In the essay, Aria, he was forced to study English and Richard Rodriguez resented the loss of intimacy in the family. However, he, later, discovered his love in books. Richard Rodriguez switched from hating English to fall in love with books. Education has changed his mind; therefore, changed him. He confesses: “What I am about to say to you has taken me more than twenty years to admit: A primary reason for my success in the classroom was that I couldn’t forget that schooling was changing me and separating me from the life I enjoyed before becoming a student” (598).
Ricky choses the hardest books imaginable. He believes in reading up on what others have to say about a difficult book, and then making up his own mind about it. He says that part of the reason he feels this way is because of his teacher, Mr. Buxton, who taught him Shakespeare in 10th grade. Ricky shares how Mr. Buxton met him one night to go over the text line by line, but he didn’t share the conclusion with Moody, he left that for him to figure out on his own. Reading Umberto Eco’s “Role of the Reader” in college, Ricky states that, “The reader completes the text, that the text is never finished until it meets this voracious and engaged reader.” Although there are critics who believe there is a right and a wrong way to ready books, Moody says, “I believe there is not now and never will be an authority who can tell me how to interpret, how to read, how to find the pearl of literary meaning in all cases.” Part 2.
English 105 Billy Collins “The Trouble with Poetry” I am ashamed to admit, that before taking my first Poetry class that I had never heard of the former U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins. I am even more ashamed to say that it still took me quite awhile to read his work; however once I did I fell head over heels in love with his words. As soon as I began reading one of his more recent collections, The Trouble with Poetry, I was enthralled. He begins his collection with a poem directed at the reader, opening with lines that may also challenge them.
Writing is hard for Avi but then he thinks it's hard for everyone to write well. He has to re-write over and over again so that on average it takes him a year to write a book. When Avi stops writing and gets a break from it he enjoys taking photos. Avi uses his ideas to write. He says, “The vital question is what you should do with your ideas?
Writing this poem allowed me to look back into those past experiences and let go. I can honestly say that until writing this paper, I was allowing my past experiences hold me emotionally hostage. When I graduated from Highline Community College and decided to attend The Evergreen State College, little did I realize how impactful this college would be; affecting my desire to express my thoughts and views about the world. The Evergreen State College opened the door to writing; a door that had been closed for a very long time. Although I hadn’t yet become comfortable writing about my past during the first few quarters of school, I enjoyed writing for academic growth.
I remember that walk home was the longest one of my life. (Graham 7) Reading this quote shows that his classmates came up with anything they could so they could make fun of him. As a teenager, Drake’s social life did not get much better than his childhood’s. Drake did anything he could to fit in, from smoking to drinking, you name it. All he wanted was to be accepted, but it was hard to fit in because he was not rich and white like all of his other classmates.
Since Baldwin didn’t know his real father he wanted to follow in his step dads footsteps, in his early teen years he became a youth minister in Harlem Pentecostal church frame ages fourteen to sixteen. James liked reading at early age, that’s when his love of writing came to life. He went to Clinton High School in Bronx, New York and work for the school magazine and did a column about a future famous photographer named Richard Avedon an after that he also published poems, and short story’s in the high school magazine. After Baldwin graduated high school in 1942 he put college on hold so he can help his family make ends meet but since he was a black man he was facing decimation an was fired or turned down by many restraints, bars, an other whites only places. He lost his on July 29, 1943 but yet gained an eight sibling.
In the beginning of the semester I read the work book to him, but now he simply follows my finger and reads the words I point to. Also, in the beginning of the semester Anders took longer to work and got frustrated very easily, but now he pulls through and finishes his work much faster. While we worked I promised him songs and stories that reminded him that if he works he can have fun after. After reading a specific chapter in the book I found that I should listen to his scripting and not ignore it, because it's his way of trying to tell someone what he needs. I also learned from you, Mrs. Beitner, that when Anders says or does something wrong I should correct him by saying things like: "is that ok?"
In the reading Malcolm X states “Many who today hear me somewhere in person, or on television, or those whose red something I’ve said, will think I went to school far beyond the eighth grade. This impression is due entirely to my prison studies.” From reading this quote I felt like people that knew him expected for to sound uneducated because he didn’t pass the eighth grade but he proved them wrong. And who ever reads this reading that didn’t finish school I believe it would motive them maybe to continue school
Jamie Hannold Postcolonial Literature Essay #1 2/4/11 Things Fall Apart These past few weeks, the class has been reading Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe as our first reading assignment. I did not know what to expect from the book, but as I kept reading it really started to grow on me. There were some interesting parts and some parts were you had to wonder why they had that custom or belief. The book is about a man named Okonkwo who lives with the Umuofia clan in the village of Iguedo. When Okonkwo was young he did not like his father.