Reader Reviews

In order to save some paper I decided to post my reader reviews on the blog.

Kassey George e- Revise and Resubmit
The purpose of this essay was well conveyed. You explained your thoughts about Rowson and then you gave direct quotes in order to prove your argument. One of your strongest points that caught my attention is when you made the bold statement “One of the main reasons that Rowson started writing her novels and opened her boarding school is that she felt that young ladies were not being taught all the things young men being taught.” Though I overall enjoyed this piece I felt that at certain places you were uncertain if you should be making that statement, that showed through your word choice but can easily be fixed and make your paper that much stronger.
The points for revision are small: change of word choice, punctuation, formatting. All those changes can be made easily and help strengthen your voice.



Alle Colen - Revise and Resubmit
Your rough draft certainly contains a good start however it needs more. The thesis does not present itself clearly. You need to make the idea of your paper more clear. Do you want to discuss why Rowson felt the necessity of teaching history, or why it was so important for her to educate women, or both? I would also like to see not only why Rowson felt the importance of educating women but how others in her era felt about it as well. And where Rowson’s ideas originated, and what her goals for her students contained. Your idea’s stand strong I just want to see more support and clarification.

Chelsey Cantin - Revise and Resubmit

Your paper is going in the proper direction, addressing all of the characters in Reuben and Rachel that display reflections of the education of conduct; however, you don't fully develop what their practices are in your discussion. A lot of good quotations from both the novel and critics are included but I was confused about what conduct you were specifically talking about, or in other words what Rowson thought was the most important idea to have understood by readers. Using her boarding school background, you show why Rowson thought conduct was greatly important, but I wanted to know what she suggests in order for young women to achieve success. Maybe delving deeper into some of the quotations will help you get the answers you are looking for. Great paper so far but slight revisions will make it stronger.