Dear Mrs. Cline:
This semester has had many challenges for and many of them have to do with the essays. I am not completely comfortable with writing about things that aren’t particularly in my comfort zone. Poetry and war are things that don’t catch my attention like other things in my life. I enjoy read about love stories I must say “The Things They Carried” had a great love scene and that’s why I wrote about it more frequently. It grabbed my attention and I felt like I could read it over and over again. Becoming more comfortable and broadening my horizons with poetry is my biggest success so far in this class. I have learned that not all poetry is confusing and boring. It can be emotional and uplifting.
The readings so far have been very educational and interesting. I have learned more about the war from reading Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” and Sean Huze’s The Sand Storm” than I have from any movie or class I have ever seen/heard. These readings have made me feel emotion that I haven’t been able to relate to before. We all hear of soldiers dying but who really understand the emotion that the soldiers go through. I do hope that the readings to come will be as emotional and educational as the firsts.
Literary analysis is very difficult for me. It’s taking the whole piece and breaking it down to something smaller than writing three pages about it. The length is the hardest task for me to complete. I do hope that with feedback and practice I will get closer to being better.
For the second half of the semester I do hope to spend more time on my papers. I have been dealing with a full schedule and two kids and it has made it difficult to put time into my papers. I have dropped a class and I am hoping that will free up more time.
Sincerely
Karie Lake
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