I found this story pretty interesting. It took me a little while until I realized that it was about racism. I was able to identify the tone of the story, but it was a little harder to think of the symbols. I think that when I read a story I need some time after to think about it in order to realize what it’s actually about and to understand the symbols and tone. I used the visualize reading strategy. It did help, but not too much. Next time I might try using a different strategy. When reading stories, I need to improve on understanding the story as I read it. This would help me to save time after because I would already know the facts in order to answer the questions.

I believe that Stephen Fry has some strong points when it comes to the situation in Russia and the Olympics. So many more people in the world today are becoming openly gay, even some professional athletes that participate in the Olympics. If the games do take place in Russia and their laws are enforced, it will cause many people around the world to become angry towards the Russian government. Also, like what Stephen said, the Olympics won’t be the same after people are discriminated either watching or participating in the games. I believe that it will decrease the number of people who want to travel to watch the Olympics. This is because if people are discriminated against at the games, then people will believe that they will be also if they go to the next one. It may even decrease the number of athletes that are willing to compete.