As a student, I've learned to become more aware in discovering the deeper messages behind written words, not just in English/American Literature. Everything in the world needs certain languages to be understood entirely, English is one of the most important languages. The AP Language and Composition course has definitely increased my intellectual and language skills, the things I've learned will most certainly be applied to the courses next year. And all these skills will just keep piling on-top of one another until they become usable in the next stage of my life.
I felt that the Rhetorical Analysis essay was the most difficult to write, the entire topic and format for the essay just seemed very limited and hard to construct in a limited time. There was no broad field of information that I could explain and write about in the essay. Plus, it is a difficult task to analyze and pinpoint the rhetorical devices used by authors in different excerpts or passages.
In the end, the Argumentation Essay was actually the easiest to write, there's barely any restrictions. It's simple because about 70% of the essay is based off of personal knowledge, things that school probably didn't even teach. The essay is definitely the best way to showoff your own "hidden skills" and infinite amount of outside knowledge.
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien was the most enjoyable novel that we read this year. The novel captured the diverse viewpoints on the topic of the Vietnam War, the development of uniqueness in each character really captured my attention. Each chapter in the book gave off a different feeling and atmosphere than the ones before it.
I didn't really like The Crucible by Arthur Miller, nothing really came to a suitable conclusion. It showed how corrupt and unfair people can be just by the influences of something that is not generally real. It really irks me that human beings can constantly wholly depend on something that is constantly being changed and manipulated by the people itself. I guess I'm just really upset about the whole attitude of the characters in the story.
Overall, I really enjoyed the class, everything we did in class was interesting in at least one aspect. How well a class operates really depends on the interactions between the students and the teacher. Though, I really think it would be better for students to decide who they want to work with, so not one person will end up doing all the work because of other people's work ethics.
