ENG3UE
Mrs. McConkey
December 5th 2011
The book Treasure Island was an entertaining read, that brought out my sense of adventure. Truth be told after reading this book I did have the urge to watch the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I had been meaning to read Treasure Island for years but I never did until this project gave me the opportunity to do so. I found that the novel reminded me to grasp how greedy and manipulative people can be. But also the importance of duty, and the fact that some people do have a sense of duty. I think that now I am more open to different types of literature and reading more literature in general.
This project allowed me to immerse myself into just one of the many forms of classic literature. This project has helped me to understand the benefits of getting work done before it’s due, as well as to ask more questions. If I had done more of both, I think I would have done better overall in the project. I think that having a wider audience helped bring a new perspective to my thinking, which I think helped my performance. I have found that when I work that I tend to leave things until the last minute. I personally think that I do better work when under stress, but that means that there is less of an emphasis of editing and polish. I am going to try for the future to get projects completed a little before they are due and put more of a focus on polishing and editing. I also want to ask more questions so I am clear about what I am doing. Though I found the essay What Makes a Good Novel very helpful throughout this project, because it answered many of my questions about the apologia.
I think that this project helped my writing and editing, but like evolution, they grew slowly over time. I found that the project also allowed me to dig deeper into the texts, which resulted in being able to come up with more insightful ideas overall. As a whole, This project very useful in helping me develop my ideas.
