I have comprised what I call a "Blogging Portfolio." This portfolio shows my best work in terms of literary works that I have read thus far. My entries span far beyond just my simple opinions. With each link, I have showed my ability to cover every piece of work, researched fully in terms of topics, interacted with other fellow blog members, and simply just portrayed my ability to use this technological supplement to its fullest potential. I will under every link introduce you to the topic as well as its ultimate significance. I hope that each and every individual that views this portfolio can not only see my growth but also the potential I hold in the future for continuing these types of intense examinations.
A More Intense Look at The Raven
This entry is written in regards to Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. I used my own personal interpretation and ideas to formulate exactly what the author was implying in the raven that landed on the man’s perch. I also found several online resources that actually supported this idea as well. The investigation that I did on The Raven was so significant because I not only used it as a research area but there are also several links to other blog users that essentially portrays deep interaction and discussion. I encourage you to enter because you too may also become involved in this topic and wish to join in on the interaction and discussion.
More Intense Look at An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
I personally wrote this particular response to Ambrose Bierce's An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. I wrote in regards to how I felt the author used tone as well as different types of effects throughout the literary work. This blog entry is also significant because of its ability in my opinion to highly research as well as interact with other individuals. I join you to actually see my point of view, which may actually be different than what you had first intended.
More Intense Look at Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street
This blog entry explains the symbolism that I found in Melville's, Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street. This entry is significant because the symbolism that you may have thought of may actually not be exactly what I chose. This symbolism is mentioned throughout the text but is not obvious to some individuals. I suggest you enter this link not only to uncover the writing that uses research, interaction, and discussion but to also find out exactly what symbolism I found in this particular literary work.
The Scarlet Letter and Symbolism
I wrote this particular entry to also show symbolism that I found throughout the literary work The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This work was also significant because I researched and discussed with other members of the blog world in terms of all the types of symbolism that can be found in this novel. I hope you follow the link above to see what type of symbolism that I discovered through personal perspective as well as through research.
Reflection #1--Presentation on For Annie
This actual entry is very different from the rest of my other types of work. The blog entry is significant because it actually is in response to an oral interpretation that I did in my American Literature class. I read over my poem to fellow classmates and then critiqued myself on the abilities that I felt to either possess or not to possess. If you like this poem or just simply want to see my opinion in regards to my presentation, I encourage you to enter the world of my own personal reflection.
Examining Different Classmates Poetry Slams
In this particular link, I have also reflected not on my own presentation as mentioned in the link previous to this one but on different individuals that also did the same type of work. This link is very significant because it shows the intense works of different individuals and not necessarily that of my own. This link will allow the audience to view a variety of different poetry slams as well as possible key points if an individual is ever to actually complete this form or task. It is very interesting to see exactly how a poem can be interpreted in a variety of ways. You should enter you may be pleasantly surprised at the various forms of presenting poetry.
Discussing the topic of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essay "Self-Reliance"
This blog was a way for me to communicate to my audience that I had read this essay, but it also showed that I analyzed it in terms of my own meaning as well as interpretation of the areas that I thought Emerson was trying to portray. This reflection covered three areas that I believe constitute a well-thought entry. I used both research, quotes from the text, and personal reflection to show my deeper meaning of the essay. This simply means that this blog entry is more than just one area but a combination of several various areas of intellectual thought.
Discussion of Poe and Melville
This particular blog entry is in my own opinion one of the most crucial areas of my development. This actual entry gave several individuals the opportunity to comment on my blog, which in turn made me realize that a further investigation was needed. From the comments that were brought up by these individuals, I found myself revising this area of my blog entry into another more detailed passage that was listed above (A More Intense Look at The Raveni>).
The Scarlet Letter Part 2
I found this entry also in regards to Nathaniel Hawthorne's second part of The Scarlet Letter was very essential in terms of measuring my growth in evaluating a literary work. This entry was written without conducting any research and in turn I receieved a comment from fellow bloggers that really made me wonder exactly what all was in this book that I could explore. This particular blog entry made me passionate to explore the symbolism that was found in The Scarlet Letter. After several hours of research, I was able to put together The Scarlet Letter and Symbolism that better reflected my abilities to deeply and passionately explore a novel. This is a very important stepping stone for me in terms of my blogging abilities, and I encourage everybody to view the progress that has been made as a whole!
This particular entry was also a very influential area in terms of marking personal growth in my blogging ability. I found that in this particular reflection that I seemed to just hurl certain accusations or opinions at my audience without necessarily doing research of any type to back up my ideas. Thus, this particular entry along with the comments that my peers so generously gave to me allowed for me to take a more in depth look at what I was trying to convey through this reflection. I found the comments made me actually want to look at the text again and find an area of symbolism that I found influential. From this specific entry, I researched and wrote the previous stated entry of a More Intense Look at “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street.”
Nabila Uddin
Bartleby, the Scrivener
I found Nabila Uddin’s blog entry to be very intriguing as well as raise several questions for me in particular. I found her insights were great on this piece of work, but I also say where I could help her improve on her reasoning by being the first individual to comment on her blog, give feedback, and asking questions. In this particular comment, I asked Nabila some questions on how she interpreted the story and felt the authors underlying purpose was in writing the story.
I really like how Jennifer Haun took the chance to comment on a topic that we analyzed in a class discussion. However, I found that she could possibly elaborate a little further on her rationalization of what age or when Pearl should have been told about the true meaning of the letter “A.” I believe that I both helped Jennifer realize these loop holes and was able to help her in elaborating more fully.
In reading Erin Manko’s blog entry, I was able to see more fully the symbolism found in the novel but was also able to see how she could analyze this in terms of our current happenings. I also questioned Erin Manko that if she were to have to decide on a purpose of this book what exactly would it be and then to simply explain her reasoning. I hope that you take a look to see what choice you would make if given the opportunity.
Reflecting on the James McBride Lecture….
This entry had nothing really to do with any assigned literary works but was an activity that I attended at Seton Hill University. I found this activity to have so much meaning to me in regards to academic life as well as personal that I felt blogging about it would really help me in regards to getting everything said that I had on my mind. My goal was to be successful at accomplishing this task and I hope that you find that I did indeed accomplish this goal.