Final Project

Final Project

I chose to do option 2 only because it made more sense to me.  I do like to read, but the thought of doing something out of the ordinary appealed to me more.  I had a hard time choosing between vampires or robots.  One of my favorite shows is True Blood, but I thought that might be a popular topic between that show and all those Twi-hards, so I went with robots. 

My primary source will be a book titled, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov.  I had to do a bit of research to find a book about Robots that act like humans and could possibly take over the world.  I am still looking for articles, short stories, etc., but I believe this will be a great book.  I am also using the movie, I, Robot as my secondary source.  This is a movie that I thoroughly enjoy and I am excited to write about it.

I hope to accomplish a great grade to finish out the semester, but I also hope to turn a paper about robots into a solid essay.  I want to make it as professional and well-rounded as possible and I want to make it sound like I know what I am talking about!  I will use whatever sources I can find that will help me accomplish my goals.  There are a lot of cheesy sources out there about robots, well, monsters in general, so I think a big task for everyone who chooses this topic will have to be careful.

Sincerely,

Josh Phares

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Letter

Dear Ms. Cline,

            If I can be honest, this class is not my cup of tea. I am an older student and how we wrote essays and papers in high school is completely different than how we are required now.  MLA format was hard for me to get and I still struggle with certain aspects of it.  I consider myself an avid reader, just not the type of books we read in this class.  I will admit after I finish reading an assignment, I do find myself intrigued to a certain point.  It does take me out of my comfort zone and I feel like it broadens my understanding and the way I perceive things.  It’s making me a worldly reader.  I feel that I can look deeper into a story and find more intricate meanings behind what is going on.  Perhaps I look into a story too much, so this could also be a certain downfall for me also.

            My goal for the second half of the session is to finish up strong.  It’s hard to stay focused sometimes when you have to go into such detail about something you may not completely understand or frankly care to understand.  This class is very important to me and I look forward to finishing!

Sincerely,

Joshua Phares

Female Gothic: The Monster's Mother

Female Gothic: The Monster’s Mother

By Ellen Moers

                I chose to write about Ellen Moers article, Female Gothic: The Monster’s Mother mainly because after reading through it, it made me see the Frankenstein differently as well as the author, Mary Shelley.  Moers thinks that Shelley paved the way for not only female authors, but all authors in how they write about horror.  She touched on Shelley’s own tumultuous past, her heartache with children and her uneasy path that started off being a mistress.  Shelley started writing Frankenstein at the young age of 18 and just like in the article, it states, “Passive reflections, however, do not produce original works of literature, and Frankenstein, if not a great novel, was unquestionably an original one”. (Moers page 219)  She did something no other writers, female or male were doing.

                I definitely see Frankenstein in a different light.  After now knowing a bit of Shelley’s history, I believe she made a lot of hidden meanings behind her story.  She lost a lot of children, not by choice, but I believe she felt like they were taken from her.   In Frankenstein, the creator just left.  You work and work for something and then it happens and he chose to leave.  He had that choice and I believe she wishes she had that choice. 

                I am undecided about if I will use this for my 3^rd essay.  It is a bit of a reach for me, but it is very interesting.

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Work cited:

Moers, Ellen.  Female Gothic: The Monsters Mother. 1976 Moer’s Literacy Women