Reflection on Essay #2

One thing is for sure, this paper was VERY DIFFERENT from the first paper. The first essay came very easily to me because it came from a special place in my heart. But with the second essay, it was a little new for me having to do summary and analysis. I really struggled with this paper. I had a rough time coming up with a thesis for my paper. Honestly, I think the one that's on my final draft still wasn't good enough. Another thing that tripped me up was analysis. I never realized how in-depth you had to be when it came to analysis. But, something that really helped was my conference with Mrs. Thomas. Being able to sit with her one-on-one and have her tell me what was good and what I needed to work on helped me a lot. And I really did enjoy the chapter I worked on, which was Chapter 5, The Bipolar Epidemic and the Chameleon Effect. It was a very interesting chapter to write about because I was able to relate with some of the examples in the chapter and then write about it in my paper. I followed MLA style and did all of my formatting correctly. Overall, this paper was a pain to write, but I did learn from it and I can use what I learned for my next essay and any other papers I have to do in my college career.