Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 101 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
If I Only Had a Leg Review
This essay was interesting. Not the aspect of being a gay actor with cerebral palsy but the format that the piece is written. The actual wording and narrative are well executed. Often when I've read the previous essays, there's a trade-off. Execution or concepts and there's a tiny population of people who can do both well. Greg found middle ground. The technical aspect of the essay was written in a way where it doesn't feel edited. It feels organic and natural the way writing should be. There's no smell of corporate works when you read this, and that makes this essay much more enjoyable. And although its well written the actual story was bland. For the topics at hand, Id assume there'd be much more room to draw the readers interest. There was no part in which I felt something for Greg. There was no emotional connection with the work and no sense of importance in the story. If Greg found a way to make the story more rich in details about being an actor with a severe disability or being confused or even how the acting career was demanding this could have been a much stronger piece.
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