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reflection on essay 4

For me it wasn't easy to find a short story to connect with my theme. I was trying to focus on overcoming hardships but realized it was hard to find a story to compare it with. So I decided to come up with two types of themes with taking things for granted and overcoming hardships. When you think about it you may think it doesn't relate but if you read my essay you will see how I compared them together and how it came together smoothy.  overall I feel pretty good and confident about my essay. I think I did a good job with my connections. I the class I will miss doing these blogs because I feel like its cool to read and post about our different sides with our same prompts we have. 

final essay 4

essay 4

reflection on essay 2

The essay 2 prompt made me realize that there is more to know and understand to literature writing and poems. It showed me how much someone can connect or relate to someones writing also people all have different means to the same writing. In the prompt one think that was hard for me to do the most was to try to connect the canon to the prompt. But once I got help from fellow students of mine I realized it wasn't as hard as I thought.

rough draft essay 4

essay 4 rough draft

REVISED essay 2

REVISED essay 2

essay 4 idea draft

Not sure wether were supposed to just pick one short story we've read in class or just make connections with all the short stories we've read  -  "MOTHER TO SUN" by Langston Hughes Connections "MOTHER TO SUN" - (struggles of life) don't give up because it got too hard to succeed in life.  Relate with me dealing with struggling with school and softball at the same time. Travling and keeping up with grades/ school work. Well, tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But the time, been a-climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s, And tumin’ corners, And sometimes goin’ in the dark Where there ain’t been no light. So don’t you turn back. Don’t you set down on the steps ‘Cause you finds kinder hard. Don’t you fall now— For still goin’, honey, still clim...