Essay 16: Final Draft

Marion Philippe

English 8

Mr. Salsich

02-28-10

Lost in Time:

An Essay Using Multigenres to Talk About the Theme Forgotten

Dear reader,

We can forget something or someone in everyday life; however, in this essay I will try to explain the word forgotten in a deeper meaning. Instead of having a regular essay, I will be using four multigenres; an expository paragraph, a freestyle poem, an acrostic poem, and a journal entry.

Sincerely,

Marion

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TS: In the near end of To Kill a Mockingbird, the theme forgotten occurred often. SD: It all started when Scout forgot to make her entrance as a ham in the play Maycomb County: Ad Astra Per Aspera. CM: Scout was waiting for Mrs. Merriweather to finish her part when she “listened… [to] the bass drum’s boom and was soon fast asleep.” CM: Since Scout forgot to make her entrance, Mrs. Merriweather scolded her at the end, which made her feel as if she had failed at her part. SD: Likewise, the second sign of forgotten is when “Mr. Ewell found himself as forgotten as Tom Robinson.” CM: In the courtroom, the Ewells started telling their lies simply to put Tom Robinson, a black man, behind bars. CM: Tom Robinson was jailed and later killed, but as time passed, Mr. Ewell's spark died which made people forget about him. CS: Forgetting can sometimes make “one’s mind works very slowly at times” but most importantly, it can hurt a soul.

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You came with us leaving old memories behind

You left your fulfilling life to move on

You were unhappy and instead of moving forward, you moved back

You left without teary eyes and said you would come back

You looked back once but never again

You called but your communication faded away as time went by

You never came to see us

You stayed away as if you were scared

But now that you have forgotten us, we have forgotten you

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Forever goodbye

Obliterate everything from a person to an object

Rear into the unknown

Go ahead and forget

Omit bad sins

Treat everything as if it is new

Trouble is forever gone

Eliminate everything

Neglect the bad memories and say hello to the new world

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Dear Journal,

I hear the gun shots and the bombs going off around me. I forget about the peace that was once on this Earth, I forget about everyone I have met, and I forget what it is to be a human. The only memory that I have not forgotten is how to survive in this miserable, hot, mountainous place where the war is happening. Life is normal here; the sun rises and it sets like anywhere else in the world, except people are dying. Humans killing humans was once my only fear until I joined the military, but now I have to forget my fear and start killing to survive, like a predator eating its prey. We, soldiers, are not humans but killers; what has the world become?

Sincerely,

An unknown soldier

Essay 16 Self Assessment:

-Coming up with my different genres was the hardest part of this essay. I knew that I wanted to do a poem, but as the week went on, I thought that maybe a photograph poem would be interesting or an acrostic poem; furthermore, my journal entry “came out of the blue”.

- I thought that I made my writing clearer as I proof-read it. From my partner’s comments, I got some that mentioned making some sentences clearer. Also, I thought that I repeated the word “forgotten” so it would “echo” throughout the essay.

-My favorite part of the poem is my journal entry and my freestyle poem. The freestyle poem has a personal message behind it which I thought I explained well (from my point of view). Also, I thought that my journal entry was different than what I usually do.

-I thought that maybe some of my punctuation might be a bit weak in some places.