REACTION PAPER 1 [Please review the sample paper in the Tutorials & Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence for title page and header formatting guidelines.] Non-fiction Reaction Paper Guillermo Hernandez University of Phoenix ENG/125: Literature In Society REACTION PAPER 2 Introduction In any writing, the writer's goal is to convey a particular message to an identified audience population. Nonfiction writing is one of the different types of writing. In this writing, the author incorporates techniques often employed in fictional writing and their personal opinions and emotions in their work. In this essay, the two non-fictional works that were going to look at include Sigmund Freud's The Nature of Dreams, and the poem, Tell Me the Truth about Love by Richard P. Bozorth. The essay looks at the various themes presented in these two nonfiction work, what the authors say about their respective themes and identify various assumptions that they make in their works. The Nature of Dreams by Sigmund Freud Summary and Theme Sigmund's The Nature of Dreams is a scientific book that deals with the issue of dreams. In the book, Freud introduces his theory of the unconscious concerning the interpretation of dreams. The primary theme in Freud's work is how dreams can be used to understand the unconscious mental processes. Freud's work begins by looking at different dream theories developed by other scholars before him. For instance, he argues that the understanding that dreams had particular significance in human life began in the ancient period (Freud, 2020). For example, he argues that ancient Romans and Greeks believed that dreams carried spiritual messages. Therefore, the interpretation of dreams in these ancient societies was based on the attempts to understand the gods' messages. Freud further looks into Aristotle's argument that dreams were part of the person dreaming and Banks' mental activity on that argument to develop REACTION PAPER 3 his theory. Freud then proceeds to describe different dreams that elaborate his theory. Most of the dreams are personal though some are from his patients (Freud, 2020). What the Author is saying about Dreams Freud is one of the prominent figures in the development of mental health treatment. It appears that Freud's targeted audiences were mental health workers. Freud's goal was to provide a working theory that mental health professionals would employ in providing treatment to psychotic patients using dreams (Freud, 2020). Freud argues that two psychological functions lead to the dream. For instance, the first function is the development of the dream's content, while the second process is the transformation of the contents into a dream. He claims that a dream's contents often come from our experiences, but our minds cannot recall where they come from (Freud, 2020). Freud argues that although dreams may appear to be something new, they are just part of our experiences. Freud claims that dreams represent thoughts, desires, and wishes wish-fulfillment (Freud, 2020). Imagination The power of imagination appears to have played a critical role in Freud's work. There are several things that the author imagined in his work. For instance, in developing his work, Freud imagined and pictured how individual experiences could impact their mental functioning. Freud further imagined how his personal experiences affected him and, therefore, developed his arguments based on personal encounters. Like Freud, imagination is also critical for the audience to understand and enjoy Freud's work. For instance, the audience needs to imagine how their encounters and experiences affect them to understand and enjoy Freud's work. REACTION PAPER 4 Tell Me the Truth about Love by Richard P Bozorth Summary and Theme Tell Me the Truth about Love is a poem that talks about the nature of love. In this poem, the primary theme that the author tries to convey to the audience is the beautiful and inspiring nature of love. The poem’s first stanza begins with the author providing his conventional understanding of love. In the second stanza, the author gives several questions that attempt to compare love with some things that people can see in society. For instance, the author asks is if love resembles a pair of pajamas or ham found in a temperance hotel (Bozorth, 2001). In the third stanza, the author dwells in the places where love can be found, arguing that often love is found in places that are never imagined. From the fourth to the sixth stanza, the author looks into the true nature of love. Every image that the author creates about love in the two stanzas reveals something different about the true nature of love (Bozorth, 2001). What the Author is Saying about Love In the poem, the author expresses the idea that love cannot be pinned down. The author of the poem seemingly tries to talk to the general audience about the true nature of love. He argues that love is what makes the world move around. The author reveals that it is challenging to compare love with most of the things we see in the world, such as pajamas and ham. However, he argues that love is the noblest feeling that is likely to happen in different ways. The author seemingly argues that love is likely to happen to everyone in their lifetime. He reveals that love is often found in places where people do not expect it. In summary, the author reveals love as a powerful thing that can transform the world (Bozorth, 2001). REACTION PAPER 5 Imagination Imagination appears to have played an essential role in the development of the poem Tell me about love. There are several instances where the author's imagination plays a vital role in developing the poem's content. For instance, the whole poem is about the author trying to imagine how love looks. Like the author, imagination is essential for the audience to understand and enjoy the poem entirely. For instance, in the first stanza, the author claims that love is a little boy or a bird (Bozorth, 2001). The audience must imagine the qualities and traits of a little boy or a bird to understand the author's understanding of love. In the second stanza, the author compares love to several things, such as pajamas and hotel ham (Bozorth, 2001). This calls for the audience to imagine these things and picture their qualities to get the real picture of what the author is trying to communicate. In the fourth stanza, the author claims that perhaps love is like a howling hungry dog or it makes an awkward noise like singing saw (Bozorth, 2001). For the author to understand and enjoy the poem, they must imagine of these objects mentioned and relate them to love. REACTION PAPER 6 References Bozorth, R. R. (2001). Tell Me the Truth About Love. In Auden's games of knowledge: Poetry and the meanings of homosexuality. New York: Columbia University Press. Freud, S. (2020). The Interpretation of Dreams. Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, John 0000000000000000000000000000000000 Hello Guillermo, Thank you for your submission. However, it is not about two literary nonfiction pieces. One is an academic book and the other is a poem. Week 4 is about literary nonfiction. I am afraid it receives a zero. I will let you redo the assigment and turn it in by this Friday. It will receive a 10% deduction. Choose two of the following nonfiction pieces: Read the following nonfiction selections from the University Library: • • • • • "Salvation," Langston Hughes "How I Became a Socialist," Helen Keller "About Men," Gretel Ehrlich "Waterloo" Andrew Lam "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King, Jr. Go to Week 4 Learning Activities, then to Week 4 University Library Readings. Please ask when you are not sure. I look forward to the redo. 00000000000000000000000000000 The instructions are below. -----------------------------Week 4 Assignment Select two of the nonfiction texts you have read this week. Keep to the readings for this week. Do not ask me if you can write about another or other nonfiction pieces. Keep to nonfiction. A paper that is not about nonfiction pieces would automatically receive a zero. Write a 900- to 1,100-word paper about two pieces you choose. For each piece, give a summary, discuss a (one) theme/issue, what the author is saying about the issue, the intended audience, and the the role of the imagination. Title: Give your paper that reflects the two pieces. For example, Looking at “About Men” and Salvation.” Your headings will reflect the focus at a glance. REACTION PAPER Introduction Introduce the two nonfiction pieces you will discuss: their titles and authors. Notes: --What I name for the introduction is all you say in the introduction. --Do not put Introduction as a heading: not accepted in APA. --For the rest of the paper, follow the headings as I lay them out below. Headings in the middle are level 1 and headings on the left are level 2. Note that each level 2 heading is a subtopic of the level 1 heading. See the APA Sample Paper for more information on headings. --For titles of the nonfiction pieces, capitalize all the words except the articles (a, an, the) and the prepositions (in, on over, etc.). Example: "About Men." ----------------------------First Nonfiction Piece (Put title here) Summary & Theme (
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