Reflective Essay In Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

Since a young age, I have always been praised for my intelligence. Up through junior year, writing has always come easily to me. I was never worried about not being able to write about a certain topic or efficiently get my point across. Once I started AP Senior English, I felt as if I could not write a single word without sounding illiterate. I started the year off writing with inadequacy. My first essay, the article critique, was choppy, needed lots of improvements, and quite possibly the worst essay I had ever written, which is why I decided to leave it out. Comparatively, my writing at the end of the semester demonstrates excellent flow and follows the purpose of the prompt. I am certain that I was able to make the transition to an acceptable writer because of my critical analysis essay, Siddhartha; I believe that for this reason, it is my best work. …show more content…
Within the essay, I was able to expound on the lesson’s that Siddhartha’s teachers taught him; from which, Hesse taught me. This essay stands out from to me because I learned how to effectively write and tie a conclusion back into the paper I had worked so hard on. In the beginning, I was lackadaisical with my writing; so much so that my MLA formatting was consistently incorrect. The emotion that came to me after reviewing my portfolio and noticing that was a pure disappointment. Conversely, I was impressed and surprised with how much my writing has evolved over the semester. It is obvious that the handwork that I put into writing my essay’s started to pay off, making my below average essays into ones of college