The hardest essay to write so far is definitely this third one. I really struggled at first to identify what I wanted to talk about and exactly how I wanted to talk about it. However, I tackled the paper, piece by piece. After selecting a main topic, I really narrowed in on subtopics in order to fill my body paragraphs with great information and create a solid conclusion. Organizing my paper in such a fashion helped me transition from advertisement to advertisement, and point to point, without getting far off track.
I definitely see an improvement in my writing in just a couple months. I do not want to call high school writing easy, but it was never that much of a struggle for me. Now, I was one of the better writers in my grade, however, that wasn't always a good thing. Whenever we would peer edit and revise papers in high school, my papers would basically be given a glance, followed by an "it's good." I rarely experienced peer revision with other students on my writing level, therefore I never got the feedback I needed to improve my writing even further. However, that changed in college. Between Scott and my fellow students, I have received excellent feedback on my papers. I have learned how to craft my writing in ways I have never thought of before. So, these college papers may be far more difficult to write than high school papers, but that is the best thing about them. I am finally learning how to improve as a writer. Again, it has only been two months, but I can recognize a difference already and I cannot wait to gain more experience.
As far as graffiti and advertisements, I believe they both hold similar intentions. Images of both graffiti and advertisements send messages. Even if they are not easy to identify, ads and murals send messages that automatically make you feel. Maybe you feel an emotional connection with a street piece, or perhaps you feel the need to purchase a product. Either way, graffiti art and advertisement prints are produced specifically to impact an audience, and analyzing them so far has been a great experience.
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