I struggled more on this essay compared to the first one. I had a hard time finding connections from the engaged readings. I could make connections to the readings and the book but had a difficult time finding concrete words or underlying themes. The topic for this essay was easier to comprehend than the last one but analyzing in the book without help of a more dunned down version that was more straight forward. This made it difficult to know the actual inputs that were needed in our essays. After the last essay, I realized that transitions and transitional phrases were necessary for me to incorporate, but I had a hard time finding the right ones for the sentences and how to use them from paragraph-to-paragraph. I still need to work on using more examples from the engaged reading sheets but having them be more loosely related to the topic I was writing about was not helpful. The one big problem I had while writing this essay was evident in the thesis statement and the overall organization of my paper. I planned it out and had a general idea of where each paragraph was going to go, but soon realized that the plan did not count for more than a thousand words. This lack of words made me revamp my plan and construct a different set of points to talk about. This made writing my thesis and connecting it to each point in my paragraphs more difficult. Overall, when comparing this essay to the last, I put in more time and thought into this one but feel less satisfied with the final product. If I had taken the time to schedule a meeting with the professor, I would feel more confident and happier with the end product.