Short Story Unit: Reflection

Well, it is over. Short stories are said and done with. I have learned the basics about these simple, yet intruiging works of literature. At first, similar to the beginning of one of these stories, I looked at this unit as a group of commercial and ultimately reader-friendly set of works. Turns out, my assumptions were caught completely of gaurd. From the get go, my preconcieved notions about these short stories were broken down through the deep analysis and the thinking that went along with them. In fact, I had never thought about english class in this way before. I was actually thinking for once about what I was reading. I have hated and loved this aspect of the unit. Although it made my brain hurt to think about these completely abstract ideas, it also taught me to go about learning about this kind of work in an abstract sort of way. In the future, I hope to apply this skill in order to solve those complex and brain-manipulating problems that previously seemed too complex to comprehend. This, in turn, will allow me to express my ideas through speaking or writing in a way that is truly genuine and comprehensive. With that said, I can say I enjoyed what the short story unit taught me to do. It taught me to think.