Fahrenheit 451 Week 1 Reflection Journal

Journal #10 This past Thursday began different than usual. Instead of immediately diving into the lecture, we talked about our midterm exam and essay. I appreciated Dr. Swan being so open to questions about the assignment and test and speaking briefly about each to help prepare us on what to look over and study. I had been looking at the schedule and noticed the upcoming assignment, which did make me a bit nervous. I felt unprepared and stressed for it, but after Thursday, I do feel a lot better about the paper. The exam was also explained. We were instructed that the exam would consist of three parts, including a structured essay, an essay with a given prompt, and a matching section. The matching section had made me realize I needed to review my readings and the authors of each. The part that includes a prompt does not make me terribly nervous since Dr. Swam stated it would be written somewhat like our journals are written. What made me the most nervous was the structured essay. I had recently taken …show more content…
The first line stated that God was the maker of man, which we made sure to note that he is called a man-maker. Just like a baker who makes, God also has a specific title. The second line shows that God is a maker with a glass. The glass is a metaphor. If we thought of the glass being filled with something, such as water, we must see that it is actually full of blessings. God, the maker, is dramatic and pours in the blessings into what will soon be someone. Allowing myself to imagine being God makes me picture him as a chef. He is putting all his ingredients into a bowl that will soon be baked and made into something. We see him put in his ingredients of strength, wisdom, beauty and pleasure. However, God sees there is one blessing left, rest. He chooses to keep rest because he knew that if he gave man everything, he would adore his own self, instead of his God who created him this

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