remains ironic)?

Three questions for the book

1.What kinds of message the author want to express to readers, and how he arranges the book to achieve it.

2.What's feeling when the author write down these articles.

3.How this book link to our main topic -- the American Dream

3 Questions

1. How did Detroit go from being the most thriving city, to the worst city in America in a matter of decades?
2. Is the government even trying to rebuild Detroit?
3. When did Detroit start to crumble?

Three Questions

1. Why some people move back to Detroit and what they seek in the destroyed city?
2. Why some people still remain in the city?  Are they trapped? or People still?
3. How do the Michigan State or Detroit city strive to rebound the city?

Detroit was a landmark of America's Prosperity once. But it has been decaying, dying. Chalie was one of the people who left the city and now he came back to try to make changes  to rebound. Is Detroit Dream is possible?..

Detroit: three questions

1- why did author say Florida was crying?
2- Author said :" Go ahead and laugh at Detroit. Because you are laughing at yourself." Why does that mean?
3- what does the last paragraph imply in prologue?

    Based on what I have read so far, I think this book is about hopelessness and darkness, but it's actually full with honesty, warning and courage. The author admitted Detroit is a ghost of city, but on the other hand, he is giving a warning to us that if we don't face and fix the problems, all America's cities will be collapsed like Detroit eventually. Also it is exactly related to the decay of the American dream. We should stop destroy our cities, stop breaking our American dream.

3 Questions

1. Why did Charlie move back to Detroit?
2. How does he compare Detroit to the American Dream?
3. Why would he want to raise his daughter in Detroit rather than in Los Angeles?

three questions

1. were there some factors that cause the author's neighbors' fathers to kill themselves in dearborn?

2. in the book, is there a chapter about detroit's prosperous period of time?

3. the author said the things in 1970 and early 80's had changed, is he hint that the american dream has changed?

3 Questions about "Detroit"

1)- Why did things start to change in the 1970s and early 80's, which made people lives becoming harder, and more students abandoned schools?

2)- What made some people become arsonist ?

3)-  Which department would get budget cut following the fire-companies ?

              All the stories that we read until now are dark and sad ones, and I can predicts the following stories won't be happy at all. However, I think that the author wants to use some heart-rending tales to give readers a message that there are still some good Detroit people who won't get contagious attitudes, and these people believe that one day Detroit will recover its vanguard.

3 questions

1. why Detroit fall? Is it only about the car industry?
2. Depend on Detroit, is American dream still possible?
3. how to make Detroit become a rich city again?

3 Questions regarding Detroit

1) If he [Charlie] knows how bad of a state Detroit is in, what would make the Motor City more appealing than, for instance, LA which hasn't reached that point yet?

2) If the book is an American Autopsy, what could the author possibly find in Detroit that would direct us back to the American Dream? What exactly does the American Dream look like to the author?

3) Will Charlie discuss if he will use what he finds throughout the city to help raise his daughter with how society is going or against it?

3 Questions

So the 3 questions i have are:
1 - Why would he want to raise his daughter in Detroit knowing what the city did to him, his family, and his friends?  Even with great family values, trouble and despair ended up finding his siblings and friends, what makes him think that his daughter will be able to avoid that?
2 - This is a dark book, not very optimistic about whats happening or a better future for the city, so what is the endgame of this book? Hope?
3 - What is Charlie's definition of the American Dream?

This is no fairytale, we know Detroit is still in bad shape and it doesnt look like they are heading towards a happy ending.  My prediction for the rest of the book is that the author will slowly try to open you up to the idea that Detroit's history, culture, and people will keep it alive despite the horrible conditions. Maybe hope will keep it alive long enough for something good to come around and revive the city.

Three questions on Detroit: An Anerican autopsy

1. What is extended sense of  Charlie was robberied at a gas station at noon in Detroit??

2. Why did Charlie move back to Detroit as a reporter?

3. How does this book connect to the American Dream?

Three question about the book

1. Why did the author Charlie LeDuff give up his life in Los Angeles and move back to Detroit, a city in ruin?
2. What happened in Detroit? How did it look like before, and what changed it?
3. What is author's purpose of writing this book?

Late: compare and contrast

In Unit 3, I found that there are two articles that form a sharp contrast. In the article "I Don't want my children to go to College", Buzzfeed president Jon Steinberg states that he doesn't want his children go to college because college degree means a lot of debt and not necessarily a skill set.
 On the other hand, the article "Why does college still matter" is the response and rebuttal to Mr Steinberg's point.Author Meliss Harris-Perry uses fives reason to explain why college still matters today. In fact,higher education is the key to achieving the American Dream. Recently, since job requirements have become higher, competition for jobs among younger people has become fierce; this means that we need more education to find a better job.

Three Questions

1) Will he find an answer or a way to help Detroit?

2) Can Detroit ever be what it once was?

3) Does he ever shoot someone? *I thought of this when I read the part when he pointed a gun at the man trying to rob him.

Three Questions on Detroit : An American Autopsy

1. Was it the best choice for his daughter's livelihood to move from Los Angeles to the ruins of Detroit?

2. What ending should we expect from this book if we already know that Detroit still remains in ruins?

3. Will Charlie LeDuff turn into an amateur detective and solve crimes to help restore order in his hometown of Detroit?

LATE : Compare And Contrast

For my Compare or Contrast paper, I picked "Why Go to College at All?" and "I Don't Want My Children to go to College". I choose these two articles for my discussion because I feel that they have a lot in common as well as a lot that they don't have in common. They both talk about how young people could hack their lives and discover alternate routes to success in life. In the type of society we live in now, college is not the only pathway to success. Many more opportunities are available out there such as the global web. Much communication can be made online through social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. However, in the article "I Don't Want My Children to go to College" they made one point where yes, outside life learning is cool and all but nothing really compares to the many benefits that one could achieve in college.     

1) It's clear this is in no way a laudatory of Detriot, but at the same time LeDuff praises Detriot by claiming its people are strong, cultured citizens of America who represent America. How is his anatomization of the people, both biologically (and symbolically) in the case of the crime scene, both a generalization of America and a warning to Americans?
2) Does the author depict Detriot as the "Patient Zero" of the American Economic down turn?
3) What does the case of Strawberry represent for the people of Detriot? For LeDuff? For LeDuff in regards to his sister?

Detroit 3 questions

1) Did Charlie go to his sister's funeral at the beginning of the story? His sister was a prostitute, right?
2) Did Charlie think about the consequences of raising his daughter in Detroit? He sure did not want her to become a materialistic superficial girl in LA. Based on the environment described by the author the girl could turn out as her aunt or fallow a wrong path. Were there good school? Did he considered that?
3) Who killed Strawberry?

Nicole Mercado

Detroit- Three questions

1. What kinds of difficulties would Charlie meet when he moved back to Detroit?
2. Why has the mess of Detroit been lasting for so many years without any improvement?
3. What has the American government done to make this city grow back? 

3 Exploring Questions about Detroit

1)- Do people feel insecure when living in Detroit?
2)- Does the downturn of Detroit influence people's nature?
3)-Is Detroit really a terrible city as people thought, or does it reflect common phenomena like other cities in the United States?

3 Questions from Detroit

1. Is this book from author's autobiography?

2. After I finished Page 27, I just want to know, who was Nicole's killer?

3.Why the author need to go back to Detroit to achieve the American Dream?

questions for detroit

1. is charlie leduff comparing the economic situation before and after he left detroit?

2. why charlie leduff isolated himself and his baby in hollywood bungalow?

3. at first the mayor was getting close to an sex party with a stripper, why the mayor ordered the killing of the stripper later?

Detroit

Is all the events in the book real?
Is it true that there are crops lying everywhere in Detroit?
Why hasn't anyone do anything about it if it is that horrible in Detroit?

DETROIT - 3 Questions

1. Will the entire book be based upon his first-hand experiences? Or will there be chapters that entirely focus on an interviewee?

2. Did Charlie's wife have a job at this time? I wouldn't imagine that being a journalist for the Detroit News would earn one enough to support a child.

3. Who was Nicole's killer? On page 27, Charlie says to Carlisle: "I'll never forget his [Nicole's killer] name either. He's the guy who trained me." What does he mean, "trained"? In what field? I'm sure he'll get more into it later in the book.

Detroit questions

Is the book an autobiography?

Is Charlie Leduff describing Detroit from now or right after the collapse?

What was Charlie's main intention on writing this book?

Questions for the reading

1. Why hasn't the government tried anything to help the city of Detroit when it is obviously in state of turmoil?

2. Will Charlie LeDuff address the racism that is occurring at the end of the second chapter and is racism really bad in Detroit?

3. Will LeDuff be able to salvage (at least to some degree) his dying city through his reporting?


From what I have read so far, Detroit is very dark and depressing place to be. I anticipate that LeDuff will inform his audience on how things came to be this way and if there way to restore the dreadful city. He writes in his prologue that what's happening in Detroit is spreading, and I feel that LeDuff will explain to us why that is as well and how we can fight it.

After watching the Michael Moore film: Capitalism, A Love Story in class, I feel I was better prepared for the context of this book than if I hadn't seen the movie. Both discussed the downfall of Detroit and showed how the idea of the American Dream is dwindling.

Questions from Detroit

1.  What is the background story to Charlie's sister's death?
2.  Charlie has an apathetic tone, however, he seems to really be an activist.  What is his desired result from waking America up?
3.  We know so much about what Charlie doesn't want to be, so what does he want to be?  A good father?  A successful career man?  A spokesperson?  An ambassador for justice?

Questions about Detroit

1. Why did public ascribe the murder of "strawberry" to the mayor Kilpatrick in the first place?

2. Does the case of "strawberry" imply something further? or just one out of too many ordinary cases in Detroit?

3. Why this section titled "This Ain't Hollywood?

Detroit Reading

1. Was Charlie putting himself in serious danger by writing about the mayor Kilpatrick issue?
2. How does working often affect him marriage with his Wife?
3. Why did he really want to work for a Detroit Newspaper agency that was broke?