Blogging Around 2

I commented on Margot's best of week because her topic of group collaboration utilized a concept that our class needs to work on. I really liked how she explained what she did that helped her have fun while studying. Margot's overall theme was that working with groups can be fun and it gives many perspectives on a problem/prompt (essay in this case).

Margot, I really liked this blog post of yours. It was especially great to read because of your truthfulness. Along with your appreciation for studying with friends, you also admitted that we all get distracted. I find it hard to get quality work done while working with my friends. It’s wonderful that you find the right balance of fun, food, and focus. I think it helped me to go somewhere other than someone’s house. By going to Panera, the group of students I collaborated with was forced to focus because we had a limited amount of time and we couldn’t disrupt the people around us. Also, I found it really smart of you to realize that group collaboration can be used for other events in life other than our King Lear project. Overall, I thought your post was very truthful and insightful. Great Piece!

Next, I decided to comment on Marika's best of week about heroes and villains. It seemed very important and current because we just finished King Lear, which had a lot of villain hero mix-ups. Marika questioned how villains become the way they are and why we choose heroes to be the good people. Her observations and questions really interested me.

Marika, this post was very insightful. It raised so many intriguing questions, some of with depend on opinions or on the plot of the story. I really like when authors are able to make the “good” protagonist do horrible things but people still root for him or her over the villain. I find that situation to be more interesting than when the people prefer the villain over the hero.
Your questions at the end of were the best of the entire post because they question the reader and the intentions of the author, especially Shakespeare. I think the underlying question at the end is not what is a hero or a villain but how did they become that way, especially if you believe that they weren’t born innately evil. This was a very thoughtful piece. Great writing.

From all the posts I've read: Interesting topics and truthful writing!