Essay 1
The essay “The Measure of My Powers by M.F.K. Fisher” was detail. This essay showed me the significance of describing everything in detail. I learned that the shortest of moments can become the greatest in writing if everything is expressed. I chose this essay because it has not been an assigned reading yet. One day as I was searching for another essay the book opened to this one. “The measure of My Powers” is a short essay, yet the level of inspiration is not. The author takes something as simple as jam and how it taste and turns it to much more. Reading this essay it shows me how one simple love can become so much more with a little detail and clarity splashed across the page.
Essay 2
The second essay I chose to write about is the Susan Orlean essay, “The American Male at age 10”. This essay brought me into the light from the dark. I never thought much about what goes into making a biographical essay. This essay taught me that you can start off with a simple interview and make anything out of it. The way Susan Orlean was able to interject her perspective and or character into the essay astonished me. I didn’t know that making oneself a character in a biographical essay still held true to being biographical. If I ever stop to consider by doing so your just taking information that is already known and meshing it with words such as “ If I were” made it true. I really overall enjoyed this essay and have become a fan of her work.
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About Me
- MerCedes
- Buckeye, Arizona, United States
- Four years ago I was asked to write an all about me, I was sixteen years old and thought of my life as a blank canvas. I believed I had deep thoughts and dreamed beyond the horizon, I jump through hoops, ran past dreams, into the arms of me. I depended on air to help me breathe, while I trusted in god to provide that air for me. You tell me I can’t and I show you I can. That’s me, defiant of all odds in the pursuit of greatness. So far I have become the young woman I dreamt of being, only with life’s hardships and too many sufferings that followed me. I always find it interesting how people want you to some up your life in a page or two, when you’ve lived twenty pages; I guess nothing is fully inclusive. My father says that he has forgotten more now than I could know at my age, I presume that’s the point, to write an about me is suppose to be the great highlights of your life, from the many people you’ve known, loved and befriended. I love to think of my life as a blank canvas, a work of art never to finished, always willing, and able to add more. I feel comfortable ending this about me as the last, all about me is a canvas I'll spend a lifetime painting creating and contemplating.
Mercedes, you did a great job explaining and analyzing both of the essays you chose. I like how you put emphasis on detail; you are completely right! Detail really drives the story or the thought you want to express. I will try to make some time to read that essay...
ReplyDeleteGreat analysis on the second essay. It really does show that you admire her piece and all her work. One thing I noticed is in the second to the last sentence: the use of 'your'.. Did you mean 'you're'? Overall, your blog was insightful and interesting. Your attention to detail also makes me realize the "significance of describing everything in detail." Thanks!
I felt the same way about the "The American Male at Age 10". It puts a whole twist on how to write biographies. The analysis about the first essays had some errors in it. When siting, the only thing you quotation is the name of the article, not the authors name. You also had some grammatical errors. Just re-read the blogs and they'll be dandy. Good job overall though really enjoyed it.
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