Yesterday was a rough day for me. It started off just like every normal day would. I went to class was ecstatic when I passed my math diagnostic went home and BAM my phone rang. It was my mom, telling me bad news. She stated the my nana wasn’t doing well. My nana is my great grandma in which she is the last great grandma I had. I told my mom I wanted to see her and I would meet up with her. Not knowing that this was the last time I would see my nana I didn’t prepare myself. When I arrived the nurse and my mom gave me the option to see her. For they said it was bad and she was gradually getting worse. Yet I wanted to see her, and I wanted to say goodbye. When I walked into her room I saw my a nanny who is the daughter of my nana and mother of my mom. She was crying , playing the my Nana’s hair telling her how much she loved her. I around to the other side of the bed and my nanny told her Brooke’s here mom, into her ear. I walked over kissed her on the forehead and I told her I loved her. Yet she did not respond. Her oxygen level grew weaker as we stood their. We never got to truly say goodbye, but about ten minutes after my arrival she passed away. It was the first time I have ever experienced and witnessed a death. I’m still in complete and utterly shock. I miss her and I’m having trouble Coping. And now it is December 4th the day of my final and I no longer have the drive I had to really show my capability of writing to prove my intelligence. I know a death and this isn’t an excuse and never should be but I apologize for my performance. And I know that if I’m weak today god will be there to lift my sprits and I hope one day I can truly show you I am great full for all of your learning tools you have provided me with to further my education.
Blog #6 Antigone (revised)
For Antigone the short story there are many topics in which to talk about.. For example, feminism.
Throughout the beginning of the story Antigone and ismene have back and forth conversations in which give off great hints of Feminism.
In stanza 20 – 23 Antigone states, “I knew it well; that is why I sent for you to come outside the palace gates to listen to me, Privately”. This is a great example of feminism because two women alone at night without guadiance was abnormal. Women are known and are supposed to stay in the home. And speaking in privateers another red flag. Women usually don’t spread in private to each other unless something major was going on
Another example of feminism was in stanza 71 & 73 Ismene states, “you ought to realize we are only women, not meant in nature to fight against men, and that we are rules by those who are stronger, to obedience in this and even more painful matters”. Women were powerless compared to men and men were more valuable to earth. Ismene stated this because Antigone as a rebel wanted to do a forbidden dead in which she would have to “fight against man” for her life.
Yet another question I had was were Antigone and ismene witches?
In stanza 20-23 they wanted to speak in private which give off a hint of suspicion
Yet in stanza 458-465 it states, “suddenly a squall lifted out of the earth a storm of dust, a trouble in the sky. It filled the plain, ruining all the foliage of the wood that was around it. The great empty air was filled with it. We closed our eyes, enduring this plague sent by the gods. When at long last we were quit of it. Why, then we saw the girl”. I have been questioning this point that “sentry” thought that the activity was from the gods yet was it really Antigone. And was she was witch?
As I finished the story I began to go over the comparisons of Othello and Antigone. The endings of both the stories were deaths and their was 3 deaths in both yet almost in the same way as well.
I’d also like to state the well placed characteristic that Sophocles used. For example Antigone and Ismene are both resemble each other in a way. Antigone is head strong and more of a rebel yet Ismene is more or a rule follower and is more of a submissive type. This also is a great example of Apollonian and Dionysus. Antigone is more Dionysus and Ismene is Apollonian. Antigone went against the “rules” in which during this time women weren’t supposed to be powerful. Yet Antigone went by her own rules. She holds a persona of strength and shows great passion for her family. And this can also be an example of feminism in literature.
English Paper
Brooke Farrell
Professor TaFarella
English 102 MW
11/18/13
Cathedral Short Story
As I sat and pondering on the short story Cathedral, by Raymond Carver I was completely thrown off when my judgment of the title had almost little to do with the story. When I first read the title I thought the short story was going to be religious and about the beauty of a Cathedral yet as I began to read the story I was completely wrong. Since my thoughts were wrong and I knew little about the Author I decided to read a little research on Carver to help bring more knowledge of the Authors background. “Born in an Oregon logging town, the author was married and the father of two before he was twenty years old. Also like his characters, Carver worked at a series of low paying jobs: he “picked tulips, pumped gas, swept hospital corridors, swabbed toilets, [and] managed an apartment complex,” according to Bruce Weber in a New York Times Magazine profile of the author. Carver’s wife at the time, continues Weber, “worked for the phone company, waited tables, [and] sold a series of book digests door-to-door.” Not coincidentally, “of all the writers at work today, Carver may have [had] the most distinct vision of the working class,” as Ray Anello observes in a Newsweek article. Carver taught creative writing in California and produced two books of poetry before his first book of short stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, was published in 1976.” (Poetry Foundation). It was also stated in his biography that, “His stories mainly take place in his native Pacific Northwest region; they are peopled with the type of lower-middle-class characters the author was familiar with while he was growing up. In a New York Review of Books article, Thomas R. Edwards describes Carver’s fictional world as a place where “people worry about whether their old cars will start, where unemployment or personal bankruptcy are present dangers, where a good time consists of smoking pot with the neighbors, with a little cream soda and M & M’s on the side. . . . Carver’s characters are waitresses, mechanics, postmen, high school teachers, factory workers, door-to-door salesmen. [Their surroundings are] not for them a still unspoiled scenic wonderland, but a place where making a living is as hard, and the texture of life as drab, for those without money, as anywhere else” (Poetry Foundation). And as Sparknotes stated that, “Carver has a distinct writing style, a strong, minimalist approach that critics often compare to the writing of Ernest Hemingway and Anton Chekhov. Carver liked to focus on down-and-out, blue-collar, middle-class people facing bleak truths, disappointments, and small revelations in their ordinary lives, all subject matter that places him firmly in the “dirty realism” school of writing. Besides the style and subject matter, Carver’s short stories are known for their dialogue, which mimics realistic speech patterns, and their abrupt endings—also called zero endings—that fail to tie up the story neatly, if at all” (SparkNotes). This led me to the answers of my questions, and gave me more information on Raymond Carvers writing background and history.
My first impression on the short story was what an ignorant man the narrator was. The narrator and main character of the story was unnamed and was telling the story in a rather first person’s point of view. The story began with a description of his wife’s friend, Robert, and he did not forget to include that the gentleman was blind. And as his saying, it was clear that he was jealous. As the story led on it was clear as to why the Narrator was so jealous of Robert. His wife and the Robert had a rather different connection between each other. Possibly, a connection that the Narrator and his wife did not have. An Example of his ignorance began in the first paragraph, he stated, “And his blindness bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies” (Carver). Yet as I sat and thought about this sentence, I began to wonder why blindness bothered him and what was different about blindness in the movies compared to real life blindness. Was it because of the way their eyes looked as if they had the ability to see or just having that image in the back of his mind? Yet then again he was not the one that had to go through life with the inability to see. Nor was he the one that wasn’t able to see his wife before she had gone. Or rather I was just too complex on my thoughts that I could be entirely wrong. Yet the Narrator did state on page 35,
“They’d married, lived and worked together, slept together- had sex, sure- and then the blind man had to bury her. All this without his having ever seen what the goddamned women looked like. It was beyond my understanding. Hearing this I felt sorry for the blind man for a little bit. And then I found myself thinking what a pitiful life this women must have led. Imagine a woman who could never see herself as she was never seen in the eyes of her loved one.” (Carver)
It was then to my understanding that the poor narrator thought that all there was to a relationship and marriage was for compliments to be given. Which made me slightly irritated, because it sounded to me like that was all he felt a lady wanted to hear, in which is entirely wrong. Woman may like to receive complements a relationship is much more complex. Women want you to listen to them, to communicate, to have a connection with them and the complements are just a plus. Yet as I reached the middle to near end of the short story my thoughts began to slightly change about the Narrator. It was almost as if he became to realize his faults and started to shift them around. He began to have conversations with the Robert, or at least tried to. And he even offered him drinks and even a blunt to smoke. Leading the Narrator to share a connection with Robert by drawing a picture of a Cathedral.
As for patterns and symbolism of the short story I realized that Carver used drinking as a connection, almost if the drinking is what brought Robert and the narrator together. Yet Carver used the alcohol as a motif. To be completely honest before I even stated this class I had no education on what a motif was so I had to research what a motif was in order to understand what it truly was. It is something important such as an idea or subject that is repeated throughout a book or story. That was when I realized that every action that occurred in the story was followed after drinking or sipping from their glasses. Creating the alcohol to be the motif of the short story. As for the theme of the short story, I believe it was on looking and seeing. I say this because, even though Robert was unable to see, he still had the ability and imagination to create a vision in his mind. Also Carver used examples to imply my theory. For example, the narrator showed that he was fully capable of looking yet Carver showed his connection with his wife as an example that he was incapable of seeing within. In which the blind man was able to do because he actually listened. For example, “on page 33 carver stated, the blind man made a tape. He sent her the tape. She made a tape. This went on for years”. (Carver) This clearly shows the connection between the Blind man and the Narrators wives. Why? Because she always had someone that would actually listen to her. The connected in such a way because over the many years of communicating over tapes when they were in person it was almost that even though the blind man could not see her he knew her from the inside out. He saw her on a different level. And that is why the narrator saw the blind man as a threat or possibly even the reason as to why he was jealous. (Carver) (SparkNotes) Another example could have been the way Robert was able to tell between a colored television and black and white television. He was able to listen closely to the television, possibly the way the channels changed and the sound of the power button as I’m guessing.
As for symbols of the short story, I would have to say the audiotapes played a huge role into the story. The audiotapes are what connect Robert and the narrator’s wife together. “They represent the kind of understanding and empathy that has nothing to do with sight. The narrator believes that Robert’s wife, Beulah, must have suffered because Robert could never see her, but in his own way, the narrator has never truly seen his own wife. Robert’s relationship with the narrator’s wife is much deeper than anything the narrator can understand. When he hears a bit of Robert’s tape, he says it sounds only like “harmless chitchat,” not realizing that this sort of intimate communication is exactly what his own marriage lacks” (SparkNotes). Yet the audiotapes were not the only symbol in the short story, the Cathedral was also another symbol. It was not until the narrator and Robert began to draw the Cathedral that he realized that he was lost for words. “The Drawing represents true sight, the ability to see beyond the surface to the true meaning that lies within. Before the narrator draws the cathedral, his world is simple: he can see, and Robert cannot. But when he attempts to describe the cathedral that’s shown on television, he realizes he doesn’t have the words to do so. More important, he decides that the reason he can’t find those words is that the cathedral has no meaning for him and tells Robert that he doesn’t believe in anything. However, when he takes the time to draw the cathedral—to really think about it and see it in his mind’s eye—he finds himself pulled in, adding details and people to make the picture complete and even drawing some of it with his eyes closed. When the drawing is finished, the narrator keeps his eyes shut, yet what he sees is greater than anything he’s ever seen with his eyes open” (SparkNotes). It wasn’t until then that all he had said and thought about Robert was completely and utterly wrong. Maybe he didn’t say anything because he felt stupid or maybe even why he kept his eyes closed for a little longer. But like stated on sparknotes, Carver wasn’t really specific as to what the narrator realizes.
In conclusion to my thoughts about the short story I have had many questions, and questions answered. Have done research on the background of the author, and even reread the short story for a better understand yet I have been left with question and concerns about the unknown. It has been almost a mind twisting story. Raymond Carver married his high school sweetheart just as Robert did in the story. Carver also drank alcohol as for Robert did as well in the story. It was almost as if Carver was tying in his own life experiences into the short story. Yet as a little twist instead of Robert dying he used Robert’s wife to be deceased. I have been lost for words to try and figure out the unknown yet I guess we will never know the full truth. Yet as I did get my research he did use examples of his life in his stories and it was even stated that his stories originated in “His native Pacific northwest region and the characters were lower class people” just as he was in real life.
(SparkNotes)
In complete conclusion and overview of the short story, I am pleased that it was a life lesson for the Narrator. Any story that can make you change your outlook is well written, yet also a title that can do the same. As I stated before in my first paragraph, the title had me imagining the story was going to be about religion, a cathedral or something even church wise. I even looked up the definition and pictures of Cathedrals when the television began to give descriptions to give myself a better picture and understanding as to what the narrator could have been speechless about. Yet what was mind blowing is that with such a title, you would have thought that someone would have been religious or had some kind of religious background. Yet the narrator had neither. He even stated on page 42, “you’ll have to forgive me, I said, but I can’t tell you what a cathedral looks like. It just isn’t in me to do it… the truth is cathedrals don’t mean anything special to me. Nothing. Cathedrals. They’re something to look at on late-night TV. That’s all they are” (Carver). Therefore religion meant nothing to him as well. I now know that the reason Carver used such an object with such a broad meaning in the story was to bring to men together and to share a connection. Robert was unable to see the cathedrals, let alone was he able to create an image in his head. That is when he asked the Narrator to describe it. Yet since the narrator was in loss for words, since the cathedral mean nothing to him. Robert then asked him to draw a picture. The cathedral is what brought the two men together. And this is how I learned why alcohol was used as the motif, in which lead to the cathedral. A little mid twist that religion and alcohol don’t go together perfectly just as being blind and having vision don’t go together either.
Works Cited
Carver, Raymond. “Cathedral.” Booth, Alison. The Norton Introduction To Literature. New York, London, 201. 32-44. Short Story.
Poetry Foundation. n.d. 17 November 2013.
SparkNotes. n.d. 17 November 2013.
Blog #5 Cathedral (revised)
The short story cathedral was based off of a blind male and persons of the none blind. Robert, was a blind male and the narrator was a human of physical vision. Yet the narrator felt superior to Robert because he had vision and Robert did not. He felt that since Robert lacked vision that he could not give pleasure to a women. The narrator has the mind set that having vision is everything in life and does not change his mind in any way and that is why he shows such uncertainty towards Roberts visit. Yet even though he doesn’t know anything about the man he has yet to change his mind. the narrator almost doesn’t like Robert because of the connection that he has with his wife. He shows slight jealousy with his actions and attitude towards the visit yet does not tell his wife.
throughout the story you begin to realize that Robert is able to see in a different way. Even though he can not physically see he sees and knows the narrators wife on a different level. Because he has great dept in hearing so he actually listens. Unlike many humans, people of the blind have great hearing so they are able to create pictures in their mind with touch and listening. This explains why he asked the wife if he could touch her face. Also it is a great example of why Robert liked listening to the TV and how he could compare a black and white TV to a colored TV also how he had the Narrator explain what a Cathedral was and also draw a picture. This is another example as to when Robert was able to create a picture in his mind with running his fingers over the indents off the paper that the narrator had drawn a picture.
in conclusion, I believe that this story was a moral lesson, or just a lesson in general that you are not superior to anyone no matter the situation. Whether you are blind, deaf, rich, etc everyone is equal and unique in their own way.
Another thing that was pointed out was the drinking.. It almost felt that the drinking brought everyone closer and that whenever something was going to happen the sip of the drinking was the beginning.
In addition what I thought was interesting was the fact that the title has very little to do with the story. Yet the title also plays a huge role in the story as well. For example, when reading the title had me imagining the story was going to be about religion, a cathedral or something even church wise. I even looked up the definition and pictures of Cathedrals when the television began to give descriptions to give myself a better picture and understanding as to what the narrator could have been speechless about. Yet what was mind blowing is that with such a title, you would have thought that someone would have been religious or had some kind of religious background. Yet the narrator had neither. He even stated on page 42, “you’ll have to forgive me, I said, but I can’t tell you what a cathedral looks like. It just isn’t in me to do it… the truth is cathedrals don’t mean anything special to me. Nothing. Cathedrals. They’re something to look at on late-night TV. That’s all they are” (Carver). Therefore religion meant nothing to him as well. I now know that the reason Carver used such an object with such a broad meaning in the story was to bring to men together and to share a connection.
Blog #4 “Araby”
A love / religious short story in which a young boy who is in deep infatuation with the sister of a friend. Yet the story has a little twist. I believe that there is a religious background to the story in which there is a priest who had died. and the boy describes his street as “dark” and yet having the priest dead, possibly that religion has died, yet the love for the girl could possibly resemble or represent hope.
Another thing i am confused on is he does not live with his parents he lives with his aunt and uncle so that could possibly resemble that there is a darkness in his life yet he has hope for love because of Mangan’s sister. he wishes to bring her back something from the Bazaar yet as James Joyce stated, “gazing upon into the darkness i saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.” this could possible be the sign that the “hope” has been lost or that love has failed. since he had the intent to buy her a gift since she was unable to go and he was not able to pull through he felt that he was a disappointment. or possibly just filled with anger while he stared at himself in the glass in the darkness.
What i thought brought great attention was the fact that the short story began with darkness and ended in darkness. yet in the middle of the story it was given a little color. the love for this girl brought warmth to his life .. she was what had given him hope yet at the end it was destroyed.
Yet this is also a short story of which many people go through, everyday lives. so many people have gone through the frustrations and routines of frustration. as stated on spark notes, “The most consistent consequences of following mundane routines are loneliness and unrequited love. In “Araby,” a young boy wants to go to the bazaar to buy a gift for the girl he loves, but he is late because his uncle becomes mired in the routine of his workday.” This shows an example that you cant always get what you want. The young boy wants so badly to bring a gift back for the girl he loves, yet is frustrated that his uncle had forgotten about the bazaar and that he was late in which led to his frustration that in the little time that he was at the bazaar that he did not get anything for the girl in which he he called himself a creature because he was not able to give the young lady a gift. Failed love. in which this happens regularly in everyday lives.
Blog # 3; sonny’s blues
As the poem begins you realize that the narrator has no name just the brief description of sonnys brother and a school teacher. He is in extreme shock when he found out that his brother Sonny was arrested for selling and using Heroin. And he begins to describe that even during his class he was comparing Sonny to the young boys in his class. Yet after his class he began to talk to an old childhood friend in which he did not like. Yet the guy feels as though he is responsible for sonnys addiction. He feels he is responsible because he told Sonny how great it felt to feel and be high. The narrator just became made and did not want to contact Sonny yet he felt the urge to contact his brother when his daughter, Gracie passes away. It was then when his brother wrote back immediately, and they kept in contact ever since.
When sonny returned to New York the narrator (his brother) was there for him and even took him to live together in his own apartment. At first sonny and his brother weren’t connecting and the first dinner was a little awkward yet with the help of the narrators wife, Isabel, she helped soothe the awkward situation with making Sonny laugh and feel more welcome.
As the short story went on Sonny promised to finish school and told his brother his dream of becoming a jazz pianist, in which he dismissed. Sonny was then living with his brothers wives family. It was then when he began to get into trouble with skipping school. he was skipping school so he could spend his time at the Greenwich Village, with musicians. When they got in a fought Sonny realized that he was a disappointment and he decided to join the Navy. Which led back to if the narrator to worry about his brother and if he were to be dead or alive. And after recording a postcard from Greece that was when the narrator knew he was alive. Once sonny returned from war, his brother and him got into a fight in which sonny said, “that he could consider himself dead and the narrator walked away, saying that one day sonny would need him.”
As I read this short story i was a little confused with the flashbacks yet as I finished the poem I was beginning to think that since this was written in 1957 and the work Harlem was used over three time in the poem this could be a poem about the Harlem renaissance. This was a period in time in which people of color were trying to become musicians and trying to make a name for themselves and Sonny could have been trying to escape the reality of his black struggles, that he thought that since music was such a hard skill to prove that the Heroin or the drugs will help him bypass his fears and struggles.
Blog #2; the negro speaks of rivers (additions & revised)
My first impression of the poem was it was almost a little depressing. It’s almost like it is an older african American telling his background and past history as a slave. During the period that the poem was written slavery was in full effect as well as the Harlem renaissance. Hughes used a style in which he used rivers and sunsets to represent beauty, in which could have represented the white community, and also as a struggle or depression, which could resemble the black community. For example, as I stated before, Hughes gives us an illusion of a river yet to an African American a river or even water can be depressing because during slavery water and rivers were a means of transporting slaves. As Hughes stated, in stanza seven to ten, ” I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen it’s muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.” This could be the slavery hearing the singing of the Mississippi because they hear the waves beating against the ship. Also I’ve seen it’s muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset, this could be the slaves watching the ship leave after they are dropped off or even before they are picked up For transportation. as Hughes also stated I’ve known rivers: ancient, dusky rivers, meaning they knew the rivers that are now ancient
In addition I’d like to add, that this would possible be read as someone who is an elder African American traveler or someone who’s knowledge is ancient. Such as ancient as the rivers. This could also possibly be a poem on the author himself. I did some research and come to find that it is a poem on a traveler. And it made my questions and thoughts more clear.
I received my information from this website:
http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/the-poems-we-think-we-know-the-negro-speaks-of-rivers-by-langston-hughes
Hayden; “those winter Sundays”
As I read the title it brought a smirk to my face. Making me think of how I love winter and Sundays. Because Sundays remind me of peace and relaxation. Yet as be again to read the poem it directed my thoughts differently. The poem is written almost as if it was a memory. Hayden used contrasts in which brought vivid imagery to the reader. For example, “cracked hands that ached from labor…” This simply shows that the father was a hard labor worker. And even the hardships that the father went through. Yet it was also stated that, “no one ever thanked him” this almost makers the reader believe that not even the family realized or thanked him for his hard work and contribution to the family. Maybe he even regret not telling his father thank you or showed that he appreciated him. And now looking back he realizes the struggles his father went through. Hayden also gives us vivid imagery by using the words like “splintering cold and breaking, to show us that his father was in discomfort and was battling with his struggles. Yet he did use the word warmth which was a symbol of his father. For example, when the rooms were warm, he’d call” and he also stated, …who had driven out the cold”
he saw his father as a respectful and admirable figure. Yet he is regretful for not noticing these characteristic of his father at a younger age.
James Fentons Jerusalem
In the first stanza Fenton is describing the old Jerusalem. He is also talking about religion. He stated, “and the interrogation will not die… There is no covenant between your god and me” leading back to culture and religion. Other religions such as Islam, judiasm, and Christianity, will always believe their culture is better and they will interrogate and judge each other. He also stated, ” for there isn’t eternal city, and there is no pity” meaning all religious groups feel no pity for another. Fenton also used the word covenant, which is a promise or contract. He could have used this word to state that they have their own covenant with god but all other religions have their own and they will protect this promise with violence.
In the second stanza, Fenton states, “suffering is everywhere and each man wears his suffering on his skin” he could possible be stating this because different cultures suffer from different cause. He also stated, “my history is proud. Mine is not allowed” this could be representing how some religious background have bad reputations. And the last sentence in the second stanza states, “this is the man who won’t believe you’re what you are” this could possibly be a police. Maybe an interrogation based on religion or even looks.
In the third and fourth stanza, have more of a religious background. In the fourth stanza Fortean states, “Golgotha could be anywhere” which simply states that suffering can be everywhere because we all suffer at some point in our lives.
In the fifth stanza, they could possibly be in an airport or a bus station. It is also kind of ironic because at the end of the stanza he states, would it be safe to go to Bethlehem? Which is the birth place of Jesus who is the prince of peace.
As the poem continues into the sixth stanza, their are tour guides in which have different religious backgrounds and are arguing what is the correct garden tomb. And it is also ironic in a sense that he uses the word Ethiopia because it is the opposite
Continuing into the seventh they could possibly be at an airport because they are being interrogated, and being asked, “who packed your bag?” Since the location could be an airport maybe they are being interrogated because they are Arab. He even stated, “have you ever met an Arab, yes I am a scarab” which he is degrading himself
Once you getting to the finishing stanzas, Fenton begins to use different and more educated words in order to really bring the reader into the poem. He used words like “gethsemane” which is where Jesus prayed and wept. He also used the words Temple Mount in which is an ancient mount that David built and the Romans destroyed in in the overtaking, and there is only a wall left. Also known as the wailing wall. And the Muslims built a Mose on the mount in which many religions believe that the Mose should be taken off the wall. Also Fenton stated in the last sentence of the ninth stanza, “and this unhappy man threw acid in my face” yet there is history in which we must know why their is acid being thrown. In ancient times, young men would ask women to marry, and if they refused or said no they would get acid thrown in their face. This may also be amongst different religions.
and once again in the finishing stanza, stanza ten, he repeats stone cries to stone, heart to heart heart to stone. And he also states, “these are the warrior archaeologists. This is us and that is them.” This could possibly be an example of this is us, or this is our religion and this is theirs, and this is Jerusalem and what you do to us we shall do to you.
A brand new start
Hello, I thought I’d start my first blog with a little information about myself. Yet I know little about blogging, or how to even blog I’m hoping that it can be an adventure of figuring out myself And to bring new interests into my life. I am twenty one years old and this is my third year taking classes at AVC. I played on the AVC softball team for two years in which I was planning on transferring to further my college softball career when I got hurt. I unfortunately got the news that I would not be able to play again. Which brought led me to staying home and furthering my education. yet after my surgery I do have hopes to transfer within the next couple semesters. I have recently found interest in the administration and justice field which I may change my major in order to follow my interests. I have decided to take this class in order to build my confidence in reading and writing better. I have always struggled with my writing and comprehension. So whats better than taking a course to help me achieve my goals of writing and reading at a higher level. Yet that is enough for today. Goodbye for now!
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