Semester Reflection

With this semester coming to an end along with my freshman year at this college I can reflect upon a lot of things that's happened during my English 102 class.My writing has definitely improved throughout the semester as well as my organization skills when dealing with essays or papers. I've also learned to think more critically while being exposed to really greats works of literature like “The Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri and “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, which are just two of the many stories and poems that we read in class. This class quickly became one of the classes that I got excited to go to on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The fishbowls we had in which we fleshed out ideas that were brought up in the works that we’ve read were always mind opening. I’m really interested in psychology and pretty much anything that involves how we as humans interact with one another or ourselves. That’s something that was actually discussed a lot in class to my surprise. I didn’t come into this English class thinking i’d be learning about the postmodern outlook on life, how broken dreams can change you, Human nature when experiencing oppression, the human search for perfection. The lectures and lessons learned were all surprising to me at the beginning of the semester That's the reason I chose  “The Interpreter of Maladies” and “A Streetcar Named Desire” because I believe that both stories together exemplify a vast amount of Human Condition.

This class has been nothing but beneficial for me. I feel that it was one of the most influential classes that I took this semester because i’m leaving the class a better writer and with a better understanding of human condition. Each of the assignments we were assigned was a chance for me to get to critically think about each characters and the motives for all their action. The final lecture on human condition and the farewell poem that you gave the class Professor Brady actually really touched me. When you were reciting the poem and I was reading along I felt emotion given off, somewhat reassuring and peaceful. I actually printed it out the full poem and keep it in my room now. I truly enjoyed this class and I want to thank you Prof.Brady for this wonderful semester.

P.S. If you can you should read “Kaleidoscope” By Ray Bradbury, my favorite short story.