Collins is a Nightmare

Contrary to popular belief, Collins epitomizes a woman's, at least nowadays, biggest nightmare. Often crude and always selfish, Collins offers nothing appetizing in terms of physical or emotional 'character;' however, as most often was the case during the time period, Collins has a lush and wealthy lifestyle to share with any woman who can bear his repulsiveness. Moreover, as displayed by his arrogance to Elizabeth's denial, Collins is a man of few understandings. Frankly, Collins believes that woman are completely subordinate to him (and men in general) as he stereotypes women as objects. Consequently, Collins deserves no better than himself: an inadequate, selfish, rude, and simply vial man.

Essay Review

I was very please with the way my essay turned out. I hope to improve on it (and this year) by further exploring new ideas, solidifying my argument, and writing clearly. Moreover, as clear diction has been a problem of mine in the past, I am glad that I was able to move past my overly confusing sentences this essay. So, ultimately, I will continue this trend by putting in a continuous effort, like I did for this essay.

Peace out.

Bradalina

PS- Go see The Town and Never Let Me Go... yea.

Most Important Aspect to a GOOD Essay is...

...A clear and creative thesis. This idylic thesis provides the writer/reader with a sense of unity and cohesiveness. In addition, having a clear point makes the writing process much easier because it allows the author to further develop more interesting points from the original thesis. Generally, good thesis = good essay. At least, that's what I think.
Now, the creativity adds to a good thesis.
So, consequently, creative and well-constructed thesis = great essay.
That's the way to win.

Stay thirsty my friends.

Z is for Zzzzz.

Z for Zelda's essay is frustrating: it is well written, well presented, and well backed up; however, the essay is just too long and suffers from being too broad of a thesis. Specifically, because the 4 body paragraphs cover every character, the thesis seems stale and repeated- almost, in a sense, common sense after reading the book. Yet, at the same time, Zelda did an excellent job of constructing an essay around this topic.

Ultimately though, Zelda sacrifices her creativity in writing a 'risk-free' essay.

Get us interested at least, Zelda. Step your game up.

F is for functioning.

F for Foxglove's essay is quite similar to mine on a few levels: the correlations, some of the opinions, and the focus on Darcy's developed persona throughout the novel. Personally, I believe Foxglove's essay is tremendously well supported, clear, and focused. Moreover, the essay manages to stay on track on a consistent basis too. Foxglove also introduces interesting and, somewhat, fresh points within each paragraph. Even better, each paragraph is supported with rich, detailed analysis of well-chosen quotes. I believe Foxglove wrote a pretty solid essay overall. My personal taste though would include a bit of variation in diction and sentence structure. Furthermore, despite it being managed appropriately and very clear, the introduction seems a bit TOO driven. By this, I mean it offers the reader no sense of creativity. However, ultimately, the body paragraphs and conclusion make up for the lackluster introduction.

Funny how the introduction is the weakest part of an essay about introductions.

I award Foxglove a high-five.

A is for... awkward?

In A for Alfi's essay, the ideas are definitely well thought out and touched upon, creative in fact; however, the author's loquacious writing makes for an awkwardly clunky essay. Often times, we see the author present a new idea and never completely analyze/develop the point. In addition, although I am not one to talk (I love them big words), Alfi's writing style makes for an over-elegant essay. In other words, the essay's main downfall is the use of great writing. Paradox, right? If you said yes, you're wrong... in this case at least. Specifically, Alfi's essay would benefit from simple-structured writing because of the creative and intriguing ideas presented.

In conclusion, Alfi's essay could have been something quite, ehem, "magical." He should have just popped by writing lab before turning in the essay though.