Wit Play Analysis

The assignment for the book Wit was to analyze the social implications within the play. When I read the book, it did not make much sense to me the first time. But, after you gave us some breakdown, I immediately thought of writing a comparison between, Wit as characterized in the play and humility. I came up with this topic because that was my understanding and summary of the book. But when I started writing a few words on paper, I realized it was difficult understanding the assignment. I could talk about the story easily but did not know how to put it in writing. When I watched the film in class, and you continued with more analysis of the different characters as they relate to the play, I achieved a better clarity. Furthermore, during classes with the help of contributions from classmates, and your explanations, I started writing down key points about the book and the characters specifically. The concept I had was to compare all the characters in the play that seems to possess some form of arrogance and intellect (wit), with the exemption of one character that is human and friendly (humility). I started writing anything I could think. During the peer review, they criticized

You explained how I could start and advised me to focus my work on two characters that have the comparison I want to write on. You also gave me guidelines on how to write, so that the analysis will be in sequence. It became a little easier to write on the protagonist, Vivian and an exact opposite of her Susie. I described Vivian’s character in detail as well as Susie’s. I also had to generate a comparison of both characters to fit my main idea and topic. I added some dialogues from the book for extra clarity to any reader. After so many editing and corrections, I realized that my problem areas in writing were still with sentence fragments, run on sentences, and split infinitives which you correctly pointed