Annotated Bibliography for This Side of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald Johanna Diehl Introduction:  I will not font, I had no idea what to expect with this class when I first signed up for it. After the first day I was very intimidated. However, once we got into the class I found it very interesting because I never thought of reading books this way before.  The novel I chose for our group to read was This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I chose this book because I loved reading the Great Gatsby in high school so I wanted…

Annotated Bibliography for Go Tell It on the Mountain

Introduction  I wasn’t truly sure what to expect from this course after the first day of class. I was anxious about the prospect of working within a group all semester and the absence of an absolute interpretation. I felt rather lost and was unsure if I would be able to perform as well as I had in my previous writing courses. Despite this, I wanted to try my hardest to be open to the lessons this course had to offer. I wanted to try to reach the summit of this particular mountain. One aspect of the class that did excite…

Annotated Bibliography for “Where the Forest Meets the Stars”

By: Anna Keefe Introduction:  I did not know what to expect from this course.  It was intimidating on the first day because I thought I would get lost and fall behind if I did not understand the methods.  I do not read very often so finding out we had to choose a book that we wanted to read was kind of challenging for myself.  With research I finally found a book that sounded interesting.  I thought Where the Forest Meets the Stars sounded like a good book when I was reading the summary of the book beforehand.  I ended up…

Annotated Bibliography- The Princess Bride

Introduction At the beginning of this semester, this course seemed really intimidating. While I have a passion for reading and literature, and consider myself a good close reader, after the first day of class I didn’t know what to expect. But when we actually got into it, I found myself really enjoying the books we read. The book I chose, The Princess Bride, was a book that I was so excited to read. I loved the movie as a kid and re-reading it gave me this incredible nostalgic feeling. And while each assignment posed its own challenges, I was ready…