I also had a little bit of trouble with the fact that i have not read Pierce's Paradise of Engineering, so i felt like if i was limited to what my interpretations were..
Yeah, I agree, the breaking down of the prompt in class was a little helpful, but I still had a very vague idea as to what exactly I was supposed to write about or how to support Pearce's claims.
I agree with Anna, I feel that if we had access to the essay itself it would've been easier to support his claims as without it our own analysis would be very vague and generalized.
Melissa is right. The essay is available online; however, you only need to interpret the passage that you were given--it is so pregnant with meaning and connections to our own world, that if you break it down, you could find enough to write about just on the lines you were given. Think depth vs. breadth.
I also had a little bit of trouble with the fact that i have not read Pierce's Paradise of Engineering, so i felt like if i was limited to what my interpretations were..
ReplyDeleteYeah, I agree, the breaking down of the prompt in class was a little helpful, but I still had a very vague idea as to what exactly I was supposed to write about or how to support Pearce's claims.
DeleteI had the exact same problem. It's difficult to write about a person's views when you only have a few sentences' worth to analyze.
DeleteI agree with Anna, I feel that if we had access to the essay itself it would've been easier to support his claims as without it our own analysis would be very vague and generalized.
ReplyDeleteI feel that my essay wasn't at its best but it was kind of general but I did try to incorporate Pearce's essay from what I found online.
ReplyDeleteMelissa is right. The essay is available online; however, you only need to interpret the passage that you were given--it is so pregnant with meaning and connections to our own world, that if you break it down, you could find enough to write about just on the lines you were given. Think depth vs. breadth.
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