Reflection About Writing 101

It is hard to say if my work has truly improved because saying it has improved is a subjective statement, however, significant improvements can be seen in my writing throughout the year. In Writing 101 I was told Writing 102 would require me to expand my writing and be able to elaborate on complex ideas. So at the beginning of the semester, I expected to be challenged but had no idea I would be able to witness its transformation(MY WRITING TRANSFORM). With each paper I wrote, I learned different techniques that will change my writing forever. In the beginning, the class was assigned to write an essay elaborating on the passage Is Google Making Us Stupid?. The passage is about the reality of technology taking over the lives of many people.

We were assigned to read the passage Why Literature Matters, and it opened my eyes to why we still read and write about literature that may be recent or from the 1900s. The purpose of reading and analyzing literature is not to find new meanings—though it would be amazing to find some deep and hidden message in a historical piece like A Raisin In The Sun—but to remind and teach us of the struggles and lessons that we may not have experienced ourselves. Many people have slowly lost interest in literature because they find the stories boring and would rather watch a movie on a superhero. However, if we do not read literature we lose a piece of ourselves and risk forgetting about the importance of family when we ignore stories of struggle and change. Learning about an author’s interpretation of life and how he or she brings diversity and injustice into the written word is a difficult and beautiful thing. Even though statistical literature is on the decline, like many of the art subjects, I believe it will soon make a comeback. Without literature we would only have our lives and mindless tv shows, and many people want to experience things that they may not be able to through an author’s