To Harry:
Harry,
In your blog post, you gave examples of similar experiences that was presented by Beth describing the death of her husband. Something that struck in me in your blog was how you wanted to know how you would handle illness and dying now because of Beth's presentation. I'm curious as to why "now" after hearing Beth's presentation put you in a mindset of "what if" this happened to me, then what would I do? For me, since Beth's presentation I feel that I would still handle dying and illness the way I wanted too("I'm not sure what way that is"), but it would be a secondary source to how I could possibly react to news like I was to die or become very ill.
Brief note once your finish doing your blog for the future, if you could re-read and clear up any mistakes and order of thought.
Insightful Post!
Christian
To Dean:
Dean,
Your insights and experiences similarly relate to Beth's insights and experiences but if you could explain how these experiences and insights made you feel, it would deepen your understanding and make your blog post longer. For example, you explained that "you will better understand how she was feeling and what she was talking about", but what about her talking struck you personally and why, and if it didn't, why don't you think it did and further explain. During Beth's presentation, she said she had become comfortable talking to crowds about the death of her husband which helped her cope with her feelings and one could assume that this could be a reason why she did not tear up in front of us. I, for one, am not comfortable talking to people about the death of someone I knew only because it is such a sensitive topic, but when I do, I feel better because it feels like I got something off my chest.
Good Post!
Christian
Christian,
ReplyDeleteYour experience with your sick aunt are similar to Beth's experience, but your insights are slightly different. I felt as if most of blog post was either restating and explaining what Beth said and giving your own opinion on it. The one thing that you could have done better is talked more about your insights and how they differ from Beth's and more about are your experiences and how they made you feel. You talked slightly about how your aunt felt about illness and dying but you did not express your own opinion and emotions towards illness and dying. In the comment you left on my blog post you went slightly into the topic when you said "I, for one, am not comfortable talking to people about the death of someone I knew only because it is such a sensitive topic, but when I do, I feel better because it feels like I got something off my chest." Other than that I thought that you blog post hit all of the major topics that you needed to talk about and it was very well written.
Great Post!
Dean