Jane Eyre

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Jane Eyre and discussing it with my peers, and I also enjoyed writing the literary analysis.  I am proud of the essay not only because I liked the topic, but also because it was a major improvement compared to the first literary analysis I wrote for the class.  Had I more time and the liberty to do so, I would like to synthesize the similarities between Jane’s character flaws, development, and point of view with modern-day stories.  Through this project and the essay, I learned that as a writer, I have much to improve upon not only technically, but also in the quality of my work.  I often pass off an essay as “good enough” because I believe myself to be a fairly strong writer; however, because I needed to put more effort into a project and prompt I liked, I quickly realized through the peer review and the subsequent meeting with my professor that I have much to improve upon.

On Faith and Knowledge: A Dialogue

This was a piece I wrote for my Honors blog.  Because we had recently read Plato, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to write in a Platonic dialogue style.  When I wrote it, a friend and I were arguing about whether faith begets knowledge or knowledge begets faith.  I am proud of this work because I believe I stood my ground well.  Had I more time to revise the work, I would definitely include more evidence and more of Hudson’s counterpoints.  I would also like to expound on new ideas such as knowledge through divine revelation.  However, that would turn a 600 word blog assignment into a full essay.  Through writing this dialogue, I was proud to find that dialogue format does not have to be limited to storytelling but can also serve as an easier-to-follow form of an argumentative essay.  While I would not consider using dialogue format for formal university papers, I now believe the format has more use than I initially gave it credit for.  Apart from that, it is quite enjoyable to write conversationally.