Ellis Winfree
Imagine finding out you were not the same as the people around you. Would you care, when everyone that looks normal turns around and stares with those eyes, eyes that pierce soul, would you hesitate. We all react different in certain situations or challenges but we always find a way to overcome that intervention. And sometimes that may include escaping the situation. The point of reaction to situation, and its intriguing desire to pull in the reader so that we can almost experience the situations that are displayed to us are the reasons why i loved the book.
Now I love parts on books when the character gets into a certain situation and has to find a way to overcome the problem. What this allows me to do is replay the situation in my head and play out how I might go about it. I feel this helps us as a reader because it gives a deeper understanding of the characters decision. After comprehending the decision we may decide whether their decisions were reasonable or if what they did will screw them over. This is one thing that CoW did well it gave us problems and solutions to think about.
In terms of pulling the reader the author told the rabbi's story so well and used it to get the reader to to understand his situation and struggles. I feel it a more creative way to show of personal experience through another story. It just doesn't tell another person's story but it also reminds us that other people have similar problems and experiences to. It helps us be more surrounding of the activity and actions of people all around us and that is what i feel really had this story going.
Lastly i would like to touch on the way the construction of the book. From the visual settings and the dialog the story kept its readers intrigued. These factors made it a great read. It just wasn't some story when a girl runs away but a gateway telling a strong story as a tribute.
In my opinion CoW was a great read. It had me intrigued all the way through, and it alway kept thinking an on my toes. This is why I felt it was a strong read. There is was always a lot to take in but once you fully understand what you read you can comprehend all its little details.
This is a good essay where you were very descriptive with the details of events, as well as incorporating your views into your writing. I do think if you used pieces of the text or a quotation from a character it would be able to back up your points more.
ReplyDeleteYour voice really comes through in this argument, and you have an especially effective opening. Your thesis needs to more directly connect to Zinsser's criteria as you judge the memoir though. You don't refer back to his criteria much. You touch on the construction of the memoir (which he brings up) in your last point, but that doesn't show up in your thesis. As Evan notes, it would be even more persuasive if you brought in more specific details from the memoir.
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