Final Blog post! It's finally the end of the semester and that means, this is my last ever blog post about English! In this post, I will primarily be talking about how I did my portfolio, which is the final assignment for this course. The portfolio includes an essay and a media piece, which can be any of the following: - Blog post - Remix - Concept Map - Podcast - Webpage For my essay, I talked about how the wilderness archetype can be viewed through a modern perspective. It is generally associated with danger, but in Cheryl's life, the wilderness acted as a comforting friend and a perfect place to heal problems. This was my thesis: "By interacting with the nature and spending time in the wilderness, Cheryl in the novel Wild by Cheryl Strayed overcomes her depressive past, which includes grief of her mother’s death, broken relationship with others and deteriorating self-esteem. This ultimately leads her to reach her own potential." For the essay, I basically talked about how spending time in the wilderness helped Cheryl to overcome: - Grief of her mother's death (Second Paragraph) - Broken relationship with loved ones (Third Paragraph) - Deteriorating self-esteem (Fourth Paragraph) It is important to realize that in today's world, the nature/wilderness actually helps to heal problems that scare you away. This idea is prevalent throughout Cheryl's story. For the media part of my project, I decided to do a concept map. Basically, I presented the ideas in my essay in a different format. Along with that, I added a few points about the other literary theories. This is how my concept map looked like:
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AuthorI am Keziah Vilson from A.B. Lucas Secondary School. I write about topics we cover in my grade 12 English class. Archives
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