Final Project Proposal

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I will be completing Option 2 for the final project. I want to choose this option because I feel that I have more flexibility with what I read and write, and because I will be more entertained by what I read and write. I want to do mine on Vampires. I am not yet completely sure what I want to read or write, but plan to go to the library this week and find some good vampire books. I am really excited about this. I will also be watching movies along with the readings that I choose. I will be able to tell Mrs. Cline more about my ideas next week in an email because I need some help sorting my thoughts on how to do this essay. I hope that everyone does well. I hope that everyone is happy with their essay, and I look forward to reading them soon.

Midterm Post

Dear Mrs. Cline,

            So far during this semester, as I am sure you have noticed, I have really been struggling with this whole literary analysis concept. I start out with an idea for each writing assignment, and then I seem to get lost and overwhelmed somewhere in the middle of writing my essay. You have definitely provided useful information on our weekly assignments pages though, which is becoming more helpful. It is also difficult for me because I work about 50 hours a week at a Hospice Care Unit as a CNA, which I absolutely love. Working this much does make it more difficult for me to accomplish assignments to my full potential though, especially since I work nights. I just hope to improve now that I have cut back my hours to 40 hours a week nights. I feel that my strengths are punctuation. I have been feeling very discouraged lately, so I honestly cannot see that I have many strengths currently. As far as the readings go, I feel intrigued by the dark themes that they have had so far. I have had a difficult time being able to analyze them though. I think a lot of my issue is that I have not had a ton of spare time to actually try and understand the concept more, that is going to change from here on out. Literary analysis is so different from the other writing I have done in college. I have had a very difficult time for some reason applying this concept to essays. I am usually a very strong descriptive writer, as well as the other types of writing that was used in English 101. My goals for this second half of the session is to build a stronger understanding, spend more time on each assignments, finish assignments early, and of course do well on each and every assignment, including blog posts. Overall for the entire term I would really love to get an A. I know that I can do it. I want to get my RN and eventually move to my BSN at a university. I want to get above the minimum gpa allowed to be in the nursing program due to the reputation I will maintain as well as other opportunities such as a shorter time on the possible wait list. Have a great week and thank you for your help and patients with me this semester.

Sincerly,

Kendra Smith

VERY VERY VERY Rough draft

I Could really use some insight on my essay, but I am super embarrassed by the quality.

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Kendra Smith

10/14/2011

Laura Cline

English 102

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Frankenstein is a book written by Mary Shelley about a creature that was born out of experimentation by a doctor who is in fact afraid of his own creation.  Dr.Frankenstein has given life to a monster made up of decayed limbs dug up in a graveyard, but is this creature really considered a monster? The gargantuan deformity has no clue about life or the mysteries that surround him. He only knows his creature and that certain feeling of affection that a baby chick has for its mother when it hatches and imprints on the first living being it sees. Heartbroken after being abandoned by his master, he seeks compassion and is led towards the town’s people that emerge fearful of his horrific disfigurement. After being shunned by everything he’s ever know he his self-hatred was reiterated and thus starting his vengeful rage. Had being risen from the dead, Frankenstein the monster had just started his life then and there. Frankenstein is shunned by even his creator, and throughout the entire book tries to prove that what the exterior seems to demonstrate, the inside can truly be a beautiful disaster.

 “When I look around I saw and heard of none like me. Was I, the, a monster, a blot upon the earth from which all men fled and whom all men disowned” (Shelley, pg. 105). This book follows the theme of monstrosity; Frankenstein appears to be a disastrous towering beast sent to earth from the underworld. People run in the opposite direction at the mere sight of this monster.

Baffled by the reactions that the surrounding members of the village had having once laid eyes on the beast. “One of the best of these I entered; but I had hardly placed my feet within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons, I escaped to the open country, and fearfully took refuge in a low hovel, quite bare, and making a wretched appearance after the palaces I had beheld in the village” (Shelley, pg.70-71). Victor Frankenstein was obsessed with uncovering the truth about generation and life, so he created a monster whose hideousness made people recoil.

Throughout the process of being rejected and humiliated the monster became lonely. Being the only one of his kind began to take control of the so called monster. People were shunning him, and he was truly alone. “I am alone and miserable: man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create” (Shelley, 129).  Desperately seeking companionship and some sort of acceptance, the monster became angry.

“You can blast my other passions, but revenge remains revenge, henceforth dearer than light of food! I may die, but first you, my tyrant and tormenter, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery” (Shelley, pg 153).  After being lonely for an amount of time, the monster began to curse his creator, for he was the reason he was alive and alone. Victor Frankenstein was terrified by the appearance of what he had created that he lived locked away in fear. The two could relate to each other’s emotions, for Victor was use to rejection and lack of companionship. Tragedy was normal to him, so aside from his curiosity he had attempted to create a companion and a friend. Once the monster came alive Victor wanted revenge as well.

Reference

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: A Norton Critical Edition. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York: W. W. Norton, 1996

Revisions

I think that the revision process is extremely important. I really like being able to turn in rough drafts, I feel like its kind of like a second chance. I usually try and plan out an idea in my head, and then just let the juices flow as I write. I also like to be able to have someone proof read my essays for errors and tips. I have been having alot of issues with the essay I am currently writing about poems. I had an idea in my head and at first it felt alright, but as I started writing I started getting confused and frustrated with the essay and feel that it is slightly unorganized. I think the length is the biggest issue. I feel like I need to throw in enough to make the page length, and it has instead become unorganized. Any suggestions?

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