Reaction to How to Eat an Ice-Cream Cone

It is interesting how the author can dwell on such a topic for such an extended period of time. He was able to describe and put so much thought in the process of eating an ice cream cone. He also is able to do hold the reader’s attention for a long time with his creative and humorous style of writing. He showed how sometimes people act in such an odd fashion that it is humorous, especially if we ourselves do it sometimes. He broke the whole process of eating a cone into such detail and precise points that it was all too clear on how to eat an ice cream cone. He meticulously noted each detail that more often than not people just do without putting much thought into. He makes the reader more aware of these little details and thus, the reader feels connected to what the author is trying to say. The author pointed things out about the whole process that just made me think how I never thought about such things. So even if the essay was a bit lengthy, it was a very interesting read. In fact I was able to pick up a few things from it that I think I should be doing when it comes to eating ice cream.

Reaction to After Gaddafi

A few months back, the headlines were focused on what was going on in Libya. People were watching how a people were fighting for their freedom. Soon enough, the people took control, Gaddafi was killed, and then people stopped caring. The action was over, time to move on. So basically that was all people really knew of Libya and its infamous leader, Gaddafi. This essay however shed some light into the background of all the chaos. It helped me understand better who Gaddafi was and what was happening in Libya at that time. It helped me better understand why the people were so furious. This was also due to the fact that the author was able to give the information to the reader in a way that was easy to understand. He made the whole thing easy to follow and in a language that was not too complicated for an ordinary man to understand. The author understood and knew who his target audience was and thus it was effective in spreading what the author had to say. Thus his essay was straight to the point and easy to read.

Reaction to A History of Geek Civilization

From the first sentence alone a stereotypical image of a geeky person flashed in my head. Then as I kept on reading, the author just kept reinforcing that same stereotypical image of a geek. She kept going on and on about how geeky she was and the interesting thing was that she did not look at this as a bad thing. From her stories she would share that she enjoyed how she was even if others would pick on her. She was able to enjoy all this because she found people who were just like her, people who she could easily be herself when they were around. It was very uplifting to see that even if society did not look upon her with favor, she enjoyed herself by basically being herself. It reminded me that we should really not judge and look condescendingly on others even if society did so. I liked how the geek was able to just be herself and be happy about that. I really think that’s something people should and could learn from her.

Reaction to Why Leaves Turn Color In The Fall

Right away, I was amazed at how lively the author was able to make the short essay. Her play of words made it so easy to imagine and to some extent feel the leaves that would fall during this wonderful season. Her use of words was very effective in a way that it made the image she was seeing so easy of for the reader to see also. She was also able to communicate the emotion of the entire event to the reader, thus giving more life to the essay. Furthermore, she was able to use figures of speech, comparison, gave information, and so much more other techniques that truly made this an interesting read for the audience. In addition to all this, in a country that does not really have a fall season, it is great to be able to imagine such a splendid scene unfold.

Reaction to Why Marriages Fail

What I like about this essay was that the author was able to clearly present why marriages do in fact fail. She gave several reasons and did not just leave them as such, but further strengthened these with evidence. She was able to present all these reason for failed marriages, but she did not just leave it at that. What I also like was that she also proposed several solutions on how this ever present problem could be solved. She did not just give some information but gave the reader some insight on how the issue could be stopped. Thus the essay became something more to the reader than just useless information. That was one thing I really found very good about this essay.

Reaction to Americanization Is Tough On “Macho”

The use of comparison and contrast in this essay was a great way to make the point clear to the reader. If the author just gave examples of what macho was, the effect may not have been as strong. The different contexts that the word macho was used in made it instantly clear to the reader what the author was trying to say. It was easy to understand how, truly, the word had become bastardized. Furthermore, the author did not just give a comparison with contrast but expounded on this with examples; not just one but several. This made sure that the reader got the point. And the reader will definitely get the point. It was also interesting how the author explained that there really was a deeper and bigger issue to all this. She pretty much used the whole essay as her example of cultural misunderstanding.