A writing prompt from my First Year Writing course in Fall 2009:
Find
something to analyze that you wouldn’t normally analyze. A lamp. A boy in the ward. A chicken nugget. What you’re analyzing doesn’t matter as much as going through the
process of analyzing. Remember this
process from class: break something into its constituent parts and then try and
figure out how the parts work together to create a whole.
What I wrote:
This keyboard I am using must be a very horny
son-of-a-gun. All it does all day is
get felt all over, which must bring great satisfaction for it since it allows
it to happen day in and day out. It is
not a very monogamous tool. And just
like every person has favorite places where they like to be touched, this
keyboard must enjoy being hit on the spacebar, since it is hit so often and is
large enough to always be touched. Perhaps, its drive for such interaction is insecurity. It must feel fairly confident about its
number keys, since they are set off and fondled with rarely. Consequently, it must be most self-conscious
about its letter keys since those are begged to be used more commonly. Further evidence of its insecurity is how it
protects itself with a plastic cover, hiding its inner workings so no one can
witness any deep sensitivities. It
really is a very private individual that uses intimacy as a false sense of
self-assurance and appraisal.
My professor commented, "This is why censorship was invented =) "
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