Gerardo’s Weekly Journal #6

This past week, in some of my classes we discuss and talked about the upcoming midterms we have this upcoming week. This few weeks, have been a bit challenging, but I am someone who likes being challenged because in a way it forces me to go beyond of what I know. So far, college has been a wild experience and fun in a way. Being in college allows you to explore a variety of opportunities and allows you to get more familiarize with things that allow for progression in your career. City College has been one of the best choices I’ve have ever done and I don’t regret nothing. The professors that I have are so caring and understanding of student’s needs, and take much in consideration of what is happening around us. Although college can create stress in some, it’s important for us to learn on how to overcome it.

This week in my writing class in psychopathology, we were asked to read some short stories that I really found interesting to read. One of those stories was “The Stone Boy” and the way it was written was different from previous reading we have read in class. “The Stone Boy” is written in this “over the shoulder narration” that allows us to go deeper into the mind of characters that gives them a better depiction of what they are like and the many emotions that they are experiencing. In such case, in “The Stone Boy”, we can see what others in particular thought of Arnold after he accidentally shot his brother. Although, Arnold shot him, we barely see emotion in Arnold or any other thoughts of him. We notice how Arnold sees and knows what others are saying about him in particularly, that in a way causes more of a burden on him.

We were also asked to read “The House Of Asterion” and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” in where magical realism is used, which helps draw this realistic world with elements of fantasy in it. In both stories we are shown how society acts, when a person that doesn’t fit the norm is beaten and shamed. It helped bring upon one of the many problems the world faces as a whole. Such stories were interesting to read that help bring upon this element that allowed the reader to understand their meaning of them.

As for this week, we’re preparing to do our character profile assignment and can’t wait to see what direction it takes.

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