Hand with Reflecting Sphere - M.C. Escher
Ideas and Content-
In my essay about Santiago from the “Alchemist” I have tried my best at the time. Though work, I was constantly distracted as it was word-processed and thus didn’t spend as much time preparing for it as my “Julius Caesar Essay. Even thought we had more time to prepare and write the Alchemist Essay, they have about the same amount of content. In the Alchemist essay I wrote of ideas that were about the same such as confidence, adaptability, and adventurous traits. In my Julius Caesar essay I have written about greed, power, and ambition. I have changed throughout time as I have started picking traits that are different and not just synonyms with little difference.
Organization-
The start of the organization of you essay starts in you thesis statement. Ordering them in my thesis helped me to write the essay thoroughly. Another way I used proper organization, is when I tried to place my quotes thoughtfully into my paragraphs. I had to properly introduce, and explain the quote in order to have the reader understand why the quote shows significance. In my Alchemist Essay I placed the quote and didn’t explain why it showed significance. I have done better in my Julius Caesar essay, but could have explained more if not for the time limit.
Personal Growth-
To myself, I think I have improved a lot since my Alchemist essay. Reflecting back, I have improved on expanding my ideas before moving on to the next. Even though we had less time to do the Julius Caesar essay, I feel that my writing and preparation has improved so much as to the pressure of the small time limit.
SLR’s-
The SLR I would chose to represent this work would be learning enthusiastically. I had to learn enthusiastically to be able to want to improve on my work. While working on these essays I learned enthusiastically to gain the knowledge needed to do the essays.
