Original Project before revision

Kidane Bell 4/26/16 English Professor Meehan Writing Project 3 The advancement of technology is rapidly advancing and there is nothing we can do about it. New things are being created by this advancement of technology, specifically in literature such as online books, hypertexts, and video games. Can these things, specifically video games, […]

Final Revised Project

Kidane Bell 4/26/16 English Professor Meehan Writing Project 3 The advancement of technology is rapidly advancing and there is nothing we can do about it. New things are being created by this advancement of technology, specifically in literature such as online books, hypertexts, video games, and online search engines. Can these things, […]

Preface of final Project

Eng 101 Professor Meehan Preface Kidane Bell Writing Project 3 PREFACE: There are many people like Birkett’s that believe that electronic literature is not actually truly literature. Having played Video games and watching movies and comparing them to books, I can see that there is some elements of literature in video games and movies. I […]

Final Project Proposal

Kidane Bell Professor Meehan English 5/1/16 Final Project Proposal For my revision I plan to revise my third project, I plan on approaching it by adding something more to my own argument and trying to make my argument more persuasive. Three big keyword that I have used in my writing projects is “argument”, “counter […]

Writing Project 3

COVER PAGE ABSTRACT: There are many people like Birkett’s that believe that electronic literature is not actually truly literature. Having played Video games and watching movies and comparing them to books, I can see that there is some elements of literature in video games and movies. I agree with Birkett’s when he says that hypertexts […]

Electronic Texts

Most of the articles that I read this week were all screaming out the same message. They all basically say the same thing, like all technology is making us stupid, and that literature is more important then the internet, blah blah blah. The one that mostly annoyed/interested me the most was definitely “Is Google Making […]

Hypertext Blog

Hypertexts are online readings that usually have no visible writing elements to them. A prime example of these texts is the “The Museum” by Adam Kennedy. In the museum there was no scenes or settings, everything was scattered, unlike most texts that usually have a beginning middle and end. Another thing that hypertexts usually lack […]

Medium is the Message Blog

McLuhan talks about how we have become so in tune with the new technological advances, and he talks about how it’s almost like it’s apart of us. He also talks about how we use technology for everything that in a sense, it kind of made us lazy. He says that “electric speed mingles the culture […]

Blog on Baron’s Essay

In Baron’s essay he talks about how is it really necessary for everyone to right. He explains that people shouldn’t really be afraid of the new technological age. Birketts says the new technological age is making us less intelligent and thus decreasing our ability to read and write, and warns us that this is not […]

Frankenstein Intertexuality Essay

ENG 101 Professor Meehan Writing Project Cover Sheet/ Check List 3/25/16 Kidane Bell Intertextuality in Frankenstein Abstract: Many people view Frankenstein as a book that is just meant to scare us, but there is a much deeper meaning if you read closely. In my essay I talk about the comparison between Frankenstein and […]