Bless Me Ultima Reflection

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My previous education has prepared me to be successful in English 1A. Most of my previous English education I can recall stem from high school at both Leadership Public Schools and later Yerba Buena High School. Although I do not remember much about the class literature (character names, specific plot events, etc.) due to how long it has been, I do remember learning writing techniques from both reading them, discussions, and doing classwork involving them. One piece of literature I remember reading in high school was Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. The novel, which is told through an adult’s childhood memories, taught me how a story’s writing can change based off of the character it is narrated by. Another work I recall was Nathaniel Hawthorne’s
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