Homework 9/09 Part Two (Roman)

Writing Strategies
1. Some of the details throughout Bosley’s essay that worked best for me were when she judged the girls in the Miss America Pageant because it showed what she thought was and wasn’t beautiful about the different girls in the pageant. Also I liked how she put in some details about her personal life which showed a little about her background.

2. Bosley’s essay matters to others because she talked about her family and her goals which others can relate too. She also explained that your goals and dreams might not always come true but you should try to achieve them despite that. The pageant was just a symbol in my opinion, for people’s goals in life so it didn’t matter if the reader cared about pageants or not they still can relate to it in some way.

3. What I liked most about your essay was the way you gave out points to the different girls in the Miss America Pageant. The main suggestion I have about your essay is to explain why your mother and fiancé had hatred towards each other you mentioned it in your essay but didn’t say why.

4. Bosley’s title says that she lost the Junior Miss Pageant and she did try to explain why she lost it. I think the point of this essay was more about her life and the trouble she faced more then losing the pageant. The reason she lost the pageant was because when the judges asked what her most personal concern was and Bosley didn’t give the judges the answer they were looking for.

Exploring Ideas
2. Bosley’s point about beauty pageants speaks to larger issues because they are a matter of opinion on who is beautiful and who is not.

3. One experience that speaks to the angst people is the race they are. Sometimes people think they are better then others just because where they are born.

Ideas of Writing
1. One experience that I had participated in and it had disappointing results was taking a honors art class. I was recommended by a teacher to join this class because I was doing well in art. When I took art honors I felt that I was the only one that couldn’t draw as well as everyone else and was I disappointed with the final grade that i had received. I really didn’t enjoy that art class like the previous ones I was in.

2. One activity at which I exceeded my own expectations must have been writing my senior term paper in high school. I never thought I could come up with enough writing to fill up the required pages for the term paper. It also was more enjoyable to write then the last term papers I did because the topic I choose was more intrusting then the others.