Reading Journal "The Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf

In Virginia Woolf's essay The Death of the Moth she uses Narration and Descriptions very vividly and well. She talks from her perspective. What stood out was her use of strong descriptions. Her descriptions are not like little descriptions they  are very in depth. She describes the Moth to a certain degree by talking about its appearance "his narrow hay-coloured wings, fringed with a tassel of the same colour" and what he was doing "he flew vigorously." Woolf also gives an effective use on description when she talks about the moth dying " the moth having righted himself now lay decently and uncomplainingly composed."

Weekly Reflection 4

Last full week completed. We worked on our last paper (thank god, I honestly don't think I'm ready to go off to college if I couldn't even do this). We discussed toulmin. My favorite part of the week was when we watched Marina Abramovic performance. It was absolutely amazing. I cried. I went home and watched it again. On to the last week.

Weekly Reflection 3

Another week done. We began our group paper. It was a cause and effect. Our group chose racial profiling. I hope it was very informative for the rest of the class. I had a lot of fun working with my group. I was absolutely terrified when I had to get up and present with my group. My mind went completely blank with what I had rehearsed the night before and on my way to class. I learned that these papers are getting harder to write as well. On to week three

Weekly Reflection 2

Week two complete. We had to listen to a song that I can't even pronounce. We had to take notes over compare and contrast for our next paper. We also listen to lectures. Still learning a lot of things I wish I was taught in high school. We got into how we use our databases. Pretty much another hard working week. On to week three.

Reading Journal "Only Daughter" Sandra Cisneros

1.       In Sandra Cisneros Only Daughter, she really talks about how she is the only daughter of six boys. She says she had to “spend a lot of time by [herself] because her brothers felt it beneath them to play with a girl in public.”  Her dad also thought college was a waste because she had not found a husband yet. In the essay she even says that all her writings have “been for him.” It seems as if she’s trying to win her fathers approval for I guess disappointing him in not having a husband yet. At the end of the story the reader can see that the father finally accepted her work.

2.       Cisnero says “of all the wonderful things that happened to me last year, that was the most wonderful.  After everything she’s done to try and get his approval it finally worked.” She was so worried if her father would love the story she wrote or hate it. He ended up loving the story she wrote and wanted to give copies to the rest of the family. Her father was so proud of Cisnero for her work.

3.       Sandra Cisnero and her father can be similar by I guess being accepting. Over the years she was trying to live up to her dads standards or in the shadows of her brothers. She could've gave up but with persistence the day finally came when her dad finally accepted her. She knew all the hard work she went through for college and even  after finally paid off. 

Reading Journal "On Keeping a Notebook" Joan Didion

1.       In Joan Didion’s On Keeping a Notebook reading this essay made me think of the times I wanted to start a journal. I can go back in some boxes I have in my closet and read stuff I’ve written down. In Didion’s she says she “stop whining and learn to amuse myself by writing down my thoughts.” It’s funny looking back and reading some stuff like one of them was when I was seven and my aunt and uncle were yelling at me or how my mom made me go to my room and how I wanted to run away. I thought that when I was really mad or sad I could write out how I felt and that it would help. This essay makes me want to start back up and write in a journal to only read them 10 plus years later and reminisce.

2.       The section that contributed the best emotional when she talks about the notebook and its use. “It is a good idea, then, to keep in touch, and I suppose that keeping in touch is what notebooks are all about.” She can write down what her thoughts are how she feels good or bad and then go back and relive that point in time. When she talks about when her mother gave her the tablet when she was younger. When parents give us things we sometimes don’t understand how it will affect us in the long run.  

3.       She uses many different unanswerable questions like “(1960? 1961?)”, or when it may seem like random information actually is information she wants.  Things some of us might not get but in order for her to remember that point in time she puts some unanswerable questions that the reader may not get. I think this very much strengthens her essay by leaving the reader like myself confused about some information that looks like she just threw in. But that is Didion's way of Keeping a Notebook.

 

Weekly Reflection 1

Wow already the first week done. We learned how to do MLA correctly. We took a lot of notes and listened to some lectures about the upcoming days and weeks. I remember Mr. Smith saying our High School teachers didn't teach us right. I thing he is pretty right about that one. We learned about the Freetags Pyramid and how to do the correct narration form. Over all a big 360 from high school to now. I wish I would have been more prepared on how comp 1 would be. On to week two.