reading journal

I’m stuck on a English question and need an explanation.

Length: journal should be 1000 words at minimum.

Format: The Reading Journal should be double spaced, written in Times New Roman (12 pt. font), and have 1-inch margins.

Topic: This journal is designed as a more informal assignment than your other papers. It provides an opportunity for you to reflect on your personal response to these readings. Please address the works that evoke the strongest reaction from you, whether positive or negative. You do not need to address every text on our syllabus, but you should include at least one work from each week’s readings. Be sure to offer brief supporting quotes as you respond to each text. (Part 1 should cover the readings for Weeks One/Two through Six; Part 2 should cover the readings for Weeks Eight through Thirteen.) Questions to consider:

1. How does this text confirm, challenge, or expand my prior understanding or experience?
2. How do I evaluate the work’s artistic effectiveness and why? (Note: Be as specific as you can.

Here are the readings :

Week 8

Goethe, Faust Dedication, Prelude, and Prologue (pages 3-12)

Goethe, Faust First Part of the Tragedy through section 7 (page 62, line 2072)

Week 9

Goethe, Faust through section 18 (page 108, line 3413)

Goethe, Faust to conclusion of Part 1 (page 148, line 4612)

Week 10 Transition Week, no readings

Week 11

Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata; Doris Lessing’s Intro and chapters 1 – 12 (through page 30)

Week 12

Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata, chapters 13-23 (to page 62)

Tolstoy,The Kreutzer Sonata chapters 24-28 (through page 78); “Sequel to The Kreutzer Sonata” (page 81-92)

Week 13

Calvino, selected Folktales: “The Parrot,” “The Canary Prince,” “Quack, Quack! Stick to My Back; “Cinderella” by Charles Perrault; “Cinderella” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Week 14

Cinderella poems by Ahmed-ud-Din, Broumas, Hay, Hussey, Plath, Sexton, Yolen