My Literary Profile

My earliest childhood memory of Literature is obviously bedtime stories and children's' books. My mom used to read me books such as 'Little Engine that could' and 'Thomas the Tank engine' and other stories like those. Its funny, as I look back, I am reminded how I used to have such a vivid imagination. I could picture myself in those stories as my mom read the words off of the pages. In middle school, I read the novel "Hatchet". I loved that story, because of the amazing adventures. I also loved the series "A series of Unfortunate Events" and "The Chronicles of Narnia". Those stories really provoked my imagination and captured my attention. Recently however, i have not read as much, because my attention has shifted to real life Literature, such as religious books and books that I can learn from that are relevant to my major. However, these books do not provoke my imagination as much as the old stories did. I was a little surprised when i read the essay for this course, as i was when I read the English II essay, because my expectations were not what was outlined in this essay. I do not have the best memories from high school in Literature. It was always so boring and it was exactly like the first model in the essay: read textbooks, listen to lectures, take exams. This is the perfect modal which temporarily ruined my experience in Literature. However, I am excited for this class now because of the 'journey' that we are  going to take with Literature. Just like English II, I have a good feeling that this class will be fun and exciting, because it is not set up traditionally. This essay made me remember that Literature is a part of life, in the music we listen to, and the TV we watch, and the movies we see, and the stories we tell. I am excited to take this journey to learn how to read better and to absorb the text better. I also love how Professor Corrigan states that we need to strive to be transformed in what we do. To learn something that we didn't know before, just like in English II, the purpose is to have a dialog with each other to learn more about life.