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I was initially confused about the book I wanted to read. I wanted to revisit some old autobiographies I had read for grade school that I never bothered to finish due to them being a summer reading assignment. The first one that came to my mind was the Autobiography of Malcolm X. I was drawn to that book due to the philosophy of Malcolm X when it came to the civil rights movement and the Black Panther group. However, as I pursued the books that Professor Hansen mentioned in the assignment, I began to pivot. I was torn between Growing a Farmer by Kurt Timmermeister and How I Killed Pluto by Mike Brown. I was drawn to Growing a Farmer because of the show Clarkson's Farm on Amazon Prime. It's a show that documents the journey of a famous motorist, Jeremy Clarkson, who is managing a farm and I wanted to hear the story of another farmer. Although this appealed to me, I opted for How I Killed Pluto because I already knew the story of one farmer and I wanted to know the backstory of Pluto.


My initial impression of the book from the prologue was that the author was in conflict. His discovery of the tenth planet was directly impacted by the fate of Pluto and when it was decided that Pluto was out, so was his work and research. Given this information, I am interested in what his role was in murdering the planet because of how interconnected the fate of Pluto was to his discovery. Why would a person actively advocate against their research and then publish a book about it? I think I would have to read more to gain a deeper insight into this book.  

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