Coby's Reflection To Mem Fox Chapters 1 and 2

Reflection to Mem Fox Chapters 1-2

Throughout the first two chapters in her book, Radical Reflections, Mem Fox leaves her readers with a moral and examples of it being applied. Her basic moral is that caring is the key to success. To be successful children need to care about what they are writing about and who is reading their drafts. Teachers can also help their students by caring about what their students are writing about. Fox goes on to talk about the different classes that she has held and some of the strategies she has taught.

The only things done by Fox in these first two chapters are copy Graves and talk about her experiences. I understand that the book is called “Radical Reflections,” hence it will be filled with a lot of stories but other than that she is only echoing Graves’ philosophies. The difference between their books is Graves goes into more detail, is a little better at writing, and has original ideas. Sometimes Fox makes her metaphors so complex that instead of interesting the readers she just confuses them. So far the reason for reading Fox’s book escapes me, but perhaps that will change in the later chapters. However, I find it ironic that I am not caring about a book that is telling me to care.