Behn's Writing Style In 'My Response ! Good Luck !'

3. What are the best parts of this book? Why? What are the worst parts of this book? Why? Give details with page numbers from the book to explain.

The author would jump from subject to subject in a confusing manner. For instance in chapter four, she was discussing jobs in one paragraph and in the next paragraph she started talking about crime pamphlets. She oftentimes repeated information from chapter to chapter which made one wonder if she was just trying to fill up space or did she think she need to remind us about the event? Also, the book spanned over three centuries (17th-19th), yet she only spent two chapters on the first one hundred and seventy-three years and concentrated seven chapters on the last sixty-four. Also, there were several typographical errors that I found while reading the book such as: on page 140, the word blacks was spelled “blaks;” on page 202, the word among was spelled “amog;” on page 261, the word poverty was spelled “proverty;” and on page 287, the word association was spelled

Throughout the book there were many grammatical errors as well as misspelled words. Even with the sources cited at the end of the book, it would have made a notable difference if Hawke had put footnotes within the pages of the text. At just 180 pages, this book is short, but does not leave a hunger for more. It had just enough detail within the short sections to satiate the curiosity, but it did not prove to be a very interesting book to read. It felt haphazardly organized and thrown together, and lacked at grabbing any

     While reading this book I found myself making notes on how I disagree with certain topics but I didn’t realize until I was about half way through that there were many good points made. Some of the good points I did notice can be found in every chapter

The author’s style of writing is straightforward and to the point and the novel is unique because it is written through the different perspectives of the four main characters. The switching of perspectives throughout the book is what made the book so hard to put down. I could see, compare and contrast how the characters themselves feel about the situation. As this goes on, the reader can comprehend the characters’ personalities better and their view on the other characters. If this story was written from just one point of view, one wouldn’t be able to figure out each character’s thoughts and perception of people around them.

The author’s main idea and purposes are revealed by a series of anecdotes and allusions. The author gets very personal about the subject, as if she was going through the realization herself. You can see her opinion by the way she refers to certain things. For example, the author brings up an old memory from her childhood in paragraph nine. When she is describing the boxcar children, the words she uses are almost as if they were too

The passage “Lesson for Women” was a very informative and interesting work to read about. After reading the piece multiple times I would definitely recommend this to someone willing to learn about different eras. I think that close reading this piece was very important since it uncovered many great things I never thought of glancing over in the beginning. If someone had the chance to read this work and was hesitant I would definitely tell them to go ahead and read it since I enjoyed, it very

I did actually really like this book. I was not sure if I was going to enjoy it when the project was first assigned, but after reading for a while, I became really interested

The passage that stood out the most to me was the paragraph that went, “ I stopped taking pictures as the thoughts of children ran across the porch, playing tag as they ran barefoot. I saw a woman in the corner, sewing clothes to wear to church. . . . No technology, no electricity, and no water demanded a slower life at this house.” This paragraph vividly brought to life

This book was certainly one of the more difficult books I have ever read in any scenario ever. To expand upon, it was mostly due to the fact that I, at the time, was completely unfamiliar with the subject of politics. Thus leading into my first point, I did enjoy this book because I was able to learn new aspects of our world. Even more so, I was able to apply them to the real world in this upcoming presidential election. Of course with the good comes the bad, I was simply overwhelmed with information that the book did come off as confusing at many parts. Not to mention the excessive amounts of examples in history that each theme has occurred, did anger me a little bit.

2) Tell me about one aspect of the book you found most troubling (i.e. an issue the author addressed, a recommendation she may have made, a particular philosophy or idea she promoted)

The story was very intriguing, and had many quotes that made it feel like a fiction novel. You could almost feel everything the main characters felt, as it gave motivation and thought. For example, the friendship between Roosevelt and Taft was very strong at the beginning, but fell apart due to the competition they were in. There was lots of foreshadowing and irony, such as a quote from Woodrow Wilson on page 243, “It would be and irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs, for all my preparation has been in domestic matters.” As we soon learn, he was president during the Great War, and dealt with many other foreign affairs along the way. There were also many motivational parts that brought the reader in as if they were part of the book, and with several different people included you could relate to their side of certain issues or be offended by their early 20th century “ethics”. My favorite parts were Debs and Roosevelt, because they were very personable and energetic people, and even though they were progressive radicals, they are very similar to a moderate today. Another good part about this book was because it is about a time in politics over 100 years ago, it seems as if there aren’t nearly as many important issues to discuss as there is today, making it easier to understand. Despite all of the great things about this book, there were also some bad things. First of all, there were some typos. This didn’t make it impossible to understand, but it had many more than an average book. There were also a lot of prodigious words, which would be okay if they were used in moderation and not unnecessary. Especially towards the end when everyone is dying, it would be nice if there were short descriptions next to medical terms so you wouldn’t have to look them up and be disgusted with pictures of abscesses. Along

ASSIGNMENT: Set up some quiet time with a friend or family member and read your favorite chapter to them out loud. Then discuss the reading; find out what their thoughts and perceptions were. Write down responses in your journal. Also, think about how the language sounded as you spoke it.

One of the things that really popped out about the book was the quotes that Morrie would always say. They were ones you had to think about and once you understood them, it opened your mind up more and helped you understand life and experience but a wisdom filled old man. There are always more to the quotes than what people think.

Already I can tell that this book is more difficult than most other novels I have read. It seems as though Roth is in favor of using long sentences and complex vocabulary. I sometimes had to reread sentences a few times because there was difficult vocabulary I needed to look up and the sentences were long. I needed to read each sentence piece by piece to make sure I could understand what the author wanted to convey to the reader. Although the text seemed overwhelming when I read the first few pages; once I began reading sentences in increments I could more easily understand the text.