Saturday, September 29, 2012
The Haunting of the "Two Question"
I want to talk more about "Two Questions" because I found the passage very interesting in many ways. One way in which I found it interesting is that the actual passage is much deeper than it comes across. When first reading the passage I truly just thought it was about a girl dealing with criticism over her work, hence the two questions she kept asking herself. Is this good? Does this suck? Don't we all ask ourselves those questions though whenever we're creating something! Then I began to think deeper about the complete message. I began reading the subtext and analyzing every single picture on the page. I then start to realize that it was about more than just criticism. It was about her self confidence. They entire passage was about her losing her confidence and trying to gain it back. She was doing this by going back to doing the simple things that made her happy. Understanding the passage in this light put an entirely new picture in my head, which I enjoyed!
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I really liked your perspective. I never thought of it in that way! It's a neat experience to be able to view certain things with different perspectives.
ReplyDeleteI have notice that SELF CONFIDENCE was a main point in the article too. I felt that the writer in the "Two Questions" was trying to give us a sense about how much confidence we should have to judge ourselves. Good one man.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the other class btw.
Kedric, I was thinking the that the girl kept questioning herself throughot the story. I enjoyed reading it too but I didnt take the time to really analyze it. I really like what you said about it, and it makes me want to read it again.
ReplyDeleteKedric, I can totally relate to what you're saying in this post. I definitely thought about it in the same way as you in the beginning. I didn't really look at what the story was saying in a bigger picture, and I too was more focused on those two questions that she constantly asked herself. But you're totally right, it did have something to do with her self confidence. To me, it seemed that after she started to care what other's thought about her drawings she began to become more self conscious and began drawing not for the fun of it, but to get the approval of her peers around her. But it was great to see that in the end she was finally able to gain more confidence and remember why she began drawing in the first place; for the fun of it, and for self expression. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI like the connection you made to the writer's self confidence. While I took this piece as a description of a writers' feeling of doubting or questioning themselves on their work, I like how you noticed the connection to this feeling outside of writing.
ReplyDeleteKedric, I really like how you focused on the deeper meaning. I really love finding the deeper meanings behind things and I love that you did that with this post!
ReplyDeletegood observation! This isn't what I was thinking when I read it, but I totally see it now! I love when I can see things that others can't haha it makes me feel so smart.
ReplyDeleteKedric, I really liked this post. I found myself thinking a lot of the same things that you did. I liked how you kept the reader engaged by asking questions. I felt like I could really follow your thought process. Good Job!!
ReplyDeleteKedric,
ReplyDeleteI also had blogged about the Two Questions assignment and found it extremely interesting. It caused me not only to think but also to question myself with these same two questions and questions as to why I asked myself these questions in the first place and whether or not it was good or bad for me to be asking these questions.
awesome titling :)
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