Final post

I came into ENG 214 with an idea that this will be like my last english class, where we were expected to write intellectual essays. These essays were written in a certain way to please only the reader which in that case was the professor. After the first week then month of class, I was proven wrong, instead we were taught how to write within our own discourse. When I was always taught to write in one discourse to sound professional and smart. Similar to the papers we were taught to write in high school, which consisted of an introduction, three supporting topics and a conclusion paragraph. The writing style that I was so used to and familiar with was heavily based on the format and structure of the paper.
As we went through the semester we also learned about "hidden narrative" to be able to apply writing in narratives for future. Prior to coming to the class I had a vague understanding on hidden narratives since I remember reading something about it on a blog, I only understood it as looking at the story at a different angle, but after taking this class I have a better understanding on what a hidden narrative means. It's a lot more than showing another side of the story it is the hidden message that is usually covered up and unseen unless you look at it with a new lens. Most of the time these hidden narratives are portrayed in a negative way. I also got to analyze articles and movies with the new lens that I recently learned about, it has kind of opened a new door for me to look past what is expected to see if there is another narrative that is behind it.
Some of the narratives are hidden because it is shunned. It is not seen as normal in our community so people try to cover it up, but we all know it is there, we just simply ignore it and deny that it is there. This is often see in Disney films, they hide the negative side and try to shine the light on the positive side hoping to send of a fun and positive movie that is loved by kids. Although, they are too young to understand what a hidden narrative is as time passes they will be exposed to many hidden narratives in their daily lives. As they grow older and if they are taught about hidden narratives they will see the different messages they may and may nor agree on in their favorite movies, books, magazines, and etc.  I have experienced this myself when I personally had to analyze my favorite Disney film "The Little Mermaid". Although I grew up loving the movie, I never thought it would have such a degrading narrative, don't get me wrong I still love the movie, but now I am aware about the social norms that are put into our society and that are taught to us at a young age where we don't fully understand the ethics behind it, so we only see it as what is seen as normal or "right". Being different in the community is not something that is easily accepted so people will merge and flow with what they think is easier and what makes they feel safe and excepted.
In the beginning of the semester we were assigned to write a paper about a topic that we had an opinion about as a diagnostic essay. After reading it and comparing it to my most recent paper that I turned in I can see how my writing has changed it bit. I changed my writing structure from five solid paragraphs to an unlimited amount. My most recent paper was organized in a different way, it was written in a way where my ideas were put out in the open and I no longer followed the five paragraph structure.  I also wrote in a different discourse, even thought the paper that was assigned to us was a research paper I kept it fairly academic, but when I was asked to express what position I stood at, I switched it on to my own discourse a bit, but in a manner where it will not offend a side, but address it and approach it in disagreement a respectable way.