The Ideas Of Reading And Writing

Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, documents the author's discovery of her own and her father's homosexuality. The book touches upon many themes, including, but not limited to, the following: sexual orientation, family relationships, and suicide. Unlike most autobiographical works, Bechdel uses the comics graphic medium to tell her story. By close-reading or carefully analyzing pages fourteen through seventeen in Fun Home one can get a better understanding of how a Bechdel employs words and graphic devices to render specific events. One can also see how the specific content of the pages thematically connects to the book as a whole. As we will see, this portion of the book echoes the strained relationship

7. The setting is used as a reflection of the woman's inner emotions. The sun shines and birds sing with no sign of gloom because she is not actually mourning as she thinks to herself. The lack of sorrow from the woman cause the setting to seem even more lovely to her as she realizes she is feeling joy. The details used by the writer portray a sense of well being and positivity. The woman reaches out towards the window as if her joy is tangible, this is a vey important

On page 78, “When I think of this portrait of my grandparents in their last years, I always envision a beginning. To or toward what, I don’t know, but always a beginning.” Why might the young narrator be inclined to view this portrait as a beginning? What significance might the girl have attached to the loss of the portrait by the wrecking ball in relation to her life and her family? How might Ma be inclined to view the portrait? What significance might Ma have attached to the portrait’s loss?

Exceptional artists often create in a way that allows for infinite interpretations of their work. However, it is the author’s job to immerse their readers into the storyline as they grasp an understanding of the overall mood and feeling of the story. Some may argue that patterns within a work may be merely coincidental, but in Ann Beattie’s “Weekend,” the repeated mentioning of weather patterns and the fireplace are used in order to portray a certain mood throughout the story. These patterns allow the reader to deeply connect with the character’s emotions and understand the ambiance without the narrator directly stating how the character is feeling. In “Weekend,” Ann Beattie’s intentional use of outside forces such as the rain, the temperature, and the presence of fire allows the reader to develop a deeper understanding concerning the ongoing tensions and emotions in the atmosphere throughout the entire story.

At first, the parents decide that they are lucky to have their little girl. It was just "a chain of lucky events" (Munro 469) that kept their child from drowning. The narrator begins the "could have been's" and the if only's" that life is full of. Dwelling on the other possibilities does not remove the reality that does exist. It is like "laying your finger on the wire to get a safe shock, feeling a bit of what it is like, then pulling back" (Munro 470). If the "what if's" did happen the narrator realizes that her life could had been changed drastically in a matter of

Windows represent a point of view, a passage, or sometimes a glimpse into the soul. By a darkened window in the skyscraper, we grasp the idea that the falling girl is losing the vision of her dream. As opposed to this story, “The Falling Girl”, what if the characters were not pulling her into the skyscraper but rather the characters from the party were reaching their hands out to her to embrace her? What if the falling girl was blind and could not hear the voices calling out to pull her from her destiny? What if instead of “letting herself go” she carefully plotted the safest and surest route to the party? The symbols that were used in “The Falling Girl” brought about a final thud at the end of the story, however, the symbols could have brought about a grand entrance through an illuminated announced entrance. As symbols can be ambiguous, depending on their usage, the symbols in our journey to our self- actualization and manifestation of dreams can be ambiguous except for the impact and meaning we’ve endowed them

If I could describe my relationship with reading and writing it would most likely have to be, improving. Of course I would assume the same happens to all students that their reading and writing skills improve as they continue with their education. For me reading has been a passion, so my reading skills are pretty advanced and I can say I am able to read well. In my case, being a child of two Hispanic parents, I do have a slight accent that can get in the way and make my reading a bit rough. Usually it is not so bad, only on certain words that either I do not know how to properly pronounce or certain letters that my accent acts as a physical barrier where I have to sound it out more carefully or work around my accent. While that is the #1 major setback I have during reading. Even with that setback I can still say that I am confident in my reading skills, reading at a well speed, improving, reading various books all that combined allows to be able to read almost anything. What I do enjoy about reading is that I see it being able to bring myself into that world that the author is writing about or to envision the story they’re telling as a movie. I like the idea of just sitting back or laying down with a good book for hours and getting deep into whatever I am reading. Personally once I pick up a good book it is usually hard for me to put it down without the paranoia of not knowing how it ends will eat me up and I usually finish a book within a few days.

Based on his argument using a piece of story from his past, the writer conceptually supported his explanatory point of views on how skills can be developed with a passion of understanding the writer’s intention. I believe that the writer of this article addressed fundamental thoughts that should be useful in the process of reading as a writer, and on how to become a better writer.

Through the mother, we see that dreaming may lead to a painful disappointment. The mother has an unrealistic image of her and her future husband as an idyllic, respectable and happy couple, which is not true in reality. “… avoiding the riotous amusements being beneath the dignity of so dignified couple”. She is trying to make an image of herself as an intelligent, domestic and interesting woman, which shows

In this poem, the poet is also the speaker who recounts it in a monolog. She speaks as the mother who discusses life lessons with her daughter. First she ensures her daughter that by calling her “point B” instead of “mom” she would know that “no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me.” this alternative name for the mother is the metaphor of a safe place, a reference point where her daughter can reach out to in her hour of need. Then she goes on to tell her daughter about agonies and adversities she is going to experience in her life. That “this life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach.” Nevertheless, she reminds her daughter that facing each difficulty “is

Writing varies from a text message to a novel. Writers often have a difficult task in creating a piece of work that truly identifies the meaning of good writing. Every good writer usually starts with the basics such as genre, audience, rhetorical situation, and reflection of the piece. Throughout this semester, we have gone through all of these key terms in great detail with each new assignment that has come our way. In doing this, not only as students but also as writers, we have come to create our own theory of writing. Every writer has a different theory of writing though most are very similar. Now, at this point in the semester after doing countless journals, in-class exercises, and final assignments, I think I have figured out my own

As a reader and writer I always faced given assignments with the intent of doing exceptional jobs and take a sense of pride in my work to complete my tasks. As a reader, I will bore myself through out an entire book and realize I didn 't understand a single thing. Although as a writer, I can go on for so long losing myself on a topic because it feels more interactive. Reflecting on my experiences as a reader and writer have been very bold, I never really found a joy or an interest to become the exceptional student who stands out amongst others because, I always felt ok with myself and my results with the way I did things.

In her dream, she went through a rabbit hole and later on found herself locked in a hall with many doors. In the hall, she drank from a bottle and it made her grow small. Then, she ate a cake which made her grow bigger so she cried until her tears formed a sizable pool. The events in these chapters present a theme that as children’s physical body changes during the puberty stage, they become upset. When they become adolescents, they become childish, as if they want to return to childhood.

I wouldn’t say that I am a good writer, and I really don’t like to read books either. Through my years in school I became literate in these two categories. I was and still am not interested in writing, or reading books in my spare time. The only writing I have ever done is for school. Writing just does not interest me, and the only reading I do out of class is reading about sports in magazines, or reading the news, or looking at web pages. I have only read a couple of books on my own, 95% of all the books I have read have been for school. The reason for not writing out of class is probably attributed to the fact that I am a very impatient person, and I have a short attention span. I have no interest in writing and reading so when

Writing has always been something I dread. It’s weird because I love talking and telling stories, but the moment I have to write it all down on paper, I become frantic. It’s almost as if a horse race just begun in my mind, with hundreds of horses, or words, running through my mind, unable to place them in chronological order. Because I struggle to form satisfying sentence structure, it takes me hours, sometimes even days, to write one paper. It’s not that I think I’m a “bad writer,” I just get discouraged easily. Needless to say, I don’t think highly of my writing skills. When I was little I loved to both read and write. I read just about any book I could get my hands on, and my journal was my go to for my daily adventures. Although it’s