Writer’s Reflection I really enjoyed writing this essay. Because the prompt was open ended, it gave me the opportunity to be creative in my writing. I think I did a good job of supporting my main claim, that the differences between Chinese and American life …

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[These were originally posted on this Student’s Blog.] 14 Feb Inquiry 2 Source http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?hid=17&sid=b501bea8-c137-454c-9ecd-a6d8377a68bd%40sessionmgr12&vid=9&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=31976892 “Children Of The Revolution” I found this article very useful and interesting. I want to learn more about Persepolis as a film. I also want to find out the differences in the …

In the novel Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf writes about a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway. Clarissa has to prepare for a party she is throwing later in the day, and Woolf shows the entire process that goes into effect throughout the entire day. …

Writer’s Reflection I really enjoyed doing this inquiry overall. I think that by having so much freedom with how we were able to present the project, not only made the project more interesting, but also more challenging as well. Not having strict guidelines gave me …

Writer’s Reflection After the work I put into this project, I feel confident submitting this essay. Peer reviewing, meeting with you, and finalizing my draft helped out a lot and I’m pretty confident this is some of my better work. I’m most proud of the …

Writer’s Reflection I thought that this assignment was a manageable challenge. The prompt wasn’t too broad or too specific, so I was able to easily answer the prompt while, at the same time, exploring more specific ideas related to gender and texts. I enjoyed close …

Michel Foucault creates a depiction regarding what it means to be an author in his essay, “What is an Author?” The depictions range from the attitude and format of the writing to the social construction of an ideal author. While the composition acts as a …

As I move forward through my college career and professional life thereafter, I will constantly be using the lessons I have learned throughout this semester in English 112.  One day, I hope to be an influential high school English teacher, so to say the least, …

“To Gain Another Is To Lose Yourself”: Gender Construction of Marriage Displayed in Bewitched and Charmed Through cultural text, the changes in gender roles and expectations can be visible.  The expectations for both men and women can be distinguished through the previous decades and the …

Throughout the Bundrens’ numerous obstacles in the novel As I Lay Dying, the most significant and life-altering difficulty is the crossing of the river. The river is a subtle symbolic meaning for the accumulation of all of the recent struggles that the family has gone …

Writer’s Reflection I wrote my critical/close reading essay in order to gain a greater understanding of Chika Unigwe’s story, “Growing My Hair Again.” I was originally drawn to the title of “Growing My Hair Again.” Hair plays a part in individual identity, so I was …

Depression has long been associated with art. Picasso suffered through a “blue period” as did Van Gogh and many other artists.  Through a critique of her own depressive episode, Elizabeth Wurtzel believes that depression “…is not worth any of the great art that comes as …