Tiffany James- English 145

So far, I am maintaining an A. However, I do not have the total possible points of 236 for the end of week 8/beginning of week 9, even though I completed every assignment on time.  I feel pretty good about my progress so far, but I find myself not having any time to take advantage of the extra credit options. If I had to choose, the assignment I enjoy the most is reading and giving feedback to my classmates. The writing projects have been enlightening and enjoyable. I would like to have time to go back and implement some of the feedback on my last project that I received from my classmates. I did implement some of the changes, but some came after we moved on. Looking forward, I would like to be able to complete some extra credit and hopefully be able to do better with my reading time.

For my project action plan, I’m going to do a draft of my project since I am discussing a theme that has been constant in my life and throughout the story of Bartleby, the Scrivener: “Being too Nice Can Hurt You." I need to pull out lines from the text to support my thesis. I will also be rereading the story so that I can make sure I am using strong facts to support my argument and make sure I am making the connection between my life and the narrator of the text.                                                                               DRAFT “Being too Nice Can Hurt You” Growing up my parents would constantly warn me about being too nice. I presume it was because they saw my niceness as a flaw. My response would end with the same question, “how can being too nice hurt you?” With all the c...

" My Tongue Begs For the Power of Speech" “My tongue begs for the power of speech that is Your gift to us; for silence gets its style of representation from Your gift to us. The melancholic weeping of those who live with disappoi ntment is Your gift to us." It appears like the author is speaking with God.   The dialect in the poem appears to a greater degree a supplication than a sonnet. In numerous religions there is a certain reverence one has when addressing God. The author is by all accounts requesting permission to speak freely to God about what he is feeling. It suggests that he may be furious yet does not have any desire to disrespect God. The author explains to God how his silence has discovered a method of communication his emotions to God. However, it does not suffice, he needs his words to be heard.   There are times when our tears speak what our voice don’t have the courage to say, this is a gift from God too.   Yet, to purge his soul the author needs t...