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Postt #7 English 102 Review

As the course of English 102 comes to an end for this summer semester I have learned a great amount of information. From new forms of technology, such as Blogger, and how to post videos, I have learned a huge amount of new and useful things. Learning the difference between summary and analysis has also been completely new to me this semester. Before now I have never really gone over analysis, and had no idea it was so important. I have come to fact that it is indeed a very important thing to learn, and to know about. I now know that summary of something compared to an analysis of something are completely different things. Another thing that I have learned about in this class is a little more on work citing, and the facts and rules of plagiarism. It will be good to know these new things throughout my college experience, and life. The readings in this class have informed me greatly on the different wars, and the emotions, and experiences that our veterans have gone through. I have greatly enjoyed learning new things from all of the great stories from Huze, and O’Brien. Throughout this semester my writing process has changed by becoming more per say “serious“, compared to other essays I‘ve done in recent English classes because I am more knowledgeable in many areas of English writing skills. Some challenges I have faced in the class, first of all was that it was on a very fast pace schedule due to the summer. Besides the fast moving pace, I didn’t really struggle too much on a lot of other things. There were some challenges in finding sources for some of the papers and learning new things, such as poetry of witness. I’m happy I took this class, and feel that it was a very good choice. J

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The Man I Killed
“ His jaw was in his throat, his upper lip and teeth were gone, his one eye was shut, his other eye was a star-shaped hole, his brows were thin and arched like a woman’s, his nose was undamaged, there was a slight tear at the lobe of one ear, his clean black hair was swept upward into a cowlick at the rear of the skull, his forehead was lightly freckled….” (O’Brien, page 118)

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Reading this passage was very powerful and emotional to me, not only did I want to gag half way through, but I could imagine standing there being in O’Brien’s shoes; looking at this horrific scene, thinking who was this person, and how was his life before he died? This passage is important because it contributes to the gory and horrifying part of the story that everyone wishes isn’t there. The writer has a story to tell us, he wants to and needs to express every mental image he has from the time. This passage projects tons of imagery, it keeps you wanting to read all the through even though it is gut wrenching. This passage from the story contributes to the meaning of the story by putting up the physiological memories that O’Brien went through. He felt regret, and he was ashamed.

Some interesting quotes from O'brien

Two Poems

Two Poems

http://www.spartacusartgallery.com/2011/05/frida-kahlo-suicide-of-dorothy-hale.html

 

Interesting Link:

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/forche/witness.htm

The two poems that I chose to read and “review” were “ Photograph from September 11” , and “ The Woman Hanging From The Thirteenth Floor Window”. In reading “Photograph from September 11^th”, I had a very emotional experience. In both of these poems I felt something from them. Maybe, that it’s sad and depressing and I feel sorry for the event that is happening? First of all September 11^th is such a memorable event in our country’s history, and it made such a dramatizing effect to our country; so much that it lead us to war. As soon as Szymborska starts the poem with the first line, it starts the reader off remembering this event. Szymborska state, “ They jumped from the burning floors, one, two , a few more, higher, lower”. This line makes me think of people jumping out of the destroyed burning building, wondering if they would rather risk the chance of dieing as they fell down through the sky, or if they would rather burn to death. In the poem, “ The Woman Hanging From the Thirteenth Floor Window”, the first line states, “ She is the woman hanging from the 13^th floor window”. Right there and then I think suicide. As I read along in the poem I imagine a lonely, sad, woman that it very confused about her feelings. She feels the need to jump, but at the same time the memories of her family, and childhood, tell her not to. In reading both of these poems, I enjoyed reading very good poetry. Poetry of Witness to me is an emotional subject, and is a very interesting read.

The Difference

The Differences Between Summary and Analysis

In this essay I am going to explain the difference between a summary and a analysis. A summary tells you what happened, while an analysis tells you what and why it happened. Say you wanted to write a summary and analysis on Homer’s Iliad. A summary of that epic tale would be, “ The Greek armies combined their forces and destroyed the grand city of Troy.” Now that would be sufficient information if you only wanted basic information on the Iliad. If you wanted to have more info on the Iliad, however, that is where you would state an analysis: “The Greek armies combined their forces and destroyed the grand city of Troy. The reason why is a prince of Troy stole Helen and took her back to Troy, and the Greeks swore vengeance.” The reason this would serve to give readers more info is, simply put, it describes a circumstance in which one faction acts in a certain fashion, and the other faction reacts in another way in regards to the first action taken. It’s really all about how much detail is given that is the main difference between a summary and an analysis.

An interesting site:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary

http://blog.logos.com/2007/07/what_about_home/

Good readers, and Good Writers

Image from:

http://www.slowtravelberlin.com/2011/01/03/nabokov-in-berlin/

In the reading, Nabokou states that a good reader consists of many things. First of all you should notice details. Also, you must have imagination, memory, and an artistic sense. He also states that to be a reader at all, you must reread things, and be an active reader. We must have time to get into the book that we read, as if its our own other world. I believe everything that Nabokou states about a good reader is true. I too believe that imagination, and an artistic delight should be in a good reader. I don't  consider myself to be a good reader. I'm not the worst, but, i do need to improve on some things, such as re-reading things.

Here is a link that i thought would be interesting :

http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Good-Writer