Analysis Dialysis

1. What were the main ideas of the unit?  What was the purpose?
1. The main idea of this unit was to help us identify pieces of literature and to understand them more deeply. If we can do that we will have a more deeper understanding and appreciation of well written works.
2. How did we learn the main ideas? 
1. Through reading and discussing the text "How to read literature like a professor" we came about a knowledge that enlightened our views on both texts and movies.
3. What went well?  Why?
1. I think discussing the book as a class as a whole in the group worked well because we were able to voice our own views on the subject and get a more well-rounded view of the material.
4. What needs work?  Why?
1. Assigning the chapters needs to be much more thought out. There were times I didn't even know we were supposed to read a certain chapter, or they weren't assigned because they were forgotten, or even just there too many chapters to read through at one time and I wasn't able to absorb the information as fully.
5. What are some suggestions for doing things differently the next time?
1. Maybe assign one chapter but don’t assign another one immediately so that one chapter has time to soak in. Perhaps review it the day after if you assign another chapter immediately.
6. What are your general reactions Foster's particular brand of literary criticism?
1. I find his criticism very fitting to his text and I enjoy reading this type of format. I have learned a lot about how authors write texts and how to identify the elements in literature more efficiently now.

Tradition (Insert witty rhyme)

This will be less extensive due to time requirements and lack of a pre-written idea of what I am doing.
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When should tradition be upheld, done away with, or modified?

Tradition is the act of passing customs or beliefs from one generation. Our parents did it to us when we were kids, and we will do it with our children, we always pass on a tradition to our young. That is the way of nature, all living sentient beings, and even non-sentient in a way, do it. My favorite example to use is Christmas, or any of the the other winter holidays, because everyone celebrates then. Why do we do it? Because our parents did it and our parents before. A celebration to be thankful for the people who have given us life and have shared their traditions with us.

Now we aren't going to throw away Christmas obviously because people enjoy celebrating that, but how about Halloween? Do away with Halloween?! But I love getting candy! That's not what I meant dear reader. I'm saying that the Halloween we know in this era is not the same as when it first started. The story is that there were two rival but similar religions that would take a straw representation of their god and burn it upon the hill while singing and chanting, then on the way home they would beg for food. Eventually this turned violent, the religions sabotaging the other's straw god or beating up other members. To prevent being caught they would dress up to hide their identity. Sound familiar? The dressing up and begging sound familiar, but we modified the tradition to be less violent. Not all traditions need to be upheld all the time, slavery is a tradition that should never continue, anti-lgbt rights as well. Tradition is something we need, but we also need it to grow with us.

Everyday Betray

A silver gem,
Rarer than diamond.
A porcelain chin,
It slides down.

Cruel is fate,
Crueler is love.
Losing faith,
Forgetting her dove.

As the sea of knives,
Crosses their heart,
Nothing survives.
They are broken apart.