Response to Meagan

It was really interesting the way that you considered Laura's position as a familiar outsider in "Flowering Judas." I thought that it was interesting to consider Laura's reltaionship to Mexico as similar to Porter's own relationship with Mexico.

However, I think that you need to spend a lot of time considering the way that the narrative form of "Maria Concepcion" makes the story appear to have been written by an insider. Obviously we have spent a lot of time in class discussing the the way that she appears to identify Mexico as 'hers' but I would be interested to what the body of literary critics has to say about her Mexico stories. I also think that you should try to incorperate some of the letters that she wrote during and about her time in Mexico to see how she felt about her time there.

In all likelihood you have considered the way that "Maria Concepcion" demonstrates Katherine Anne Porter's strong sense of familiarity with Mexico. I'd consider putting some special emphasis on this story and how it is different from "Flowering Judas" because there is clearly a huge difference in style that I think would be interesting to consider.