{"id":8370,"date":"2022-08-28T02:02:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T06:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/?p=8370"},"modified":"2022-08-28T02:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T06:02:14","slug":"alex-barrios-discussion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/2022\/08\/28\/alex-barrios-discussion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Barrios Discussion 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Barrios<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ENG 201(0517) 58526<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

August 27, 2022<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Celeste Conway <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prompt: <\/span><\/b>Why <\/span>do you think I might have assigned this as the first story of the course?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Truthfully, I do not know and maybe that\u2019s the point. To not know and\u00a0to figure out along the way \u201cwhy was this story the first in the course?.\u201d \u00a0I’m sure that this is supposed to be open-ended question so I\u2019m going to treat it as such. Well off the top of my head I believe its stimulate our imagination, stretches our reading and interpretation muscles. I also come to understand and respect writers for their efforts of crafting these stories that capture the wonders and the hearts of the readers. I think that is very extraordinary skill and one that is not easy to fine tune. I think you had us read this first because maybe\u00a0we\u2019re much like \u201cEsteban\u201d. He represents\u00a0untapped potential\u2014maybe potential and motivation incarnate. He\u2019s the idea that anything and everything that was, is and will be possible\u2014can be turned into something more than what it currently is. If you can seize the opportunity. Right now, my wording on things probably does not make sense. I could say \u201cI\u2019m not writer\u201d but that would be wrong. I can write but I do not possess yet the skill to place my feelings, dreams and desires into words that are structured and coherent. I write mostly for myself and myself only. If I had to write for anyone else, I\u2019d honestly write what I think would sound proper or professional. However, that\u2019s not the case here. I\u2019m writing as close as to who I ‘am in the waking world as possible. The story of both Gabriel Marquez and \u201cEsteban\u201d and how they manage to spark a light. An idea where I can learn a lot about myself and discover my potential. Maybe some of us are the villagers and this course is our Esteban. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alex Barrios\u00a0 ENG 201(0517) 58526\u00a0 August 27, 2022\u00a0 Prof. Celeste Conway \u00a0 \u00a0 Prompt: Why do you think I might have assigned this as the first story of the course?\u00a0 \u00a0 Truthfully, I do not know and maybe that\u2019s the point. To not know and\u00a0to figure out along the way \u201cwhy was this story the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-week-2-discussion","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5979"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8371,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370\/revisions\/8371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2023-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}