Author: K. Fowler
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Introduction to Literature- The Hate U Give
A YA book I probably would have not picked up, for the single fact that I do not read YA in general, had it not been for my literature class. What a ride this book took me on, with some…interesting discussions in class. The main thing that surprised me about The Hate U Give was…
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Introduction to Literature- Hills Like White Elephants
As someone who has spent a lot of time (and recently money) on their own brain, there is nothing I find more compelling and attractive in another human than I do emotional intelligence. There is just something about a person that can regulate themselves with decorum and an understanding that they are not the only…
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Introduction to Literature: The Handmaid’s Tale- Double-Standard Mentality of Commander Waterford
For my second reflection on The Handmaid’s Tale, I focused on the double standard that Commander Waterford had for the world he created. I think this plays an integral part of how action have consequences in regard to the world he sough to create. A world we are reaching the cusp of experiencing today. The…
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Introduction to Literature: The Handmaid’s Tale- Complacency of Women
The first novel we read in my Introduction to Literature class was The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. I had had this book on my self for years, but never got around to reading it. I have seen the show and after reading the book with all of its little insights that we miss in…
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I Believe in the Transformative Power of Books
For your final portfolio for my English class, we were asked to create a new “This I Believe” essay based off of the research we did during our persuasive essay research and how our beliefs and perceptions changed. My persuasive essay was on the Gothicism movement and genre, and as an epitome about how books…
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The Gothic Genre: An Unabated Literary Movement
Another English Composition assignment to build off of our “This I Believe” essay from a few weeks ago. I had a really fun time with this one and it served to reignite my passion for literature, specifically Gothic literature. Humans are naturally drawn to all things morbid, corrupt, and morally grey, whether they want…
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I Believe in the Power of Books
This I Believe essays are prompts that ask anybody and everybody what it is they believe in. These collections of personal narratives follow genre constructs that use a belief statement followed by personal experience that support their belief. This is exactly what we studies in my English Composition class earlier this quarter. Below is…
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Post-Truth Criticism of The BBC News Interview with Trevor Noah
By Kacie Fowler This is the final assignment from my communications class that tasked us with watching the BBC News interview with Trevor Noah from The Daily Show in terms of how they present news in the form of parody and how that differs from ‘fake news’. This paper answers specific questions we were given…
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Rhetorical Criticism of Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
This was the first assignment we had to write in our communications class. The task was to pick a speech of our choosing and analyze it in terms of the use of rhetorical concepts, theories, and paradigms. I had combed through about twelve speeches before choosing Malala’s. One reason I did choose this, outside of…
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Japan: An Intercultural Experience
By Kacie Fowler This was an APA-style assignment from my Communications 101 class and also a bit about my trip to Japan (that came at the perfect time if we are honest). The assignment asked that we describe an encounter we had with a person and/or group from a culture that we are not from,…
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