A Final Goodbye

Four is a common 'magic number'- Pic from Google

In this past semester, one of the things I am most thankful for is the increase in my reading analysis and writing skills. I truly enjoyed each story we read and the different takes on the fairy tales I read and watched as I had grown. Some of the more subtle references to things such as religion in some of the stories went over my head, but one of the things I learned in this class that I will always think of is the idea of ‘magic numbers’. Once I learned about this in class, I began to look for numbers everywhere in books- perhaps because I am more logically and mathematically inclined as opposed to creatively inclined. I just find is so interesting and fascinating the idea of a number being repeated within a story- whether in an outright way or a subtle way. 

As I said, what I found to be most challenging was some of the creative and religious analysis, as that is something, I did not grow up around in my daily life, so learning to look for those clues took time for me to adjust to.

McDaniel College, where I will hopefully graduate in the fall!

I made sure to devote as much time and preparation as necessary to reading the required materials, as with the way Dr. Esa would randomly sort us to discuss the stories- we never knew which story would be the one that we would have to analyze more in  depth than one or another. Therefore, we had to prepare, or at least read over once, each one of the stories so that we could be ready for whatever was thrown at us in the next class period.

 However, I'm very excited for the fall semester, when I will be able to be the teaching assistant for the 'From Grimm to Disney' course, as this will give me the chance to further increase my creative analysis skills, while also practicing to become my dream career choice- a Professor!