Every piece of writing has an intended purpose. “Inventing the University”, written by David Bartholomae, was composed to address an issue, as well as resolve it. When Bartholomae says that a new student must “invent the university”, he is saying that they must adapt to a new way of life, in a whole new world. In the same way, students must adapt to a new, higher standard of writing. This is typically quite a feat, as high school levels of writing are much lower than that of a university. He takes the writings of amateur writers, and flips them in a way that an expert writer would. Bartholomae takes the time to focus on audience, and how knowing your audience can greatly affect your writing. An expert writer is good at knowing their
