Literary Analysis Reflection

I thought the Literary Analysis assignment was a good assignment overall. I liked that the assignment had choices and you could choose what story or episode you wanted to analyze instead of just being forced to analyze one particular work. I chose to write about “Bloodchild” because it was my favorite story and could kind of be analyzed in different ways. I got to think about the story in different ways and then see what the author actually intended when she wrote the work versus what I interpreted the work to mean. Furthermore, the assignment made me use skills that I would not normally use in other writing assignments like five-paragraph essays that are usually just summary based. The assignment itself was not that difficult because I have completed assignments like it before for other classes. It was difficult though because of procrastination and time management. I struggled to kind of stay on top of the assignment and break it apart into smaller due dates instead of just doing the entire assignment at once. My experience with this assignment definitely inspired me to make some changes for the next assignment. For the upcoming research assignment, I plan to schedule myself some smaller due dates to have certain parts of the assignment finished. I also want to block out certain times throughout the week in my calendar that is devoted only to working on the research project alone and not just whatever homework I have. I feel like this will make me more productive because when I do homework or work on projects I usually do whatever homework I like doing the most first instead of prioritizing what needs to be worked on.