Title
Document Type
Portfolio Introduction Essay
Publication Date
2005
Excerpt
The second birth and creation essay was the hardest to begin. I had no idea how to write about confusion-it's unnatural--or so I thought. Once I started the paper, however, it was easy to continue talking about the issues, which seem never-ending. I needed to write about my questions because it gave me a new experience in writing. I had never before seen an essay as an exploration through a topic. Before writing this, I used essays to inform my audience, persuade the readers, or (for exams) to regurgitate my notes and show what a great memory I had. I had never used it as a tool to open my mind-the way I had to in order to write this paper. Being able to write and include my questions allowed me to be more complex. Normally I would have had to prove a point, which means a complete understanding of the topic is necessary. In these topics, a complete understanding is virtually impossible. When I have to know everything pertaining to an issue about which I am writing, complexity in the paper is lost. Allowing myself to be confused, and using that to explore more into what confused me, was liberating.
Recommended Citation
Bellman, Myranda, ""Endtroduction" (2005)" (2005). The Valpo Core Reader. 586.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/586