During this semester, we had to write three essays. With each one came different requirements, challenges and also a sense of accomplishment. Throughout my educational career, I have written many, many essays. Each time I write them though, I feel like I improve. I learn from my mistakes I had previously made and remember those so that I can make each paper that much better. This class and these three essays are no exception to that. The first essay that we were assigned in English Composition II was a compare and contrast, the second an essay about moral and ethical dilemmas, and the last an argumentative research paper. At the beginning of the semester we were assigned our first paper, a compare and contrast essay. At first I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to write about. Yes, there were
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Once again, I did not know what I was going to write about. I started off with an idea but then after searching for secondary sources I switched the literary piece. For this essay I wrote about “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I was very interested in this story because I am from Massachusetts and have been to Salem, and have heard about the witch trails multiple times. This story also had an ending that made you use your imagination, did Brown actually experience what he did in the woods, or was it all a dream? Also, the story really made you think throughout the whole piece which was nice, but confusing at times. This second essay taught me to just write. This has always been a technique that I have used in writing, but this essay confirmed that. Instead of getting caught up in grammar and punctuation, I just wrote whatever came to mind about the assigned question. After I was done writing what came to mind, I would go back and add in quotes and secondary sources, as well as proofread and edit my essay. Overall I learned what the best writing process for me
Once again, I did not know what I was going to write about. I started off with an idea but then after searching for secondary sources I switched the literary piece. For this essay I wrote about “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I was very interested in this story because I am from Massachusetts and have been to Salem, and have heard about the witch trails multiple times. This story also had an ending that made you use your imagination, did Brown actually experience what he did in the woods, or was it all a dream? Also, the story really made you think throughout the whole piece which was nice, but confusing at times. This second essay taught me to just write. This has always been a technique that I have used in writing, but this essay confirmed that. Instead of getting caught up in grammar and punctuation, I just wrote whatever came to mind about the assigned question. After I was done writing what came to mind, I would go back and add in quotes and secondary sources, as well as proofread and edit my essay. Overall I learned what the best writing process for me