Class Evaluation

This class is definitely a challenge for me. Most of the things we have to do in class I have never had to do that is basically why I struggle with this class. The grammar guides are a good thing to me because I think they do more than the sentence level corrections. I do like the class discussions because I learn more about the story than from what I got from reading it. I really do hope this class helps me in the long run.

"What Sacagawea Means to Me"

-The point of view of this story is first-person narrator.
-The setting was kind of confusing to me but I believe it is in the future and also in the nineteenth-century.

"The Birthmark" and "Bartleby, the Scrivener"

The characters in "The Birthmark" were plausible and motivated. In "Bartleby, the Scrivener" the characters were consistent and not motivated. Both of the stories are different with character because in "The Birthmark" were very motivated to do what they wanted. We found that both of the stories' plots were media res. When reading both of these stories we found that there is different ways that a story can be told. Thinking about being able to switch the stories for example, flashback is pretty interesting. Both of the stories could be interpreted differently if being changed around.

Discussion on Wednesday

The discussion really opened my eyes on the way some people look at Native Americans. I'm from Iowa and there is a significant difference in the way people view Native Americans. A lot of the things people were saying in class did feel very wrong to me. I do not think someone should just get judged because of the race he or she was born with. Everyone should just be treated equal no matter what.

Fake Twitter Accounts

The way I saw this article was being a celebrity always is not the best. The celebrities always have to worry about who is talking about them and what is true and what is false. I would be very frustrated if I always had to worry about things like that. Having a person pretend like a celebrity is so wrong in many different ways. I believe some people do not really see celebrities as real people that have feelings. Being a celebrity would be good in many ways but having someone pretend like you would just be terrible. On twitter accounts you can basically say your name is anything you want but just hope you do not get caught.

First Paper

Writing the paper on We was not too difficult it just really took some thinking. I really only had some trouble with analyzing thoroughly in my paragraphs. Overall the writing was okay for me.

The Metamorphosis

Reading the story a second time made me catch somethings that I did not see before. I really do not like this story because how mean they are to Gregor. Gregor only thinks about his family and they can't even think about him at all. The first time I read it I did not really catch that Gregor never thinks about how bad it is that he is a bug. The only thing he worries about is his family.

Citations.

A) Amey, Michael. "Living Under the Bell Jar: Surveillance and Resistance in Yevgeny Zamvatin's We." Critical Survey 17.1 (2005): 22-39. Acdemic Search Premier. Web. 30 January 2001.

B) Dennis, Bretton J., and Rafeeq O. McGiveron. "Zamyatin's We." Explicator 58.4 (2000): 211. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 1 Feb. 2011.