Well... that was a little more rough than I thought it would be. I have never written an analysis essay before so it was a very different experience to write about what the author, or in this case speaker, was feeling at the time and how they made their audience feel. To prepare to write my essay, I read President Reagan's speech over and over, looking for hints that would give away his emotions. After reading the speech, I watched the video of it. I paid close attention to his tone and facial expressions. Both of those are dead give aways to the emotions that are felt within. After so many readings and viewings of the speech, my mind was closed off to any new thoughts concerning the content. To solve that problem, I had one of my roommates read what I had written so far and give me feedback. Her thoughts on what I had already said helped me to gain momentum to move into my next points of topic. I also had a roommate listen to the speech with me. I asked her how it had personally made her feel so that I could get an idea of how Reagan's speech most likely affected his audience the first time that they heard it. Both of these techniques helped me to see the speech from point of views different from my own. It helped me to be able to see as others do and understand how the speech could affect people differently. Next time, I plan on utilizing the resources that I have here. The Writing Center is always available to me but I never even thought to go in and get help. That is a valuable tool that I hope I'll use more efficiently in the future.
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