Portfolio 1 - EL267
Welcome to my first Portfolio! The blogging experience took a little adjusting, initially; but I've grown more comfortable with the process of understanding literary works and sharing my insights on them with peers. Probably, the most beneficial aspect of the online discussions is, it has allowed me to question and deepen my own observations.
Coverage
Most of these entries I consider as warm-ups: some of my firsts and a few of the musts.
The Road Not Taken
Hmmm...Uh-huh...No.
Rain, Rain, Rain
Woodchuck, Why?
Timeliness
Everything that made the friday deadlines
(Those that didn't were still posted before Monday class discusions.)
Entries
A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words
Woodchuck Why?
No Time for Brevity
After Apple Picking
If a Diamond is Love, Daisy is but an Emreald
Can't Find Sympathy
Push Harder
Flexibility
Thirty-Three
Comments
All of my comments were timely.
Interaction
Topics that sparked my attention or others.
Sara Benaquista said: "I really, really love this blog entry you put together. I completely agree that 'we are our own worst critics/"
Push Harder
Nathan Hart said:"Enivironment has such a great effect on the life and situation of people."
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
Rachael Sarver said: "I find it interesting that you chose that quote; it is something that I overlooked."
A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words
Depth
Any reading assignment that stirred a good response out of me.
"Steinbeck adopts a palpable likeness to the stylistic patterns of the Bible; I also perceived a tearing away from a communal mind to one centered on individual prosperity alone."
Hevbrew Scriptures
"Steinbeck's depiction of religion is peculiar; he harbors and esteems religion's core messages, yet simultaneously ridicules religiosity by distorting religious virtue within character roles".
TWO VERSIONS ARE BETTER THAN ONE
I offer a link to futher information on the Machinal.
Provides link to information concerning the original dust jacket of The Great Gatsby.
A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words
"After reading this passage it occurred to me, perhaps, for Jay Gatsby Daisy is not purely a case of the one true-love that got away."
If a Diamond is Love, Daisy is but an Emerald
"Every time I manage to become unduly self critical, in terms of my ability to write, this proverb becomes a light of hope at the end of my tunnel-vision."
Discussion
Contribution to others' discussions.
"April, that's an excellent phrase. In fact, that's what I was trying to get at when I meant that she should bite the bullet." Carlos Peredo's blog:
Feminism I like? Nope, I was wrong
Response to Daisy's reaction over Gatsby's clothes.Justin Lellimo's blog:
My iinterpretation of the green light. Justin Lellimo's blog:
Excellent work, April! You're going far beyond just "doing homework" and you're really putting a lot into your writing, which means I can see you're getting a lot out of it as a result. Good job!