Over the
past couple weeks, we read chapter 4 and part of chapter 5 in the Literature
and Composition textbook and wrote an essay comparing the tone from 2 pieces of
work from chapter 4. I liked this because we got a firsthand chance to analyze
some pieces of work, and I think that’s the place where I need the most
practice. Once we got to class, we discussed the pieces with partners, which I also
liked because we got to see different perspectives on the same piece, and it
helped me realize new ways to analyze pieces of literature for next time.
We also
spent much of the week watching Death of
a Saleman. Watching the movie first before reading the book was interesting
because now I see the movie actors when I read the book and I see the actual
scene being played out in my head. I usually don’t like when this happens, but
for this book, I liked it because the scenes and the characters stuck better
with me. I think this is because I’m analyzing the characters as I read and it’s
not a book for pleasure, so it’s good to have an actual movie actor to go off
of. In a normal situation, I wouldn't want to see the movie first because it
ruins the way I form personalities in my head for characters.
Great post Tulsi! I liked hearing your opinions and personal voice on the things we learned in class. I agree with you that anazlyzing the pieces was great practice, and hearing others views was helpful. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you about watching the movie first. In the written version of the play, all we have is dialogue to base our analysis of characters on, so it helped to see someone else's interpretation first before coming up with my own. That way, I had more to go off of than if I read the play first.
ReplyDeleteNoah Symanzik