Reflection 1

My main argument in my literary analysis is completely based on Virginia Woolf's

exploration of life and death through the lens of a moth's struggle in her story "The Death of the
Moth." I do believe my argument is strong because it carefully examines Woolf's use of
symbolism and imagery to convey the short-lived nature of life and the inevitability of death.
However, I think that to make my argument a little better, I could provide more detailed textual
analysis and delve deeper into the literary techniques employed by Woolf. I primarily used a
variety of textual evidence from Woolf's essay, which was supported by interpretations from
scholars such as Gangadevi Sennimalai Marimuthu and Ultius. While these sources effectively
support my analysis, I could strengthen my argument by incorporating more direct quotations
and conducting deeper textual analysis to elucidate Woolf's thematic exploration. I believe this
paper demonstrates my strengths as a writer in its ability to articulate complex literary concepts
and engage with the text. However, I do know and understand that there is room for
improvement in terms of structuring arguments and providing more nuanced analysis to better
my points. In terms of confidence, I feel like I am moderately assured about this paper. While I
believe it presents a coherent argument and engages effectively with the text, I recognize that
there are areas where further refinement could strengthen the overall argument and analysis.
Throughout this assignment, I faced challenges in navigating the complex themes of Woolf's
essay and effectively integrating secondary sources to support my analysis. It was hard for me to
find a source that is reputable and accurate. However, this process has provided valuable insights
into Woolf's narrative technique and thematic exploration. Moving forward, I aim to apply these
lessons to future major writing projects by engaging more deeply with primary texts and
developing a deeper understanding of literary theory and criticism. In general, I feel as though I
did a good job getting my point across, but I do believe that there is always room for
improvement, no matter how well I think I have done.

Reflection 2

While writing my MWA 2, I learned a lot of useful things. Some are more useful than
others, but the information I got alone is insightful for future use. I learned that informational
writing is never to really persuade or entertain the reader. It is more strictly to inform the reader
of what is happening, and why it needs to be changed. In informational writing, it is important to
place emphasis on the facts provided. The organization of informational writing is also crucial to
having a well-educated piece. I also found that knowing who your audience is going to be is
important too. Writing to a specific audience reminds the writer of what information is more
concerning to the reader.

While writing the MWA 2, I learned that I am against most of the gun laws that New
Mexico laws. I learned that adults who have guns need to understand the dangers of these
weapons, not only in their own hands, but more importantly, the younger ones. Even though the
adults know what these things can do, the kids are not entirely aware, and can easily ruin their
own, as well as many other people's lives with these things. I learned that a lot of people are not
willing to make the change needed to protect the community and it is honestly such a shame in
my eyes.

What I learned in this assignment, along with what I learned in my previous assignments,
I believe can improve my future writings significantly. In previous writings, I learned that
vocabulary is not really something to fret about, but the way you use it should be looked over
and should be used in a way where it can be easily understood and stay powerful. More
specifically in this last MWA, I learned that the formatting and organization of a paper is very
crucial to having a strong point. Just these few things can heavily improve my future
assignments.

Reflection 3

Reflection is crucial to understanding how one can improve. There is always room for
improvement, no matter how perfect a piece of writing could be. With that said, I believe that the
most useful skill I have learned this semester is creating a question that relates directly to the
piece you are writing. I have never really thought about this approach, but I realized that having
a question to answer makes things a lot easier to write about and helps one stay organized. Not
only does it do all of that, but it also creates a foundation for creating a clear and thorough thesis.
The thing I struggled with most in my research paper would be the fact that there were plenty of
sources for my research, but not a lot of them were very professional. I would find blogs about
my topic about everywhere, and when finally finding that professional research I had been
looking for, it just turns out that it is not exactly what I was looking for. I did overcome this
challenge eventually; it just took a lot of time to find the sources that I wanted. The process that I
enjoyed the most would be the ability to see all these different viewpoints from a wide variety of
perspectives and authors, that can relate to one another in a way, but still give their own say on it
all. I just found it fun to get involved in this research, and truly learn about this topic. On the
contrary, my least favorite part of this research paper would be trying to incorporate each source
into my paper thoroughly. For the result of my paper, I feel as though I can be proud of my work,
but I would not go as far to say that it is about as good as I could do. I do believe that I was able
to get my point across, and I do think that I wrote it well. But like I said previously, I always
believe that I could improve on something within my papers. Given more time to work on my
paper, I feel like I could easily make everything smoother, as well as just incorporate research
the way I intended to. I feel like the most important thing I learned about writing a research
paper, is not to spend too much time reflecting deeply into the research you are doing, and
incorporate them into what you had already written, but instead, find what I would like to
incorporate from the research, and write my paper around that point. From now on, I am most
definitely going to be finding the things in research that I find important and writing paragraphs
around them.