*This blog post contains gifs of Tottenham celebrations. Arsenal fans, please proceed with caution (#COYS)*
I’m going to talk about the Reader Response paper in a second, but first I need to happily rant about my favorite Premier League team, Tottenham Hotspur. As a consistent top-six finisher in the league, our start this season has been less than optimal, so much so that our manager, Mauricio Pochettino was fired almost two weeks ago.
When I heard this news, I was shocked. Genuinely. Poch led us to a Champions League final last year, and he’s been one of the best managers in the league. Why fire him just because we’re having an off season?
To be fair, our entire club was looking rough. Players weren’t playing their best because their contracts are almost up, and a change needed to be made. But me, along with others, were skeptical, especially when it was announced that Jose Mourinho would replace Poch. Yeah, yeah, he’s the “special one,” or whatever, but he just didn’t seem like the right choice.
BUT WAIT.
Since Mourinho has been manager, Spurs have gone 3-0. Let me repeat that: Since Mourinho has been manager, Spurs have gone 3-0. We finally got our first home win since January, and we look like a completely different team. Yes, we need to stop conceding goals in the closing minutes of matches, but things are looking up. As of today, we’re back to fifth place on the table, a huge jump from where we were when Mourinho took over.
Also, I can’t not talk about the fact that Mourinho pulled Dele Alli (this man ^^^) aside and asked him if he was Dele Alli or Dele Alli’s brother. When Dele said that he was Dele Alli, Mourinho replied, “Okay, well then play like Dele Alli.” Since then, Dele has been Man of the Match in each of our three wins. Unreal. No matter how the rest of the season goes, I will always be grateful to Mourinho for bringing Dele back to top form. If anything, this will all be great content for the Amazon documentary (still convinced that Daniel Levy fired Poch for this exact reason).
I would apologize for this rant that probably makes no sense to most of you, but nothing is making me happier right now than Tottenham, so I won’t. I’m honestly surprised it took me this long to talk about them.
Anyway, up the Spurs, and all that.
Okay, on to the actual topic of this blog post: the Reader Response essay. The comments I received on my essay from Dr. Pennington were pretty positive. He said that I need to contextualize some of my statements more and that I should quote more negative reviews of The Awakening. I’m still debating whether I want to put this essay in my portfolio, but that decision will determine whether I put this essay through another revision.
I’m certain I want to include my Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies essay in my final portfolio, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to include my Close Reading. The other three are kind of up in the air, but I should probably figure that out soon, considering we only have one week of class left.
I’m feeling really good, though! The website is coming together nicely, and as my other classes are starting to wrap up, I’m feeling less and less stressed.
One more week!
Here, have one more gif of Dele for good measure:
