Metacognition: Kite Runner Essay

When I first took a serious look at the essay prompts on our google site, my first thought was to narrow my choices down to around three or four. I looked for one thing first. I wanted to write about something I had already thought about while reading Kite Runner rather than going back through the entire book and searching for answers to questions I had not previously considered. I then made sure I had enough ideas and pieces of evidence to write a complete essay about the topic. Nothing is worse to read than an essay that is mostly filler and not enough insight. That helped me narrow it down to three choices. That was when I conferenced with Mr. Allen/you (?) and decided that my idea about how fiction allows Hossieni to add symbolism to the story was my most original one. After our meeting, I began looking for evidence to support my thesis. So far, I've come up with a few good ones that I believe really show how his use of symbolism really strengthens the story.

One thing that I liked about my thought process while deciding on the focus of this essay was how I developed some of my own criteria for a good essay topic. I also liked how I was able to come up with many good ideas and examine them to determine which one was best using that criteria and with the assistance of Mr. Allen/you (?). I should probably improve on keeping my topic specific because before our meeting, my first thesis was way too broad. Now, I continue searching for evidence and create my evidence plan.