Weekly Review W4: "It's only Wednesday"

This week I really struggled, one reason being, I had a small surgery on the 30th and, even though the  recovery has been going well, trying to read and write through the pain or under the influence of  medication has been a challenging balance act. In addition, last week I was overwhelmed and confused with the project work assignment. 


So far, out of all the reading I enjoyed Tartuffe is my favorite. Maybe, because it was because it was hilariously entertaining, which made analyzing this play easy for me. I found myself enjoying writing about it, unlike the other readings where I am chasing my thoughts. However, the professor did point out that even though I had a great analysis, I needed to cite more of the text to back up my argument. I re-read my analysis, and I could see where I could have included direct lines from the text to make my argument stronger.  I appreciate the positive feedback and if I have time I would like to revisit my analysis to implement her feedback. On another note, the play had interesting characters and, as one of my classmates stated, you could distinctly identify each character by the authors strong literary dialect. Personally, Orgon, even though foolish was my favorite character. I could visualize him throughout the play being this attractive, influential man who is nothing more than arrogant fool! I pitied him midway through the play. 

Today’s reading of The Journey to the West was challenging for me. The symbolism within the text in my opinion was not clear in the beginning. I had to reread it to try to understand the author’s intent. We are not finish with the story, but it looks as if the author is mocking the Buddha religion. I felt lost in the story and can honestly say, this has been by far, my least favorite reading.  I must also admit, after hearing about the shooting at the school in Florida, I was not in any mood to read about anything! 

Lastly, I would like to say, I am enjoying the class thus far.  It has been a lot, but I think I've finally balanced my work schedule for all my assignments. ( We will see)

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  1. UnknownFebruary 25, 2018 at 10:37 PM

    Hey, I hope your surgery isn't being as much of a burden on you as it was when you wrote this. I've only ever had one surgery before and had to be out school for a month and a half, so I completely know what you mean. Either the pain or the medication were always making these difficult. Hope you're already feeling better.

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