Reflective Essay 2
Throughout the course of this semester I have found that I have thoroughly enjoyed the material we have covered. Lately, I have been having trouble reading Troilus and Criseyde mostly because the middle English has made it difficult to pick out all the sarcasm, imagery and allegory that Chaucer has included in his work. I do like Troilus and Criseyde though, especially because every time I think I have figured it out, Chaucer throws another bit of word play in or reminds the reader that it is just a story. Having read so many novels, it is refreshing to be reminded that one cannot live his life in the story of others. Rather, the reader cannot count on everything because so often life changes because it is interactive. I have read through Chaucer’s version and I have been using the translation on the blog to supplement the readings if I am really having extra difficulty with a passage. So I am really thankful that the resource is there.
Speaking of the blog, it was only within the last few weeks that I have really fully discovered the potential of the blog. I am much more comfortable using it and reading other people’s postings. Of course, it is a little late to finally understand how to use it, but I suppose it is better late than never at all. I also have found that, as I read the criticism essays of some of my friends, I do not know how to write about the simple grammar and punctuation errors to help edit the papers because it seems cumbersome to post the line and commentary that needs to be altered in the blog response posting. I am not really sure how to fix this issue but I’m sure I’ll come up with something.
Finally, as far as the outside research goes, I have been a little overwhelmed by my seminar paper to really spend adequate time on my research as of yet. I have found my articles and my book study however, and they focus mainly on the use of Pandarus as an agent in the story. As I begin my portfolio, hopefully this week, I would like to meet with you to discuss my writing because I wasn’t as satisfied with my previous work as I would like to have been. I realize that it has been somewhat of a difficult semester medically for me, but I would like to feel as though the best work that I am capable of is what was turned in. Until, I have substantial work to show, however, I will have to wait to discuss my writing style.
Roarke said,
November 29, 2006 at 9:41 pm
I don’t know if its like against the rules to post about my own blog but I’m going to because I just reread my reflective essay and I have realized how incredibly frustrated I am about the work I have been doing this semester. I finally am completely healthy and I wrote something for the first time that felt like was just my thoughts pouring out onto the page. And yet I get it back and I am completely unsatisfied with the final result. Perhaps it’s laziness, but I have a tough time believing that this semester I have just been lazy with my work beacuse it is so important to me. I feel like I’m working as hard as I can but for some reason it is just not good enough. Perhaps I am still just recovering, but it hardly seems that I haven’t put the effort into the work, I kind of just feel like I have constant writers block. Any suggestions?