It’s time to celebrate because revisions of the first essay are over!
I only had to put my close reading essay through two revisions, and I’m extremely happy with how the essay turned out. The comments from my peers and Dr. Pennington were extremely helpful, and I feel they really helped make my paper better.
In terms of the next critical paper, I definitely want to work on being less general (using “it” instead of being specific) and use more textual evidence to support my thesis.
It feels really great to have one paper already done, and even though there are a lot of papers left, I definitely feel that I have the skills to tackle whatever is thrown at me for the rest of the semester. I now have to decide which book to read next, or if I even want to read another one. I enjoyed The Awakening so much that I’m honestly tempted to write every essay on it. Stay tuned.
The experience of writing this close reading essay started out really rough, feeling that I had no idea what I was doing. I’m almost glad I felt this way, though, because it forced me to be confident in my writing and my abilities. This experience will definitely help me with the other essays this semester, and I’m looking forward to what’s ahead!
Here, have another celebration gif just because.
