In order for me to get to this conversation with writing started I need to set aside all of my intimidation with writing and need for perfections aside just to get something even written down. What gets written down may not be the greatest, but no one really has a life changing conversation with someone that they just met anyways so my first draft of anything does not really have much high expectations. Once I get past that writing is not intimidating and that I am going to have a conversation with whoever might read this it becomes an easier process and outlook. Previously I’ve always thought of writing as something I always dreaded because it would suck the life out of me and usually bring my grade along with it, but as I have gotten older writing has become a part of my life and something I have changed my perspective on completely in a way that I look at it as something friendly, like a chat with a close friend. While I find myself not upset when I am not writing papers in class, if it were not for writing in general I might have to strain myself to not pick up my phone every five minutes just to send a text message or post
This lack of self-centeredness is observed through the actions of Hector throughout the entire epic and his compassion for others is prominent in his notion of Greek justice. When Hector firsts steps into the plot of the Iliad, we witness his passion to fight and protect his city. In fact, Hector calls out his brother for not fighting. If Paris had not taken Helen as his prize, then this war may have never occurred. In book three, after Paris’ responds to Hector’s criticisms, Paris offers to prove himself in a fight with Menelaus in order to settle the war.
What I did differently in this essay as opposed to my first, I stopped over analyzing. I drove myself crazy on my last paper trying to make myself sound like I cared about what I was writing, and even to make it sound a little more educated. In hindsight, I should have just written it in a “dumbed down” version and then later changed what I thought would have worked better. For this paper, I just kept writing, and didn’t over analyze anything. In all honesty, I was shocked at the good feedback a received because I felt like I hadn’t made it anything special.
His family abandoned, his son not even knowing what he was like had to ask his neighbors. A comment was made to his wife about missing him and she replied, “I already have. Missing him all these years.” (Goodman 398) It is important for a man to have balance in his life. Men can get so engulfed into their work that they forget to enjoy their life and before they know it, it’s over. Phil had a heart attack because he was so stressed out from work, and he didn’t have a life outside of work so he was always stressed out.
Me and my classmates were fed all those great examples of people fighting during Second World War sacrificing their lives and not even dare to look for any kind of reward other then admitting them into “hero ranks” of their “great” country. Fighting for reward was not hero like behavior. I realize though that this understanding of hero was more due to the norms and obligations of certain time and society. In “The Iliad” hero is noted for his courage and strength and desire to fight especially if they risk their life or put it in any kind of danger. But at the same time Homer also pays great attention to rewards, heroes get for their fighting.
Although I recorded audio of myself and was not able to use video, I know myself well enough to know how the speech would have looked in person. I felt as if my voice was a little tense, but my instructor said that my voice was clear and the delivery was well paced. Neither my instructor nor myself felt as if there were other signs of anxiety in the presentation. I did feel like the pacing of my presentation was great, but this was also one of the things I was working on that required a second and third try. In this class I would like to work on my delivery, but mostly, I would like to stop being so monotonous and be able to use gestures and movements more effectively.
I had to go through life not having a father because he would rather live for him instead of me and be selfish. It wasn’t fair to me. As a nineteen year old strong young lady I have come to the conclusion that my father isn’t the best and he has never been a good father because of his lack of father skills. There’s multiple situations I can recall showing that my father didn’t do a well job at being my father. For example, one weekend my father and I spoke and we decided to spend time together and go visit my mother.
When given this speech I wasn't very concerned with practicing. I knew Heather and I would be able to do an okay job without going over the speech to many times. We didn't have trouble going back in forth because we basically knew what would be the last line. This worked out okay, but as I watched the video I realized I paused a lot and sometimes repeated what I was saying. After seeing that I know I should of practiced a few more times.
Typically, I would go through and just read a piece of writing without taking the time to really look into the meaning/purpose and message. But this project really taught me to not be as oblivious and what to pay attention to. With that, I was able to take address a few learning outcomes; which among these are, Language and the Individual, Language and Social Relations, and Language and Belief. Instantly, I knew that I wanted to incorporate a poem when doing this assignment, but I had no clue or idea what one to pick. I read through tons and tons of poems until I found The Road Not Taken.
I could only imagine how worried they were when they thought I was doing the same thing as my older siblings. They called me numerous times and I never answered. My friends would text or call me and tell me that my parents showed up at their house looking for me and I just said, “Don’t tell them where I’m at.” I shouldn’t have been selfish; I should’ve just stayed home. My brother wanted the best for me even though we weren’t close. Sam and Shelbi were best friends but they weren’t the best for each