Within the play I'm learning that Grandma and the Young Man are representing different parts of the American Dream. He uses Mommy to show what people are doing to change the dream, and Mommy and Daddy's relationship to show his anti-feminist views.
I suppose what I did learn outside of the play was by rewriting the in class essay. Re-doing the essay on the poems by Bridges and Stevenson helped me to understand more how I was supposed to be writing those essays. I'm still working on getting a method down, so the next essay should help cement that more.
I hope that next time I'll think of more I've learned, to write about. This is a pitiful entry, sorry everyone.
I've also enjoyed reading and delving deeper into the meaning of Albee's play. It's fun to find hidden meanings under all the diction and such. Rewriting the same essay twice helped me too because I was able to correct the mistakes I made and learn from them.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Kim and yourself,
ReplyDeleteFinding deeper meaning in the American Dream = fun
Rewriting the essays = totally helped me :)
I would recommend expanding on the discussed meanings of the American Dream and what theories you have formulated or subscribe to and why. You could even go further to state how this disection of the course material aided in your overall ability to understand and analyze literature on your own and in general. This would demonstrate progress and would prove that you've learned quite a bit in a short time.
ReplyDeleteOn that same vein of advice, I would also expand your comments on the poems by bridges and stevenson to include how exactly they improved your comprehension, in much the same way described above as to how theory learning expanded your American Dream knowledge.