Collins is disgusting

As I have clearly explained in my essay, about Mr. Collins being one of full arrogance, and one that is so focused on fitting in society that he acts despicably towards other characters in the novel. His egotism and arrogance is beyond belief when discussing him and his full haughty attitude. He feels that he can be anybody or anything he wants to be and nobody can stand up to him or tell him what's wrong or right. Even though I do agree that Austen introduces Mr. Collins phenomenally through instances of marriage and through letters, Austen also portrays Mr. Collins as the true imprudent character that he really is. He gets no recognition as a satirical character because of the actions he makes during the novel are not funny in the sense of satire. He acts crudely to almost every character in the novel, and his selfish egotism is what drives people's attitudes toward him to the ground. Even though, maybe his high egotistic behavior and full arrogance and ignorance of his surroundings may amuse others, some agree that Mr. Collins is truly a nightmare in the novel, and is discussed in the most disgusted way, that him being a satirical character does not even come up in discussions.

Reactions to Comments of Essay

I believe that the comments given to my essay were very self-explanatory, but also gave me interesting ways of viewing my essay. The comments helped alot when I reviewed my essay again and again because after I received them, I tried to reorganize parts of my essay and tried to fit my essay so I could see what could be an A essay. The comments on how to organize my ideas such as not introducing my ideas chronologically, but by using point to point, will definitely help my essay's strength. Also, the comments on  how my sentences in the essay could be a little too wordy at points and how I use very high vocabulary that may not be exactly necessary at times. Another comment that came up a lot was the cutting down the quotation, which I believe was necessary, and I felt when writing my essay that my quotes were too long, but I didn't know how to express my full idea without giving the whole quote. But, I can definitely learn in future essays, how to express my idea, without using a long quotation. Overall, the comments helped alot and they were very good.

Best Aspect of a Strong essay

I would say that the most important aspect of a strong essay would have to be it's use of good examples to present an idea or claim that is made in the paper. Also starting out with a good idea is the most important part because an essay that has an important idea that is so unique and has never been expressed before, will convince the reader to read the whole essay. If one writes an essay on an idea or theme that has been expressed over and over again in any review of a novel, than a reader will not be as interested in the essay because they have heard that theme or idea again and again. Also, a very important part of an essay is the starting introduction paragraph or even the title of the essay. I think these are key factors that will attract the reader and have them be interested in what you have to say. For example, is S for Sapphire, Sapphire's first line is; "Graham Greene could not simply take a fish out of water." If a reader just reads this sentence he will have no idea what the writer is talking about, but it is an interesting first sentence and the reader will definitely want to read more of the introduction to find out what the writer is saying. Also a title of an essay is; "Risky Writing: Style Successes." This is definitely a different title but interesting nonetheless, and these kind of titles will definitely have an impact on the reader.

Another Sample Essay Read

For this third time of reading Sample essays on how Austen and Greene introduce characters, I chose D, E, and F, and I thought actually F for foxglove was the best essay. This essay was the best because it clearly explained the foiling of the characters in which Austen clearly tries to present through her novel. I also like how this essay gave clear examples and in the introduction paragraph gave examples of contrasting foils so that the reader is not confused on who the actual foils are. The only part that I do not like about this essay is the last sentence which is probably the weakest sentence of the essay. Going into deeper analysis of the essay, the introduction sentences of each paragraph is great in telling exactly who Foxglove will talk about and why this character is important when describing the foils of each character. I also like the third paragraph in which Foxglove discusses the foil of Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy, because I think this is very important in the novel. I believe Austen tries to emphasize how Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy are key characters in the novel and sometimes the reader may not understand exactly how these characters are foiled, but Foxglove cleared the confusion of the novel in his essay.

2nd Wave of Austen/Greene essays

For this 2nd wave of reading Austen/Greene essays, I read J for Joseph, K for Katerina, and L for Latitia. I personally thought K was the best written essay because starting from the introduction, it gave me a clear idea of what this writer is talking about. Even though the title of the essay is not outstanding, it gave me a basic theme or idea of what Katerina will discuss in this essay. The best part of this essay was it's succinct way of describing Jane Austen's and Graham Greene's character introductions without giving me 3 pages of sentences repeated many times. Starting from the intro, this essay clearly stated it's topic and expressed its idea so that the reader could automatically understand about both authors distinct introduction of characters. In the first paragraph; "Austen weaves together income, social rank, and gossip into the introductions of her characters."This sentence clearly stated what Austen's intentions are in introducing characters, without explaining through intense vocabulary, in which I might not understand what all the words mean. Also, the contrasting of Graham Greene and Jane Austen is explained very well, and from the thesis, the reader can clearly see what Katerina will discuss about the two author's contrasting character introductions. Also, I noticed that the essay is only one page, but the essay clearly gives great examples of each author's introductions in the body paragraphs. And I like how in each paragraph, Katerina discusses one author and their way of introducing characters. In this way, the reader can clearly separate the two, and see the difference between the Author's way of introducing characters.

Essay Reading and Analyzing

Out of the three Essays I read in the Red packet, I read A1, B1, C1. My favorite essay that I read was C for Cecilia because it showed it's main theme in a couple of sentences in the introduction paragraph. The idea of First Impressions being the longest lasting is a great theme and gives the reader a great idea of what the essay will be about. In this essay Greene clearly shows what he needs to discuss about giving a formal introduction and how making sure that each charaacter is explained in full detail.

Thought she was polite, think again

Thesis: Although at First, Lady Catherine is regarded as one of excellent courtesy and disposition, her introduction to Elizabeth as one of snobbish arrogance and haughty self-importance, connects to Austen’s use of wealth and social status in determining personality.