Mission Statement

As Clemson composition students, we strive to uphold the values of Clemson University, maintain a high quality standard of writing, and successfully implement rhetorical strategies in our work.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Saunder's Talk and DFW

Saunders really opened my eyes regarding short stories. It was really interesting the concepts he uses. For example, he ensures that many details can be thrown away, and also that an author many times is not a 100% sure of the message he wants to give. It is left an open question for the reader. Therefore, the reader is allowed to interpret the story in many different ways, and this is what makes the work great. Besides that, we all have many ideals that can be easily arguable. However, if we make the story something personal, it would be hard to deny the concept we want to convey.
DFW´s stories were highly descriptive, with many details and figurative language. The one about the flags showed the feelings of an entire country, and certainly, it was something that touched everyone.
I hope to be able to make a nice and rich work for project 2 by using personal experinces, with less detail but with more content.


-Renan Lima

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