Response to Megan Daum's

“Music is My Bag” was confusing because we as readers don’t really get a clear sense of her position on the subject. We learn that she was a dedicated and very talented oboist when she was younger, but now she seems to look down on people who are so dedicated to something they care about. I think this was an attempt to elaborate on the idea that she did not want to be an oboist in the future and she was so afraid that may become one, that she actually quit playing. I think that she has an identity issue about who she wants to be. She stereotypes people so much that she can never find just one type that she wants to become. She is never happy just being who she is, or even who she was.

In “Toy Children” we learn that she was never fond o

Some topics in this essay:
Stephen Mungers, Tumbling Daum, Meghan Daum, “toy children”, “music bag”, dislike carpet, “carpet mungers”, dolls frighten,