Challenge Check-In #3

Through completing this challenge, I was forced to really understand what the Gothic is all about. Since I had to find out how Bonnie Jo Campbell’s The Trespasser represented the Gothic, I had to know what elements of the Gothic to look for in the text and interpret them. This helped me understand Gothic representations much more because I had to consider all Gothic elements when reading the short story. During my writing process, I sometimes felt it difficult to convey my interpretations in writing. It is always easier to talk about the Gothic because you can spit out words or sections in the story that are Gothic but making coherent sentences describing them takes a little more thought.

Extra Credit: Emblem

Throughout almost every post of mine, I referred to space, rockets, or aerospace engineering. I have always held an interest in these things and it is shown directly in my emblem with the rocket ship figure travelling through outer space. I created my emblem in Microsoft Paint. It took about 3 minutes to make and I thought of it as I went along. Just this fact shows how I like to think quickly and effectively. I feel that this emblem represents me well because it seems pretty simple from the first glimpse but it has much more meaning within. 

For the rocket, I chose to use an arrow shape because it looks like a rocket ship and it symbolizes the idea of ‘moving forward.’ My initials are inscribed on the rocket, representing myself because I strive to learn new things every day. The upwards direction symbolizes betterment and how I am trying to improve my life as I live day by day. The rocket is green simply because it is my favorite color. The cartoonish or childish style of the emblem opposed to the meaning behind it shows how I like to be serious and professional at times while still remaining slightly comical. I think my emblem and its meaning is well represented by the quote below said by Elon Musk, someone I wrote about in a prevous blog post.

“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”
—Elon Musk