Personal Reflection

                This project was one of the biggest I have ever done, and definitely the longest paper I have had to write.  At the beginning, when looking for literary critisisms on my book, it was very difficult since my book had just recently come out, but I was able to use school resources and ask a few friends for help. With all the different components of this project I tried to isolate them and do them individually but in the end, all parts are connected and I ended up doing many things at the same time. This made it especially hard as it got slightly confusing.

                I had a rough start to this project. Although I had a schedule to do things, I found it very hard to focus for some reason and quickly go behind. It quickly snowballed after that. I won’t add too many details, but it took quite some time to catch up. I was not able to put my very best foot forward this time around but I still did learn a lot, especially since this project included my very first research paper.

                During this project, while looking for sources I kept running into sources about the psychology within my book, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. In the end I did incorporate a few psychological components as it went very well with the overall theme of my presentation, I would have tried to find a few more sources that actually discuss the English usage in my book, and especially ones that try to relate the books to the author.

                As for other presentations, I thought everyone did a very good job leading into their subjects with a very interesting introduction. I thought the entire class also did a great job finding something within their book that connected with them, and they were able to analyze with genuine interest.

                If I could change anything, I would have like to speak more and hear more upon what was entailed in each of my essays, but I understand that there was a time requirement. The next time I try to write a research paper I hope I can be a little more organized, and really think through everything before I begin write. I think this assignment has helped me greatly in understanding how and author’s writing style can really change a book, much like how a certain director can make or break a movie. Although I am not taking the AP Lit test, I believe this project will certainly help other students in their analyzation of multiple choice questions and writing the essays, in particular, the open question.

Peer Reflection

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                Throughout this entire semester I think you have done a great job incorporating subjects that connect to your own life and commenting on the different issues within them. It is easy to see how you personally connect to the subject. I think you have also done a great job with the cohesiveness of you presentations, making sure that we know how one passage, poem, or point connects to the next. This circular connection has also been a main theme in many of you projects and I think you have emphasized this very well all year.

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               The Catcher in the rye is a very well-rad book, and although I have not read it yet, it was very interesting to hear your interpretation of how the main character matures during the book. It is also very interesting to hear about how connected the main character, Holden, and the author are. This is probably something we would be unable to see if we did not analyze the author’s background along with reading the book. Finally, I thought it was good that you added a few statistics in your presentation that related directly to our lives now, as teenagers like Holden.

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               Great Job! I think throughout the year, you have done a great job with analyzing the various works we have either chose or been presented with as well as expressing your own opinions on the themes, especially gender roles. I think, in this particular project, you expressed your opinion very clearly with the poem you chose and especially the video. I also liked how you were able to combine a variety of subjects within your presentation, not only feminism but other types of identity.

 

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            One of the main goals of this project, in my opinion, is to understand how an author’s background can really change the meaning of a work and to understand where the author’s inspiration for certain components of their work came from. I think your presentation was able to fully grasp this idea and I found the details you included very interesting. We have read or heard a few other poems from Sylvia Plath this year and it was enlightening to hear more about her personal life and The Bell Jar. Great Job!

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            When listening to your presentation I tried to remember all the way back to freshman year when we read Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte. It was very interesting to see a few connections between each work, especially because of the same time period they were both written in and of course the personal connections the authors share. One thing I really enjoyed during your presentation was the context you were able to provide for us in your explanation of the Victorian era and the romanticism found there. I also really enjoyed the theme of self-struggle addressed in your presentation, a tough subject.

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Caroline Raises Phoebe
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