Great Class!!

I must admit that I only signed up for the class because it was one of two left that I needed to take before transferring to Wright State.  But again, I love to read so I was looking forward to it.  I guess my expectations were just that I would learn more about American authors and their readings, and I did.  I am SOOOO glad I did.  I feel that these are authors and stories and poems that I should've already known about and am ashamed to say that I had only heard of a few.  I have taken other lit classes here at Sinclair but this was back when I first started and I must say, I don't retain information too well. 

I don't feel my ideas about being an American have changed too much.  I have always been proud of being an American and am still proud of this.  I am not proud of our ancestors actions towards people of different races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, etc.  But that still is around today and we are still fighting it.  Maybe not like it was, but it's still here.  I'm not sure this will ever change completely.  Hell, as a nation, we can't even agree on things.  I feel it is better that it used to be but we have a long way to go.

Now my definition of American Literature has changed!  For the better!  I was one who in the beginning felt that not all written words are literature, and I still fell that way, even more so.  But I also learned about more literature that I ever have.  Poetry is now in my vocabulary.  Good or bad, I have a new respect for it.  It still boggles my mind how some of these authors mind's work!  How do they come up with their words?  How do they put them all together so they make more sense, (somewhat)?  I always thought that maybe I could be a writer some day but I think I lack their imagination, dedication, and discipline.  Any way, I'm sure I will find my path, and when I do,

LOOK OUT!