Challenge Check-in #3

After completing the challenge essay I feel like I have a better understanding of the Gothic because I am now able to apply and explain what the Gothic is and how I am able to see the Gothic in the real world. In present day American Culture, Gothic is displayed many times through movies and TV shows. Americans are fascinated by Gothic movies and shows because of the action and suspense it causes an audience to have. Now, if anyone ask me what the Gothic is, I am now able to explain the Gothic and give them an example of a modern day Gothic figure. At first, I had a difficulty with relating my set of characters, zombies, to Gothic. However, after thinking about the Gothic and zombies I was able to find many ways in which zombies related to the Gothic.

Blog Post #4

The person that is a literacy sponsor in my life would have to be my mom. From the beginning of my life, my mom has always been there encouraging me to become a better reader in writer. As a little kid I despised reading and writing, all I wanted to do was math and science. However, my mom was there every time I wanted to give up on literacy and encouraged me to do more. For example, in 3rd grade I thought that was going to be a professional baseball player so I didn't need school. So randomly I just stopped trying in school and told my mom that I didn't need school because I am going to be a professional athlete. My mom didn't know what to do because she knew that the chances of me being a professional athlete were very slim but she didn't want to crush my dreams. But she did what ever other good mother does and taught me the value of school and learning are far more important than sports and still supported the fact that I wanted to be a professional athlete. Although I never became a professional athlete, that was a big life lesson in my literacy career because I learned that literacy and school are far more important than sports. Also as little kid, I can remember my mom being so frustrated with the school because they didn't teach us anything about writing and grammar. She use to get so mad at me because I didn't know how to write with proper grammar and she couldn't blame me because I was never taught the right way of doing things. Even as I grew older, my mom was always there helping me with my reading and writing. She was teaching me to become a better and more advance writer in high school and taught me how to make my writing stand out. Even to this day, she still helps me with my reading and writing. If it wasn't for my mom being there as my literacy sponsor, I would have no clue where I would be today.