User:MarielA

=Analytical Writing=

Statement of Intent
In my analytical writing class, I have decided to analyze and clearly understand Loren Eiseley’s novel The Immense Journey. I will analyze four passages in his novel to clearly gain an understanding of the image he tries to paint with his metaphorical passages. From this analysis I will conclude all my findings to produce a paper where it will present my ideas and thoughts of his passages. I will also write a compare and contrast paper on three religions on my choice.

Overview
I hope to be able to develop a well detailed paper that is clear and that one could get a good understanding from it.

Rationale
What I hope to gain for this project is a better understanding how a writer can connect life to metaphorical passages in his story thus painting a picture.

Publication
In addition to posting on the Wikiversity Website, I can only hope that my paper might be good enough to be put in a public article for the view of others.

Schedule
Week: 2-Begin to Research Passages Week: 3-Continue Researching Week: 4-Take Notes for the Passages Week: 5-Finish Up the Notes and Brainstorm Ideas Week: 6-Begin to Write Paper Week: 7-Continue Writing Paper Week: 8-Proofread Paper Week: 9-Continuing Proofreading Week: 10-Overlook the Final Paper for Potential Errors Missed Week: 11-Turn in Final Paper

Anticipated Problems
I don’t really anticipate any problems come my way but if that was to happen I have stretched out my schedule just for the issues that could come up.

Week 6 Project Review
Thus far I have almost completed writing my larger paper. I just have to edit my paper over and make corrections on it. When it is finished to the point where I am happy with it, I will continue writing my other paper about comparing and contrasting three religions. The only obstacles that have come my way are the time factor and being stressed with other classes and their heavy workloads. I think even though that factor has come up I am in pretty good shape to finishing on time with my papers.

Before and Including week 6

 * Themes notion - continue. 200words each / 4 themes.
 * Compare and contrast religion paper. 400-500 words
 * Methodist
 * Episcopalian/Anglicans
 * Pentacostalism
 * Fundamentalism - A.G. Assemblies of God
 * Stevenarntson

Project
In the wonderful novel The Immense Journey (1957), by Loren Eiseley, Eiseley talks about life in such a manner that he clearly paints the picture. From the many essay in the novel Eiseley clearly devotes himself to explain why things happen the way they do. In his own manner he almost speaks as if everything was mythical. Also, he has very detailed descriptions whether it’s in the cracked prairie or in the hotel window of Manhattan; Eiseley never missed an important fact. He clearly paints the picture of life. “Down how many roads among the stars must man propel himself in search of the final secret” (12)? There is much to learn from the many essay of the novel. Eiseley also explains on how the answer came to be what they are. But a reader may obtain their own judgment of the secret of life. The reader will learn about his journey and methods to his answers but Eiseley say that “we will travel as far as we can, but we cannot in one lifetime see all that we would like to see or learn all that we hunger to know” (12).

In the mind boggling essay of “The Slit” Eiseley guides one through the prairies that bring him to believe that something will lead him to a discovery. He finds a narrow crack that was about only body width. As he goes downward through the narrow silt the light behind him begins to darken. “The Slit was a little sinister” (4). As Eiseley continues through the darkness and the clouds move behind him in search of a discovery of life. He hopes to find at least a bone. But he doesn’t come to the conclusion that he will find so much more. As he continues deeper into the dark he comes to find a skull of a non-human creature. The skull of the creature is embedded into solid sandstone (4). The creature is to be described as “ashen splendor, water worn” (4) from the look of his skull. Eiseley believed that the creature was an animal. He says “its was the face of a creature who spent his days following his nose, who was led by instinct rather than memory” (5). Eiseley makes reference in the four element of life. Eiseley says that “we came from water” (6). The world is built around the earth, water, fire, and air. Eiseley continues his journey of life and the miracles along the way that he has encountered. Eiseley complies with evidence and also identify the expressions he has made throughout the novel with concluding that “the world island we are all castaways, so that what is seen by one may often be dark or obscure to another” (14).