For the past four months, I have been participating in Professor Beadle’s English 115 class in hopes of improving my writing skills throughout the multiple essays and assignments that have been given to us. Looking forward to reach this personal goal of mine, I took the time to focus on each essay individually and seek out the resources that would help me earn a good grade. Over the semester, the course revolved around the topic of monsters which was used throughout three projects: Project Space, Project Text, and Project Media. Each of these assignments challenged my writing capabilities in different ways which ultimately lead to me to better my grammar, analysis, and confidence for future essays. With English being my first language, I
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The topic for this essay revolved around the idea of Godzilla, “How has Godzilla as a monster changed or not changed from the original Godzilla (1954) to the modern day Shin Godzilla (2016)? Why is it significant?” For this essay, I decided to argue against the popular belief that Godzilla has changed. Although this decision was more challenging, it would stand out from the rest of the arguments if written well. As a writer, taking risks and arguing for the harder standpoint allowed me to use critical thinking while developing my argument. I had a few ideas on how the monster stayed similar throughout the films but when I found evidence to support my thesis, I was having trouble analyzing as opposed to summarizing. My LRC tutor even pointed this out when she said “I could tell you are a journalism major” as I would only state what already happened rather than going into critical thinking. This was an eye-opener as I did consider myself proficient in writing before her comment. With the fear of failing growing in the back of my mind, I started revising and thinking of new ways to improve my essay. Taking both my tutor’s advice and the in-class exchange into consideration, I eventually turned in a paper that successfully presented my argument in a clear and well thought out mannar. After preserving through the challenges presented to me during this assignment, it paid off as I improved my score by three percent from the previous essay. At this moment I felt like I accomplished my goal of improving my writing and analysis. Like famously written by Robert Frost, “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” (Frost
The topic for this essay revolved around the idea of Godzilla, “How has Godzilla as a monster changed or not changed from the original Godzilla (1954) to the modern day Shin Godzilla (2016)? Why is it significant?” For this essay, I decided to argue against the popular belief that Godzilla has changed. Although this decision was more challenging, it would stand out from the rest of the arguments if written well. As a writer, taking risks and arguing for the harder standpoint allowed me to use critical thinking while developing my argument. I had a few ideas on how the monster stayed similar throughout the films but when I found evidence to support my thesis, I was having trouble analyzing as opposed to summarizing. My LRC tutor even pointed this out when she said “I could tell you are a journalism major” as I would only state what already happened rather than going into critical thinking. This was an eye-opener as I did consider myself proficient in writing before her comment. With the fear of failing growing in the back of my mind, I started revising and thinking of new ways to improve my essay. Taking both my tutor’s advice and the in-class exchange into consideration, I eventually turned in a paper that successfully presented my argument in a clear and well thought out mannar. After preserving through the challenges presented to me during this assignment, it paid off as I improved my score by three percent from the previous essay. At this moment I felt like I accomplished my goal of improving my writing and analysis. Like famously written by Robert Frost, “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” (Frost