When writing an effective essay, it is very important to introduce a clear topic sentence in each paragraph and to support it with textual evidence to prove one’s point. Without introducing a clear thesis in one’s paper, the paper can be very unclear, will not be organized. This often leads to summarization. In English class, Dr. A.C. explained and ( Read more... )

For my short story essay, I wrote about the importance of young children, especially young girls, not to talk to strangers. In the poem, “The wolf’s Postscript to Little Red Riding Hood,” by Agha Shahid Ali, is written and explained in the wolf’s point of view. However, it clearly gives one the awareness, that the Little Red Riding Hood symbolizes ( Read more... )

For my research paper, I talked about how one can discover their inner strength through confidence and knowledge. To prove this, I used the book, The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien to prove my points with textual evidence. In life, if one does not take action or toil to achieve something, then one cannot be successful. One cannot be cooped up in a ( Read more... )

Yay!! We are finally done with our research papers!! Great job everyone!! Hmm….still I always wonder what happened to the half of our class. Many dropped out? Anyways, thumbs up for those who stayed in class, and keep it up! ;)

This week in English class, we talked about Sophocles’ Antigone. It’s a very interesting piece of literature. Antigone, ( Read more... )

This week in English class, we discussed about the play, “A Doll’s House,” by Henrik Ibsen. It is an interesting story involved with money, morals, family, love, forgiveness, and friendship. Nora is Torvald’s wife, and she is considered as a gold-digger. She loves to spend money and uses it when she gets the chance, while Torvald likes to save his ( Read more... )

This week in English class, we talked about “Hamlet,” by William Shakespeare. In the story, Hamlet, a prince of Denmark, just found out that his father has been murdered. He finds out, after meeting the ghost of his father, that it was his uncle who killed his father. With all of the chaos that consumed him into darkness, Hamlet’s mother marries ( Read more... )

This week in English class, we had to write our short story essays. I am writing my essay using the short story, “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” by Sherman Alexie. The universal message that I think the author is trying to deliver to the audience is to stress the importance of forgiveness. In life, many people do things that are ( Read more... )

This week in English class we didn’t really get to go over the short stories that we have read and discuss it together as a class, because we were working on our Annotated Bibliography workshop for the day we missed class. The short story however, that I enjoyed reading this week, was “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” by Sherman ( Read more... )

This week in English class, we discussed about the short story, “Happy Endings,” by Margaret Atwood. In her short story, Atwood presents different scenarios of endings, most of which are sad or depressing. She first asks the reader, “If you want a happy ending, try A” (Atwood L 3). This shows the reader that there are other unpleasant and ( Read more... )

In English class, we have talked and discussed our opinions and thoughts about the poem, “The Story of An Hour,” by Kate Chopin. We have talked about that love in life is not perfect and that it can be difficult in one’s life and could lead to many hardships. However, by encountering these hardships and pain, it also helps one to be become stronger ( Read more... )