Reflection on Mini-Project

 I did my midterm mini-project on the topic of masculinity standards, and I compared how these masculinity standards played out in both Sophocles' Antigone and Kamila Shamsie's Homefire.  I specifically looked at how masculinity standards could have been toxic and how this affected the characters of Creon and Parvaiz.  My main argument was that Antigone gave the message that toxic masculinity standards are harmful to men and that Homefire gave the message that toxic masculinity standards are also harmful but that there are some advantages to it.  My format for this project was a standard essay of about five pages.  From doing this midterm mini-project, I learned that I could take small pieces from the texts that might not seem very important or noticeable and turn them into a whole argument about what the texts are making a message about.  From the workshop process, I thought it was good that my group members gave me feedback on what they thought was good about my topic.  Also, specifically Mia gave me some good suggestions about what I should fix in my project like trying to make the project flow together more smoothly.  

What I enjoyed most about doing the midterm mini-project was being able to put my annotations to use.  I like how making those annotations was not pointless since it helped me a lot in doing this project.  What I wish had gone better is making my essay's flow better, but it is not due until Sunday, so I will work on that.