Metacognition: Kite Runner Essay

While writing my Kite Runner Essay, I found it incredibly hard to just start writing. Even though I had the thesis, evidences, and what the topics of each paragraph were going to be; it took me a while to fit it together in the introductory paragraph. Introductions are crucial when writing essays because they set the tone and interest for the whole paper. I knew I had to make the introduction based on blood (part of the topic of my essay), so I thought of some specifics and general ideas about blood. I then compiled a list of specific imagery and ideas of blood that also related to topics covered in the rest of the essay. From there, I could finally connect to the thesis and forecast the body paragraphs.

With the body paragraphs, my mind followed a pretty set format. First the topic sentence, a little expansion on the topic, evidence, explaining the evidence,  and ending with a sentence that links to the next paragraph.

With the conclusion, I tried to take one important idea from each body paragraph and tie them together with my thesis. While doing this, I also had to incorporate a new thought-provoking idea. That idea was like the bow to my conclusion. It stuck out, but was still connected. 

I would have liked my body paragraphs to be a little bit more unique from the others, but with this essay format, I could not figure out how to do that and still meet requirements. I could have added something extra to each that was different in each one (such as an additional quote for one and two different viewpoints for another). Next time I write a paper, I would like to try writing the body paragraphs first and then the introduction. Once I actually know what my body paragraphs say, I don't have to keep modifying the introduction to fit with the body paragraphs. I felt more constricted with what to write in my body paragraphs to make them fit my introduction. 

I like how my thinking while writing my essay was linear in terms of the beginning, body, and end; but I think my essay would have turned out better if I started from the middle and worked backwards. Thinking from specific to broad, much like my introduction, would have kept my thoughts on track and organized, but also more free to flow outwards into insightful big-pictures.