Yes, I do believe I really revise. For one importance of revising is it is very important for a student to revise their paper, because a student is bound to make mistakes. The reason I decide to revise is because I know that I can frequently make mistakes in my writing, and it is important for me to fix my mistakes. Revising has plenty of benefits. For one, with revising a paper, the person is able to get  another person's impute on the paper. With another person's impute you are able to get a view that you could not get by you just reading your paper. If you only read your own paper, then their is a bias on your paper, and you may not see some of the mistakes as you would in someone else reading your paper. 

The revisions that I plan to do to my essay 3 are fixing a lot of grammar errors. A major thing that I want to focus in fixing my essay 3 is to make sure I stay in contact with my thesis statement. I noticed that when my paper was sent back to me, I was drifting from my thesis a lot. That is one thing that I know that I will lose points on. With this being said I also want to make sure that I have a clear understanding of a thesis statement. I know that I can make my these statement stronger, and that is exactly what I am going to do.

In "Winters Bone" by Daniel Woodrell, a young teenage girl has to do everything in her power to save her family from losing their house. Ree Dolly the teenager has to cope with a mentally disabled mother, take care of two young siblings, and deal with a meth addict father. This book will make the reader feel sad, strong, and be racing through the pages reading through the excitement. Ree Dolly lives in poverty, and that is all she knows. Ree has to deal with all these situations, and has to find her missing father who put their house up for sell, to pay his bond. Now Ree has to go looking for her father to bring him back. While in the process of finding her father she finds out information about other living styles, and her own distant family as well. This book will make the reader feel sad, strong, and be racing through the pages reading through the excitement.

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In the article of Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town, by Nick Reading he reviews how Meth can destroy not only a person, but also their family. Reading focuses on a small town and how the economy falling has had an effect on why meth was being used in Oelwein, Iowa. He talked to people that have let the meth take over their lives. Reading also traveled through several small towns in America, to talk to people that let the drug take over their lives. He realized that meth is following all these small towns, and he talks about how certain groups are influenced by meth. The way meth takes over your body, is because your body is working so hard to keep functioning, and meth is doing the complete opposite. It is destroying your body, and your body just keeps wanting the drug. Reading wrote this article, because he wanted to get the word out why meth is so dangerous in small towns.

This article can relate to essay 3 because it shows how meth can take over a person life, and there family's. Meth can take over a small town, and it can also give some happiness to the people using it. These towns are small poor towns, and meth can cause a small income for these people. Since the drug is so addicting people will always come back to it.

This compares to Winter Bone, because in Winters Bone it is about a small town that uses meth. The leading characters father cooks meth, and it is destroying himself and his family. I am very sad that this drug exists and how addicted it is. In Winters Bone the reader can see all the bad this drug can do on a family.

Reding, Nick. Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town. New York: Bloomsbury, 2009. Print.

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First off I am really enjoying Winters bone, and after I finish reading the book I plan on going to see the movie.
To start off I really like this book, and I am excited to keep reading it.

The air is cold
but inside she has to be bold

To protect her brothers
and incapable mother

Her dad doesn't care
sometimes it isn't fair

The sherriff comes to the door
What she hears makes her tore  

Dad put the house up for bail
Then decided not to leave a trail

The nights start to get colder
Her family is relying on her shoulders

She sets on her way
to save the day

When she finds her no good dad
She will show him what he could of had

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Well this year so far has been very fun. Between being on the team, to hanging out with my teammates, and working hard in school. I would say this semester has been going very well so far. My goals for the rest of the semester would be to; first keep doing well in soccer, and making sure we stay on the right track. Second, make sure I keep my grades up, my goal is to get A's and B's in all my classes this semester.

The biggest challenge I had this year, would have to be writing the different papers. I think this is because, I needed to reread the stories, and be able to interpret what I read onto my paper. My biggest success would be making sure I turn in all my work on time. Well the first reading it was hard for me to understand, so I can't say I liked that one to much. The swift short story I really liked. The main reason I liked is because I could easily follow along, and at some points it made me laugh. I think the readings in the class have affected me by making sure I become a better reader.

Well literary analysis is different then other writings I have done, because I was use to writing a research type paper. While writing a literary analysis style I was able to now analyze the writing and be able to communicate it more in my papers. My goals for the second half of the semester is to become a better writer, and do good on all my papers. I hope to improve on my writing and all around grammar.

Johnathan Swifts short story a modest proposal brings in a strong concept of satire. Swift uses satire in his short story to criticize the politics and the way things are in his country. Swift does a great job in using stuff that is so outrageous as a solution that the reader can't help but laugh. He is trying to make fun of the government in a way that can not get him in any trouble. For example, if swift just wrote a story on how bad the government was and criticize the politics of his country, then he would be in a lot of trouble. By using satire and explaining the problems in a funny way, then he was able to get his point across without getting in trouble.

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The problem that Swift identifies in his society is the amount of beggers on the street. The mothers of the children are unable to work. Swifts proposal is that children that are one year of age or younger should be sold as a source of food. Of course Swift is not being serious, he doesn't feel like they should really sell their new born babies. Swift's example is to  show that Ireland  needs to keep the stuff in Ireland and not go and fight for  for England. Swift is making fun of rich people in the society and how they act and treat people. His solution is clear and understanding, and he says that it will boast the economy. His example is that it is cheaper to feed a baby for 12 months then to sell one. I believe his satire is clear and is really funny. I think he did a good job in using satire.

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I believe this ad is very effective to anybody that is determined to be a professional athlete. This commercial goes into detail about a young soccer player playing for his club team. Then shows what he did and what he had to go through to get to the national team. Throughout the video Nike is advertising their logo with shoes, equipment, uniforms, and soccer balls. This draws a certain type of audience. It doesn't just have to be soccer players, it can be any athlete that wants to make the pros. I believe the purpose of this commercial is to effect young athletes to perform to there best ability, and in order to do that, then they should wear Nike products. I believe they are trying to persuade young athletes that Nike is better than any other product.

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Summary Vs. Analysis

 A summary is a piece of work that takes what is written and compresses it down 
to the main elements and point, there fore giving the main idea without having 
to go into great detail.It is a blunt account that helps the reader to 
understand the story or event. It also lets you or others know your 
understanding of the occurrence. When writing a summary you have to first look 
for the most critical point and ideas that will help you pull the main idea 
together. To have a good summary you should be giving an objective outline of 
the entire event in logical order. A summary needs to answer theses questions, 
what is the main ideas, where did it take place, when did it take place, and who 
did what. Although summarizing is taking all the key point and putting them 
together to tell the story or event in fewer words, there should not be direct 
paraphrases. A summary needs to be generated by your own words but not your own 
ideas or opinions. Dissipate the fact that you want to bring out the elements of 
the story, using examples and information in which is not relevant to the 
chronicle as a whole should not be used. Simply rearranging or using a surrogate 
word from the original text is not all it takes. When writing a summary a 
conclusion is not necessary but if the original information ends with a message 
to the reader it needs to be conveyed to the browser of the summary. Although 
summarizing can be very useful there are other types of writing styles that can be 

substituted. One of which is writing a literary analysis a piece of work.

       Analysis is another option you can do besides summary.Analysis is evaluation, 

interputation, and reading between the lines. Analysis is taking 

apart its pieces and then examine the elements. Somepeople would believe this is the

step before arguement. For example, relationships trends patterns, can all be analyed.

Analysis is also inference. You need to so some investigation and inferences on your own.

       Between analysis and summary it can be very difficult in understanding both of these. 

This is because they are so much alike. The one thing that makes summary differnet then 

annalysis is that summary is the events that happen in the story while analysis requires you 

to critical think. 

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Good readers and Writers

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Nabokov said, " one should notice and fondle details." Then that would make someone a good reader. I do agree with this statement because im order to know if you are a good reader, then one needs to be able to concentrate on the little details. But I do disagree when he said the reader should not put themselves in the characters shoes. I believe if the reader does so, then it would be easier for them to understand. I believe the characteristics of a good reader is one who can read and understand what the author is trying to convey across to the reader. Also in my opinion what makes a good reader is if they can quickly but also throughly read through the information in a manner that is understandable to the reader. I do consider myself a good reader, this is because I feel like I can do all the things I mentioned in what makes a good reader.

Dan sellitti English