Reflection Letter

Dear Audience,
       This project was a long and treacherous road. I waded through three different subjects before I settled on one and that isn't bad but it got me worried at times. My overall topic was on atomic bombs, and my "sub-topic" I guess you could call it would be why people are so fascinated with them and what they can do. I feel like maybe you can't see that in my work, but I certainly hope you can because that's what my book really tackles. I mention it in my essay how Julianna Baggott raises the question "just because we have atomic bombs at our disposal should we ever be allowed to use them?"and it is such a good question! I think anytime the question "Just because we can, should we?" is raised it should be thought about thoroughly because once actions are taken, you can't take them back. If that makes sense. I'm kind of nervous that I didn't address this topic enough though. I'm stuck between feeling really proud of the project I have created and feeling kind of ashamed of it. Which is really bad to admit too. I did try really hard on this project, so that's got to count for something. My golden thread was hard to think up. When I began my creative pieces I didn't intend to have all of them thread together. But maybe they don't really need to be. Ultimately I went with a component that I became attached to and had shown up more than once. This was the small story I created in my first writing piece. I feel like I could call it an extended metaphor even though it's crafted exactly from the qualities exercise we did in class. That writing just really stuck with me and it added a lot to my understanding of the text and topic. The topic just became so much richer after I wrote that. It's the only way I can describe it.
        -Meredith