Read Patrick Madden's essay, "The Infinite Suggestiveness of Common Things". This essay can be found on our class webpage under SLCC documents. The excerpt comes from his book of nonfiction entitled Quotidiana.

After reading , respond to the prompts below in a thoughtful and well written response. Be sure to put your name and period in the title.

Assignment: In a paragraph (about 200 words) respond to either the author (what do you find interesting about his take on essays), or write a response on how you personally view his perspective. Refer to specific parts (passages or quotations) of the essay as you reflect and respond. or write a reflection as the post/article relates to you personally.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Brittany Thatcher Per.5

Patrick Madden talked about how teenagers have a hard time writing about anything other than hard life events, family members passing, or winning an award. I agree with him. Nowadays i feel like students can't search their brains for the little memories, they just write about the things that made them the happiest, and even the saddest. "So let’s think more, ponder, wonder, meander, maunder." Madden said,  which is something that this generation has a hard time doing in my opinion. Students have a hard time actually thinking, and instead they just write down anything to make the essay longer. I believe that the purpose of this essay is to talk about thinking outside of the box, and make things more interesting for the reader.
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