Reflection Blog Post #4

This week, as I didn’t go to class, I think I’ll take the time to talk about the annotation process for the book I’m reading. I think I originally discounted the value of other literary critiques as the basis for my annotation. While I originally assumed that the annotations would be based on my own … [Read more…]

Reflection Post #3

This week I felt compelled to talk about the use of music genre to express a societal divide in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” by August Wilson. I thought that Wilson’s use of Blues and Jazz to differentiate and express the north from the south was a brilliant literary device. One of the reasons I appreciated … [Read more…]

Reflection Blog #1

As I have a significant experience with ePortfolio, I think I’d like to spend most of this blog discussing my feelings about annotations. When I read a text, I prefer to read it without any context at first. Afterwards, I like to do some research about the author so I can piece together the historical … [Read more…]