Cover letter
As I read "Better Living Through Criticism," "A More Beautiful Question," and "Renaissance Self-Fashioning," I identified a similarity embedded in each of the piece's main ideas: appearance. More specifically, societies obsession with creating and maintaining an image, even if doing so means putting beauty over function. It was clear to me that our society's priorities had corrupted almost every aspect of our life and by the time I completed my summer reading, I was convinced that our ignorance and inability to recognise the need for change would be our society's ultimate downfall. I was able to clearly organize my thought process, highlighting the connections I made, by creating a concept map that connected each of the readings to society's obsession with appearance. When I moved on to writing my formal writing piece I was able to piece together the ideas of many different authors because of what I learned from analyzing Maria Popova's work. I found that Popova's use of long quotes, small paragraphs, and included pictures allowed her to weave opinions together in order to create a coherent piece that clearly demonstrated me thought process.
When revising my work, I found that, although I misunderstood the directions and wrote my formal writing piece in the style of Popova, I want to keep my original writing. I made this decision because I felt that Popova's use of quotes seamlessly connected the opinions of writers although they were discussing different things. However, when editing, I surrounded the quotes with my own thoughts and opinions.
When revising my work, I found that, although I misunderstood the directions and wrote my formal writing piece in the style of Popova, I want to keep my original writing. I made this decision because I felt that Popova's use of quotes seamlessly connected the opinions of writers although they were discussing different things. However, when editing, I surrounded the quotes with my own thoughts and opinions.