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You did a very good job addressing all aspects of the prompt. I feel like there are some places where you could go into more detail (like Fide's story) to show how a single story can misrepresent someone
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This quote is really good but it might be a little long
same regions of the brain are activated when people are asked to remember something and when they’re asked to imagine an event that hasn’t happened yet.
The idea of learning about history so we don't repeat our mistakes relates to this idea where our past has shaped who we are, and will always alter our mindset and thought process into the future
If you’re prone to overthinking, and playing out every possible scenario in your head in advance, you can see foreshadowing in everything.
Overthinking can often lead to a memory becoming altered due to the unknown creation of false information
And considering how susceptible humans are to false memories,
Kind of like when a person tells a lie so many times that they start to believe it as the truth
does seeing yourself as a strong protagonist come at a cost to the other characters in your story?
I think it depends on the circumstances. If someone saw themself as a strong protagonist in their own story, it could come at a cost to the other characters in their story, but since the story is about them, I feel like they should have the decision of how they tell it.
increased agency actually appeared in stories before people’s mental health improved.
Redemption Arc
if feeling communion now predicts well-being later.
Sometimes a person can put all their eggs in one basket and in the end, it comes back to haunt them
She told the researchers that her self-defining memory was that her mother had promised not to have more children, and then broke that promise.
Honesty is a very valued trait by some people, and when promises are broken or people feel liked to, they can go to very dark places
There are things that happen to people that cannot be redeemed.
Mistakes that can't be forgiven or made up for
The trouble comes when redemption isn’t possible.
This is when a person can feel trapped by their mistakes or something that they are unable to change or go back and fix
The redemption story is American optimism—things will get better!
This reminded me of the idea of "glass half full not half empty"
One such blueprint is your standard “go to school, graduate, get a job, get married, have kids.”
A lot of life seems to have a rigid structure to it, with a few gaps that are able to be filled in by an individual
But just as there are consequences to telling, there are consequences to not telling
Have to decide of the pros outweigh the cons
When you’re a kid, it’s mostly about plot,
Just like comparing childhood to adulthood, being a kid is more simple
People aren’t writing their life stories from birth, though.
I believe a person starts writing their story the minute they are born. From first to last breath.
Stories are life, life is stories.
The use of a balanced sentence here made this point stand out.
They can be complicated
I feel like every story is complicated, but sometimes you have to dig deeper than whats on the surface to truly find it's roots.
normal
What classifies a person as "normal"
they kind of have to do it in a narrative way—that’s just how humans communicate.
I wonder why it's so "normal" to tell your own story through a narrative
a person’s life story is not a Wikipedia biography
The first thought that came to mind about this was that other people are allowed to edit Wikipedia posts, which made me disagree with this quote because I think people influence a person's life story.
traits, goals, and values
Important aspects of a person's life
“Life stories do not simply reflect personality. They are personality,
A person's story is the reason why they are who they are today
to themselves
This is an interesting idea where people tell their own stories to themselves. I had never thought about this before
narrative arc.
This reminded me of the saying "It's not like what you've seen in the movies"
It’s just not how I expected my life would be
This seems to be a common thought amongst people lives and I'm sure some people have a form of this feeling right now in college.
Annotations—
Will you tell us what we're supposed to be annotating for before we start the assignment
Discussion work
Is this considered the Blog?
Module 1(rhetorical analysis):10%Module 2 (analytical storytelling):15%Module 3 (visual analysis)20%Module 4 (research & writing for action):25%Discussions/Homework/Notes:30%
Is each module followed by an exam?
maintain a writer’s journal
Do we have to buy something for this?
Writing well starts with reading well
Will we always read before we write? Or will there be opportunities to write about anything we want to?
portable skills
This class seems like it will give me tools that I can use in every other class I attend
range of genres
What genres will we be covering in the course?