Two Words of Sijie Jesse Scarborough Major: Music Technology Prof. Kimberly Wine Major: Music Technology Prof. Kimberly Wine Home

Project: To analyze and interpret a 8-12 line passage from Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, and make a text-supported argument interpreting the book. To analyze and interpret a 8-12 line passage from Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, and make a text-supported argument interpreting the book. Home

One of the major focus’ of my paper was how the events in Dai Sijie’s life changed him and how that applies to the characters in the book. “I would most certainly have opted for the story of a Chinese or North Korean film, or even an Albanian one, had I not tasted the forbidden fruit of Four-Eye’s secret suitcase.” - The Narrator from Balzac One of the major focus’ of my paper was how the events in Dai Sijie’s life changed him and how that applies to the characters in the book. “I would most certainly have opted for the story of a Chinese or North Korean film, or even an Albanian one, had I not tasted the forbidden fruit of Four-Eye’s secret suitcase.” - The Narrator from Balzac Objective: To develop an appreciation for the capacity of writing to change oneself and the world. Home

College Writing Objectives “A more sophisticated writing process - including invention, peer responding, revising and editing - that results in a clear, effective, well edited public piece” I feel like this project really did help me realize how many steps go into writing well. “A more sophisticated understanding of the relationship of purpose, audience, and voice, and an awareness that writing expectations and conventions vary within the academy and in professional and public discourse.” A major focus of the project was how to write for the intended audience. Since my audience was the College Writing class I kept my writing clear and simple. “A more sophisticated writing process - including invention, peer responding, revising and editing - that results in a clear, effective, well edited public piece” I feel like this project really did help me realize how many steps go into writing well. “A more sophisticated understanding of the relationship of purpose, audience, and voice, and an awareness that writing expectations and conventions vary within the academy and in professional and public discourse.” A major focus of the project was how to write for the intended audience. Since my audience was the College Writing class I kept my writing clear and simple. Home

Writing Process I started with just a thesis statement Added to and improved my essay through peer feedback Revision, Revision, Revision Home

Draft Summary Thesis paragraph w/ goals for the paper 2 key words, why is interp. good, etc. 2 Page Draft: thesis, source paragraph, intro Draft 2, 3, 4: Improvements, expansion Draft 5: final version Home

Challenges Motivation “What to write?” I struggled with how to write 8 pages based on 11 lines of text. Revision Rereading work is difficult for me Home

What I Learned How much a simple passage can be analyzed Most stories come from very simple concepts (like my two words) How much work it takes to produce a good piece of writing Home

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Thanks! Feel free to ask me any questions. Home