Blog Assignment 4: My Relationship with Literature

Previously at my high school, we wrote about all sorts of things. In my 10th grade literature class we wrote essays on our personal interpretations on books such as Of Mice and Men. For my eleventh grade literature class I wrote about the judicial interpretations of the Constitution of the United States. Neither are things that I particularly enjoyed, but at least for the legal written work I gained a cursory understanding of the law and how it is made, as well as an appreciation of history of the United States that I did not have before. For me, I enjoy assignments that allow me to take my own position on literature, such as the persuasive assignments on the Constitution. It always interested me how unlimited the literature on such a finite document was. For me, a literary analysis is somewhat of a chore, because I usually don't get to pick the topic. I prefer to pick my topics, no matter what the subject is. Even if it is limited in scope, it still give me some variety. When I have a limited amount of choices, then I have a hard time doing the assignment.