...knock it off...

The position paper has to be presented in front of the class. As usual, there is already who-goes-first routine when it comes to the task of presentation. Some of my classmates are eager to be the first person to articulate their points about the literary texts they have chosen--- just to mention that they want it to be last soon. We are told by Mr.Omid to prepare a Power point presentation as the tool to present the position paper. Honestly, there are some of interesting literary texts that I never read before like “Naukar” and others (some of the titles are accidentally forgotten..hmm...) and also lots of enlightening and critical ideas and viewpoints like in “My Papa’s Waltz”, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and others (just name several).

As for my presentation of “Once Upon a Time” by a South African writer Nadine Gordimer, I use a picture of a Disney princess character, “Snow White” as sort of a set induction for the introduction to the literary text. The reason why I choose to start with the picture is because this short story is an invert of a typical fairy tale in which we always have the same expectations of there must be a hero, a troupe of villains and the “…happily ever after…” Nadine Gordimer however falls away from those expectations in which the story is a paradox to the title itself. There are some opinions by my friends telling me to choose a text which is slightly more critical because they think that the text I have chosen sound a bit childish without knowing about the story itself. However when I brief them about the story, they agree that this is a good piece of political-based work and it is very informative.

All in all, I feel satisfied with my position paper and also the presentation. Mr.Omid tells me that I have a good voice projection and good confidence; the way I point my ideas out in front of the class. Whatever it is, after I have done with the position paper I know when I turn my light off that night, I did my best.