Three big points in They Say/I Say: “Playing the Naysayer in Your Text”. -It is more engaging to include counterarguments in your text. If you only shared points agreeable to your argument and completely ignored what someone might say in objection, you might come off as naive or close-minded. Your argument and its credibility will … [Read more…]
Herzog and Herzog & DFW Why is it so difficult to resolve the moral/ethical quandaries that Herzog writes about? What is it like to live in the “troubled middle?” It is difficult to resolve these moral/ethical quandaries that Herzog discusses, on one hand, because people are compassionate. Many people have a deep love of … [Read more…]
Looking back on Consider the Lobster. Has your thinking changed since you last read the essay? What seems more obvious to you now in a second reading? What ideas remain murky or unreachable? -In my first look at this essay, I thought Wallace was trying to convince us that it is inhumane to eat … [Read more…]
Dealing with the Living/Dead How would you feel being directly involved in the death process of a family member? Would you be able to push the button to send your loved ones “off to their final disposition”? I think being directly involved in the death process of a family member would be very hard … [Read more…]
Mapping Thoughts- “Story of Service” by Jessica Mitford. In her essay, “The Story of Service”, Jessica Mitford raises many questions about the services provided for a funeral. She asks, why do we subject the bodies of our lost loved ones to the gruesome process of embalming? Why do we know so little about the process? … [Read more…]
In author Jessica Mitford’s short story “The Story of Service”, Mitford contrasts the extensive services provided today by funeral directors to the simpler, more straight forward services that would have been provided over a hundred years ago. In doing this she reveals how laying the dead to rest has become an attempt to preserve their … [Read more…]
In the “The Art of Summarizing” section of “They Say/I Say”: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein argue the importance of properly summarizing another writer’s point in your writing. They claim that in a good summary of another’s work, you should try to be even in your describing their … [Read more…]
Discussing “A Small, Good Thing” by Raymond Carver What values does Carver bring forward in his story through experiences with food? In his short story, “A Small, Good Thing”, Raymond Carver shows how sharing food can help aide the healing process of grief and loneliness by bringing people together. Struck with heartbreak and loss, Ann … [Read more…]
This journal is a reflection on the peer review process for the Favorite Meal Essay and is in the form of a podcast. It can be accessed through this link: https://youtu.be/m92_3kQm5cA .
Reflection on revision and drafting: During my revision process I spent the most time adjusting one of my paragraphs into two paragraphs and adding more details. I think it would have been helpful for me to cite one of my concerns as the length of my essay, because I realized it might be a little … [Read more…]
