Furthermore, the book I can compare reveal some of my values and beliefs about literacy in my life by connection to the story Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the novel of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, is an intelligent woman who is passionate about her beliefs without wanting the opinion of individuals in her society, specifically rich men who were too proud for their own good. I can connect myself with Elizabeth because I consider myself an independent woman who is judgmental towards what society thinks of us. Austen uses Elizabeth Bennet as a perfect example of rebellion towards men where women had an inferior status in society. Similar to my views, Austen believes that a woman’s role in society in not fair
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I have always had a positive attitude toward reading and writing throughout my life because I know that being literate is the most powerful tool we can use in our life because we need to communicate with each other and understand contexts at work. Throughout my English courses, literature was one of my favorite courses due the professor letting us recreate the ending for a novel we read. This was when we were truly able to express our experience as writers and we were able to share different views that we connected with the characters in the …show more content…
McKenzie because she would assign more than seven different reading and writing assignments per week. Indeed, that was the hardest year of my life, but I know that thanks to all the struggles in that class I was prepared for college. At a senior level, I had the writing experience of my life! We would analyze short stories, books, articles, and poetry. I remember I learned several different analytical strategies such as finding allusions, motifs, symbolism, syntax, themes, and meaning within each context I read. My favorite writing activities are to analyze secret meanings in books or poems because each text has a deeper meaning than the human mind actually captures. The most memorable time reading was during senior year reading Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald’s books. During this time, my grandfather passed away, and I noticed that writing can even help us heal broken wounds in our lives. Hemingway considered Americans the lost generation due to the sense of disorientation vibe from that Americans. At some moment in High School, I could compare myself to this Lost Generation because I did not see a point in reading Macbeth or Old English poetry. However, once I started college, I understood that being literate is the foundation for any class or major because we need to establish our conceptual understanding and adaptive reasoning within each lesson or concept learn in the class. Being literate can help us come
I have always had a positive attitude toward reading and writing throughout my life because I know that being literate is the most powerful tool we can use in our life because we need to communicate with each other and understand contexts at work. Throughout my English courses, literature was one of my favorite courses due the professor letting us recreate the ending for a novel we read. This was when we were truly able to express our experience as writers and we were able to share different views that we connected with the characters in the …show more content…
McKenzie because she would assign more than seven different reading and writing assignments per week. Indeed, that was the hardest year of my life, but I know that thanks to all the struggles in that class I was prepared for college. At a senior level, I had the writing experience of my life! We would analyze short stories, books, articles, and poetry. I remember I learned several different analytical strategies such as finding allusions, motifs, symbolism, syntax, themes, and meaning within each context I read. My favorite writing activities are to analyze secret meanings in books or poems because each text has a deeper meaning than the human mind actually captures. The most memorable time reading was during senior year reading Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald’s books. During this time, my grandfather passed away, and I noticed that writing can even help us heal broken wounds in our lives. Hemingway considered Americans the lost generation due to the sense of disorientation vibe from that Americans. At some moment in High School, I could compare myself to this Lost Generation because I did not see a point in reading Macbeth or Old English poetry. However, once I started college, I understood that being literate is the foundation for any class or major because we need to establish our conceptual understanding and adaptive reasoning within each lesson or concept learn in the class. Being literate can help us come