Individual Priorities
Today in class, Mr. Rivers gave each of us the option of working on one of three assignments. The option most of the class chose was to work on our Intertextuality Essay because it is due by midnight tonight and many students had questions they wanted to ask or needed extra time to work. Another option we were given was to get started on reading pages 27-77 of Ready Player One and answering the two questions on classroom, which is due on the first of November. The final option was to work on a new assignment that's due tomorrow, which involves us listening to the first fifteen minutes of an interview with the director of the film Get Out, and respond to the question on google classroom of how the director's choices influenced the audience of the film. Get Out was a recent horror film about a man going to meet his girlfriend's parents and how he was worried about how they would react to their daughter being in an interracial relationship, only for the main character later finding out the dark secret behind the odd behavior of his girlfriend's parents. I'm excited to listen to this interview because while the movie's plot didn't sound too interesting to me on paper, I heard reviews and from people I knew who saw it, say it was a pretty good movie that was a lot more intricate than it initially seemed and included lots of symbolism. Another reason why I'm interested to hear about the film and some of the director's choices is because not long after the film came out, I watched a video on how the movie portrayed racial relationships in a really unique way that examined 'negrophilia' (a term describing an intense fascination with African American people and their culture) and the negative implications it can have if taken to the extreme. Since I've never even heard of that term before watching that video, the movie caught my attention because I had never seen this topic portrayed similarly in any other movie or book, and I've been meaning to watch it ever since.
During class, I spent some time editing my essay because when I wrote most of it I kept running into writer's block and couldn't think of what words I wanted to use or how I wanted to describe something, so I would just put a word similar to what I was trying to say in parentheses and come back to it later. For example, if I was writing a sentence about a character feeling some sort of joy and wanted to use a more expressive term, I would type the word like this: (joy). If I later thought of a word I felt would fit better, I would replace 'joy' with a more appropriate term, such as 'exuberant'. But using this method throughout my essay, I found that it was easier for me to type a bit faster since I didn't have to pause my train of thought to think of the right word to say. After changing a few words in my essay, I asked Mr. Rivers if I would be able to begin writing my blog post for tonight because I really wanted to have as much time as possible to try to finish my essay.
During class, I spent some time editing my essay because when I wrote most of it I kept running into writer's block and couldn't think of what words I wanted to use or how I wanted to describe something, so I would just put a word similar to what I was trying to say in parentheses and come back to it later. For example, if I was writing a sentence about a character feeling some sort of joy and wanted to use a more expressive term, I would type the word like this: (joy). If I later thought of a word I felt would fit better, I would replace 'joy' with a more appropriate term, such as 'exuberant'. But using this method throughout my essay, I found that it was easier for me to type a bit faster since I didn't have to pause my train of thought to think of the right word to say. After changing a few words in my essay, I asked Mr. Rivers if I would be able to begin writing my blog post for tonight because I really wanted to have as much time as possible to try to finish my essay.
I really love the tone you develop in this blog. The conversation feels so natural and the analysis is so eloquently slipped into your writing. Good transitions and interesting points. Love the technique about the (word), which is a great way to keep yourself moving forward in your writing. The second half of this really is an extension because it’s talking about writing pieces that help BEYOND class. Might want to consider how you can show us the use of this in a history paper or lab report. Very nice.
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