My understanding of the short stories that we read, changed significantly. When I first read the stories "Chrysanthemums", "The Yellow Wallpaper", and "A Rose for Emily", my first thought was that they were strange but entertaining stories. As we started to really discuss them as a class I learn that the setting of story has a significant meaning, which of course is something you already know, however I had never realized exactly how important it is. So, writing the first draft of the paper I had a basic idea of how to analyze and not summarize the short stories. Breaking into little groups helped me out a lot because I heard people's ideas, comments and I learned things I had never really thought of before and it helped me really take my paper into many different directions. I am not a huge fan of reading random stories but when you break them down and really analyze the story it actually makes them more interesting. It made me appreciate the stories more because I understand how much detail and time it must have taken to write an individual story, especially when they write scene that express a lot of imagery.
The groups descriptions and ideas truly does shape your appreciation for these stories more. The stories at first seem vague and a bit obscure, but when revision and peer editing came into play, the understandings and writings came easier. What else did you do to help write your paper?
ReplyDeleteTrue. When we broke into our little groups it was fascinating to hear what everyone had. I got a lot ideas, new ideas, to write or add into my paper that I didn't think on my own. Also yes it was very helpful when we analyzed the short stories in class to get a better understanding of what was going on.
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