I agreed with both of the articles which we read for homework in a lot of ways and liked what they were saying. 'Essayists on the Essay' was interesting because it showed how different authors viewed the essay themselves. Even essayists are not truly able to define what an essay is. I liked 'Encountering the Essay' even more because it kept my interest more. The paper was written with longer sections so I could read more about the different topics than when reading 'Essayists on the Essay' which was just short excerpts from longer writings. I liked how 'Encountering the Essay' gave a lot of background information and then compared how people used to write to how people write today. I agree that many authors feel important when they write memoirs and believe that it means that they are something special, when in todays world that is not the case at all because everyone writes them now.
As far as what I think is necessary in an essay, here are a couple of things:
- It must be pretty clearly written, it should not be too confusing to read. That does not mean that the subject should not make you think or anything, but just that the writing itself should be easy to understand and follow.
- There should be a strong central idea.
- The author should know what they are writing about and what they are trying to convey to the reader.
- It should be at least a little interesting to read most of the time, especially if it is a narative type essay.
Many of my ideas are similar to the ones which I already wrote about, and if I think of any other/different ones, then I will post them on here also.
Have a good day everyone!!
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