During Wednesday's class we listened to three pieces of writing; Girl, The Day Lady Died, and watched a clip featuring David Sedaris. Girl was intriguing because us, the readers, could interpret who the narrator was speaking to. I pictured a young mother giving her daughter advice of which she learned through experience.
The Day Lady Died was my favorite poem of the three. The writer precisely described his day of a national tragedy and then in the last sentence he introduced the meaning of the poem and who died. From this poem I learned that a writer can describe his intent in one sentence, with so much meaning. I want to learn how to write simple and to the point. The writer also portrayed his age, class, race, and gender through his short poem.
In the clip of David Sedris he used dry humor in his short story to keep the reader/ listener interested. David pointed out the flaws in the American and French traditions of Easter using dry humor.
The main theme of what we learned is conveying your : religion, race, ethnic background, gender, class, sexuality, age, nationality, age, hometown, high school, major, group/ clubs, and fangirlisms. As a writer I believe I need to work on describing these groups more through my writing.
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