“What food do you crave? Add a hint of mischief to your desire, and the answer is bound to be chocolate, Dark, divine, sense-bludgeoning chocolate.” (Ackerman, Diane) This is my favorite quote from Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition, which I read in English 16 and always seems to make my tastebuds water. This past fall semester, I took the course of English 16, in which I learned to become a more critical reader and writer as well as have a greater appreciation for writing. This can be seen in my improvement in thesis writing, from a broad to a more specific and stronger thesis, being able to better explain myself in my essays, as well being able to find hidden meaning in the author’s writing through being a better critical reader. Prior
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During the course, the class read the novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat. Over two weeks of classes, the class picked apart the book and found some subtles within the book. For example, while it was never specifically mentioned, the relationship between the characters of Louise and Tante Anie was more than what it would seem to anyone who just read the book and hadn’t analyzed it. While at first glance, they were just close friends, through further analyze of it, the author had place subtle hints that their relationship was a homosexual one, and not one of just friends. This was seen in the fact that Louise leaving had a major effect on Tante Anie, especially since Louise hadn’t even said good-bye. The author subtly hinted at them having more of a relationship than that of friends. Because of the class going into in-depth analysis of the novel, I was able to learn how to critical read and find the hidden meaning in the writing of the author. In another example, in analyzing the essay The Night of Oranges by Flavius Stan in Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition, even though a thesis wasn’t specifically stated, theses could be formulated based on what was written by the author, and even one that may be hidden without understanding the context. While the common thesis included ones involving change for the better, the thesis that took some analyze involved
During the course, the class read the novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat. Over two weeks of classes, the class picked apart the book and found some subtles within the book. For example, while it was never specifically mentioned, the relationship between the characters of Louise and Tante Anie was more than what it would seem to anyone who just read the book and hadn’t analyzed it. While at first glance, they were just close friends, through further analyze of it, the author had place subtle hints that their relationship was a homosexual one, and not one of just friends. This was seen in the fact that Louise leaving had a major effect on Tante Anie, especially since Louise hadn’t even said good-bye. The author subtly hinted at them having more of a relationship than that of friends. Because of the class going into in-depth analysis of the novel, I was able to learn how to critical read and find the hidden meaning in the writing of the author. In another example, in analyzing the essay The Night of Oranges by Flavius Stan in Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition, even though a thesis wasn’t specifically stated, theses could be formulated based on what was written by the author, and even one that may be hidden without understanding the context. While the common thesis included ones involving change for the better, the thesis that took some analyze involved