Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Reflection on a modest proposal

All in all I thought this paper was the hardest to write because for one I didn’t know what topic I should pick and it was really difficult to pick one thing that I wanted to change. I finally came down to illegal immigration because I feel like it is a serious problem but I didn’t know how to make a solution to such a huge problem. The satirical point of my paper was hard to convey because my solution was at first so drastic I couldn’t come up with anything to support such a drastic action. But in the end I am happy with the way my paper turned out… that being said I would really rather never write a paper like that ever again. I think I am too sarcastic and when I try to put my sarcasm into words on a page it just sounds like me being a complete butt. That being said one of the major problems I had with writing this paper was that I tended to sound more rude than satirical, so I would change the paper then it would sound worse, so I would change it again. The endless battle of trying to convey my sarcastic tone in such a serious way didn’t work for me. So I had to start again and tone down my comments, and not think about what I would actually say and try to say something less harsh. I have never had such a hard time trying to write a paper and this was definitely a struggle within my head and it was extremely difficult to get things just right. In the end I conveyed what I was hoping for but I am still not confident about my harshness. Next time I will pick a less stressful topic to work with!

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