What makes the essays you chose compelling?
-I chose the essay "The Guts to keep going". This essay is compelling to me because my great grandma lost her husband, and went through this same kind of situation. This truly touched me because I'm sure this was hard for this woman to go through, considering I saw my great grandma go through this as well. The second essay that I choose that was compelling to me was, "The Strange Blessing That Brought Me Home" because it is related to Hurricane Katrina and this storm has effected so many people. Her story about how she lives her life was truly inspiring.
What kinds of stories do they use to showcase their belief?
-The essays that I have read express a situation that they have gone through in their life, and how they are tryng to overcome this sudden change.
What is the tone of each essay and how is it achieved? (funny, serious, reflective, sarcastic, etc.)
-The tone of both essays were very reflective on the writer's parts and are very serious because they were dealing with a big situation which had a major effect on their lives.
How are the essays similar? How do they differ?
-The way the essays were similar just in the respect that they both have to that deal with how someone reacts to a difficult situation in their life. The way the essays differ are, one is about a reaction to a storm that caused many problems in the future and the other one talked about a close person that passed away and made it difficult for the other person to adjust to their new lifestyle.
Do they follow the writing guidelines provided by the This I Believe organization on their website at http://www.thisibelieve.org/essaywritingtips.html?
-Yes, both readings follow the guidelines. If not totally then very close to them.
What beliefs might you want to write about for project 1? (looking at the categorized list of beliefs at http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_Browse.php may help you)
-The subject I would pick is death because I believe that I have some very interesting arguments as well ideas about the whole concept of death.
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In the journal "This I Believe", I do agree with this persons assessment on the essay. This person has made good points on the topic of the essay. For example, the essay about the grandma being left along is very sad and I understand where she is coming from. I can feel her pain just by reading the essay. I do like this person's essay because I can relate to it. I can relate to this in my own perspective by talking about someone I personally know and I like how this person wrote this Journal.
I think that he made a good choise, writing about these to essays. I think that it was good that he chosed the first essay because he can relate to the topic in some way, and I'm sure that every person can relate to the second essay and feel with the persons that had to go trough it. I think that writing about death in his own essay is a good choise if you know what to write.
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