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Blog Post: Reflection on In-Class Essay and Associated AssignmentsHow I prepared for this exam was that first, I read the story that was assigned to me, and later on, we would discuss and ask questions to the class about the story. With some of the questions, we got an idea for a blog post, and I personally used some of the questions to write in a blog post. Then we continued doing the same pattern with other stories. These questions asked in class helped us get an insight into what to write in our essay. Then we had time to study. Personally, I did not study until one day before but had an idea of what to write. Also, we had the chance to bring an outline for each question asked. The day before the in-class essay, our professor told us that we would be able to pick the question we liked. I was very happy and picked number three since I felt the most confident in writing, and I could pick the stories I mostly liked, which were Inventory and Eight Bites. I made an outline, studied it, and also picked out evidence for my thesis, and then I was done. Then for my discussion, I read my story, which was Inventory, and then asked myself some of the questions I might ask myself or others. So I thought and came up with ten, but I did feel like my best one was: Why did the author decide not to say the character’s name and actually choose a number? I had an answer for my question because in inventories, there are such things as numbers used, and she was doing an inventory of past relationships. But I did like to hear what other people’s answers were for this question, and I do feel like it went well. A lot of people had different opinions and answers, which also made me look at things from a different point of view and helped a lot with my in-class essay. Going into the in-class essay, I would say that I write a lot, especially when it’s a topic that I like, and in this case, it was a topic I liked to talk about, so the timing was fine for me. First, I feel like I could write a lot of things that don’t make sense in any way, and then it would take me longer to edit and see if it makes sense, which would take me more time. I also feel like maybe I should organize my thoughts because I did feel like they were all over the place. I could write something and then write another thing in the next line, so I do feel like that is very important to keep in mind. Lastly, I do feel like in the future I will have less anxiety because I had an anxiety attack while writing this essay. I have written an in-class essay before on paper, so it was cool that we were able to write on a computer and also use an outline to help us. Everything will be fine in the end. Well, that’s all, and I really did like doing this. I feel like in the end, it made me become a better writer due to the mistakes I mig […] “Blog Post: Reflection on In-Class Essay and Associated Assignments”

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Family and the influence it can have on your body (Her Body And Other Parties ) What role does the narrator’s family play in shaping her perception of her body? In story eight, we are faced with the character and her struggles with her body. Despite this, she grows up with the idea of just eight bites. First, we start with her mother, and in the book, she states this idea that you only have to take eight bites of food. Her mother, according to her, looked skinny and was never overweight. This causes her to become more aware of what she eats and even causes her to feel anxiety after eating, which leads her to take more than eight bites due to the fact that she is hungry. She then experiences even more anxiety after picturing the food as delicious and in her mouth. Even if she remembers herself as having a normal weight and being a normal teenager, this is something that sticks with her every single day. When she remembers her mom, this constant phrase that her mother said sticks with her, and now that she is older, she could feel it more and ask questions like, “What would my mother think or say?” Her mother influenced her, I believe, to be skinny and eat less. Another set of characters that could have influenced her perception of body image were her three sisters, after she claimed that they all got the surgery. I feel like she might have been influenced to also do it. After all, in the book, they talked positively about the surgery and even encouraged her to get it. There could’ve also been peer pressure from them since they got it. After all, it could be the same thing for her sisters due to their mother’s influence. Third, I think her daughter plays a big part. After having her daughter, she felt different and felt like her body was not fine and did not fit the standards of society or her mother’s standards. After all, she is a woman, and her body after having a child could change completely, and I feel like she would have felt that. But in the end, her daughter has a positive outlook because she does not want her mother to go through with the surgery and feels like she does not need it, giving her the confidence that she needs. Overall, I feel like her daughter makes her reflect on her old self and question what she did. After all, she will not be the same. She feels like she did not des […] “Family and the influence it can have on your body (Her Body And Other Parties )”

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"Husband Stitch" What is the significance of the ribbon and what happens when her husband touches it? In Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado, her short story The Husband Stitch there is always a ribbon mentioned that the husband is not able to touch. While reading the story, I wondered what the ribbon could mean and found that it could have many significances. The ribbon served as an example of her relationship. She had a complex relationship with love. Throughout the story, she made a lot of sacrifices for love, and the story kindled from the expressions that a society of marriage and even just relationships. The ribbon, which is worn on the back of her neck, is worn to remind her husband of loyalty towards her husband and the connection they both have. Despite this, at the beginning, this can be viewed as good because it shows connection, but through the story, it starts to have a different meaning. The ribbon, through the story, starts to have the expectations a wife or even a woman has when being in a romantic relationship. The woman in the relationship is required to complete her husband’s wishes and prioritize her husband over her own self. I can see that she does this when it comes to her and being able to have another child and sometimes satisfying her husband when it comes to sex. Being in a relationship does require intimacy and is seen as a form of connection you have with your significant other. Having sex and the ribbon is where I saw another symbolism. She mentioned that the ribbon was tied tightly, and the husband stitch meaning having sex always can be an effort but also be painful. One part of this story that stood out to me was that her husband mentioned that their son would have a ribbon. That could’ve meant a sacrifice that she had to make for her son to come into this world by having a 20 hour long labor and later she states that her body is not the same anymore. This can be some significance of what the ribbon means throughout the story. When her husband, at the end, touches the ribbon, he kind of takes off that bond and loyalty she had towards him, and you can see that, in the end, this led to her losing herself and even her identity. Her husband touches it and undoes her ribbon, leading to her […] ““Husband Stitch””

My experience writing my community essay Writing this essay was a little difficult because, in the term “community,” I identified with a lot of communities in my first thought. But then I started to narrow it down, and it looked like maybe I did not identify with the communities I originally thought or have much to say about them. They were either too simple, too short, or just didn’t really connect with me. So I thought about what actually represents me. And out of the blue, the idea came that I identify with my heritage, traditions, and ethnicity. So I thought about the Latino community, but it didn’t feel right, so I chose the immigrant community. This community felt right—I found myself identified with it and knew clearly what I was going to talk about. Now that I had a topic, it was time to write. When it comes to writing and college work, I’m a procrastinator like most people my age. If you sit me down and tell me to do it, I’m not going to do it until the last minute. So that’s exactly what I did. I wrote my draft in approximately an hour and a half that Wednesday before the workshop on Thursday. But I did not like my draft. I felt like it was missing something. It was a little too political, and for the first time, I actually rewrote my entire essay. I felt like I needed more connection with the audience and a little more of my personal experience because, at the end of the day, it’s my community I’m talking about. So I redid my draft that week, and it felt perfect. The only bad thing is that I tend not to reread my essays because, again, I overthink them. I start deleting parts, and in the end, I might delete my entire essay. So I turned it in. After that, it was class, and we had a discussion with my friend about an article we were reading. Somehow, the topic of immigration came into play, and I started talking about how, in my essay, I emphasized that immigrants are not only Latinos but also people from different countries outside Latin America. She agreed with that, so I felt proud that I included this in my essay because, to me, it was an important point to make my argument clear about the immigrant community. But also, when I write, I try to write as if I am talking. Not in a formal, forced way, like I have to write this essay, but in a way that feels natural—like I’m talking to my friends. I want the reader to feel connected, even if they might not relate to the topic I’m discussing, but in some way, they can still feel a connection. That’s what I like about writing these types of essays, and specifically, this one. I do wish we had more time and a more extended word limit because I felt like I had more to say about my community but was limited. However, something I would do differently is maybe not procrastinate and also read over my work. I know that reading over your work is very important because it allows you to judge yourself from a reader’s point of view r […] “My experience writing my community essay”

Quote based on Colin Dickey's chapterThe quote that I picked was: “Such people, when they speak of ‘freedom,’ mean the freedom to oppress their kind, and to be savage, merciless, and cruel.” This quote appeals to me because it emphasizes the meaning of freedom back then. Freedom was not actual freedom as it was emphasized. It was more oppressing—the kind to have no mercy and to be cruel towards a specific group of people, which were the slaves. The meaning of freedom wasn’t meant for everyone. It was specifically just for a certain group of people—a group of people who were kept from their liberty and only used for economic work purposes. What really stood out to me is when the chapter stated that there were three little girls playing around, acting like they were selling each other. This act not only contributes to the quote but also shows that this was normalized for children. The children grew up with this idea that freedom was limited for them. I feel like this contributes to the current moment because, somehow, in other countries around the world, freedom is also limited. There are still people who suffer from slavery, and again, like the quote states, they do not have mercy and are cruel towards these people. Even now, in the United States and other countries, slavery has basically been abolished. Like I said, there’s still slavery, but there’s also some sort of way that we might not look into it simply. By looking into it more deeply, we can still see that some people do not have freedom. This includes certain people from certain communities, like the Latino community, African Americans, the LGBTQ community, and others, where somehow they find themselves limited in this freedom. Even if the freedom quoted in the chapter is interpreted to be brutal, the limited freedom that people in these groups experience can be emphasized more gently through hateful words, brutal actions, or, again, words […] “Quote based on Colin Dickey’s chapter”

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