essay format

i think there are a few things that should always be present in a good essay, some of these things include, but are not limited to the following:

Introductory paragraph
A. Catches the reader's attention

B. Gives brief background on your topic

C. Begins or ends with the thesis statement

Body
A. Develops, expands, and/or supports the thesis statement

B. Includes a topic sentence for each paragraph

C. Includes supporting details which reinforce the topic sentence.

Concluding paragraph
A. Restates the thesis or sums up the argument.

B. Tells the reader what you think is important to remember about the essay.


The paper should consist of good flow, grammatically correct sentences, and your opinions should have very good support in order to prove your point of the analysis.

the host format

On reading David Foster Wallace's "The Host"

I found this short story pretty challenging to read, i felt like i was bouncing all over the place, and by the time i was done reading the box, i had forgotten what the previous paragraph was all about. It did not interest me at all, probably because of all the political references and jokes that i had no clue what they were talking about. I guess if you enjoy reading things like that it would be a great peice, it was well written and semi- commical if you fully understood all the inuendos.

AH BARTLEBY!

For those of you who have ever read Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener-


This story for me was fun to read, its kind of haunting actually.. and really leaves you hanging want more, or wanting closure. The reading was to me almost romantic in a sence as far as the language used to write in , how peoples attention to detail seems to be so much greater then they ae now. Nowadays people walk around and notice nothing, or care to not notice. I thought the way he decribes things around him, he really apreaciates everything he has including his employees. I also get the feeling that on the surface he is kind of a selfish man, but only beacuse thats the way society back then has molded him. Men in charge taking care of everything, being bread winners... it would be way to complicated to even completely compare the story to modern times and do it correctly.

we have lift off

yay... i now have a blog , how exciting.... for those reading im sorry in advance for my non use of capitals and possible spelling errors, actually i heard they were thinking about taking capital letters out the format of english writing since texting and emailing have caused so many people to not use them.