Friday, February 7, 2020
Should I Dwell on My Inner Feelings in My Personal Essay or Write About Broade?
Should I Dwell on My Inner Feelings in My Personal Essay or Write About Broade?So you have just finished writing your personal essay is you are wondering whether you should dwell on your inner feelings in it or you should write about Broade. Read on.Although I love Broade for his poetic power, his logical method, and the fact that he has not been published in the West in decades and yet he is one of the few contemporary writers who had tried to inject modernity and modern life in the arts. My literary heroes are John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Jack Kerouac, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Norman Mailer, Jack Handey, Arthur Miller, Stephen Wright, Jan Morris, William Golding, and Kurt Vonnegut. My favorite of all of these is Broade.I guess what I am trying to say is that my respect for Broade did not prevent me from liking his writing. Of course he had faults like most writers and I am sure most writers had faults.But when I read Broade's more recent essays, like A.O. Sheik by Richa rd Wright, I admired his prose and I found him very likable. He had strong, clear writing that's for sure. Although Broade could be rather abrupt in his language and could be a bit provocative at times, I liked him for the strengths that I mentioned.I also noted that when he wrote, no matter what he was writing about, it was always characterized with the wisdom and hope of a person who knew it is hard to live a good life without love. In my view, Broade has become a perfect vessel of one of the most important virtues I admire in modern times: optimism. If you are not optimistic, then you will be deathly sick of life. And since Broade is a very gentle, genuine, compassionate, and good man, then I think he does fit the bill.I think Broade's essay had a profound message. It could be why so many people have been reading Broade's work since the late 1970s. That is, that a man who is not contented with his lot in life can also try to be happy.And I am sure Broade's piece also had a profou nd message for those of us who want to live, love, and give to others, regardless of the barriers of today's society. Yes, we must be pessimistic sometimes to stay alive, but we must do that, as always, for our own good. So write your personal essay; you will not have to worry about whether it is about Broade's piece.
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