Ruff And Bark: Politics With A Furry Passion

Having had the opportunity to look back on the short story and read the comments on the reflection paper, it is clear that the comments from the professors were spot on. The actual story is in fact quite funny, as one of the professors remarked, but the paper severely lacks connection to the actual class. In fact, the short story and the reflection are not connected to the first year experience at all. This is something that has been changed through the revision process. In the revised reflection, the reflection is now tied back to Dr. Christ’s lecture in which the place of political correctness in society was discussed. This essay was originally written in a rush the writing of the essay was squeezed into the late nights of weekend that was for the most part …show more content…
The original short story was rushed to the point where it was not even proofread before being turned in. The short story “Ruff & Bark; Politics with a Furry Passion” was based off of an idea that I had humorously concocted in my head while discussing the Republican Primary with a Donald Trump supporter. The supporter of Mr. Trump blindly defended Trump on his platforms and policies flip flops, in such a way that it felt like I was talking to a dog who was blindly defending its owner. This is where the idea of portraying Donald Trump as a dog came from. No offense to dogs of course. Connecting both the reflection and the short story back to the lectures in class, I recalled that Dr. Christ had brought up the topic of political correctness in one of his lectures. At one point, Dr. Christ specifically referenced Donald Trump’s outlandish comments from this past summer. Dr. Christ, then proceeded to asked the class to have an open discussion