I really like this paper. It is longer than most essays I have written for this class and I am sure that there is not a whole lot of fluff inserted in its paragraphs. I think I captured quite nicely the reasoning behind Heathcliff’s character and actions. I supported my claims with references from the text and gained ideas from those quotes that took my essay even farther.

            I could have kept my thought process better laid out. I feel that I jumped around a bit too much and things did not flow as well as they could have. My mind often goes in multiple directions at each thought but I could have found a better way to make everything fit together. Writing an outline for future essays would probably help a lot with this problem.

            In writing this paper I have learned that textual references really do help the merit of a paper and can give multiple ideas to lengthen an essay. I would use a quote in one way and then think of another way to use it that would add another paragraph or two to my essay that would further and better explain my claims.

            I have improved in my use of a larger vocabulary and finding better academic words to say what I mean. I have learned to expand on my meaning without throwing useless content into my papers. I have not used as many contractions in this essay either and I think that it adds a more serious tone to the content of the essay and makes the reader take it more seriously as an academic paper.

            I find that this paper is much better on an academic scale than when I started out the year. I think that maybe it does not contain much of my voice as I am not an entirely serious person but they are my ideas explained in an academic setting and it works.