Metacognition Paper

First off, I started with the Mix CD for the memoir All Souls. I went through the memoir and split it into 10 pieces, one for each song. I searched for powerful sections of the book that I could correspond with songs that I know would fit the memoir properly. There are some songs that involve peaceful and happy times the family went through, then there are the songs that represent the harsh times. I put the songs on the CD from how the book went from start to finish. There were some repetitions of harsh times that eventually led to a repetition of good times. To make sure the song was perfect for the text I looked up the lyrics and read them to get a good understanding. I then read the text to make sure it was right for the song. I am a big fan of music which is why I chose this project out of the five I had to choose from. Music inspires me as this memoir did, not only because it was about a man who went through rough times to becoming a famous author, but because the setting is in Boston. After putting the songs on the CD, I then explained why the song was good for the memoir. I explained the text that I chose for the piece of music and why they corresponded well together. I also compared the song with the text. To get the music, I had to download the songs off Limewire and make sure they were in good condition. I then burnt the CD and got it ready for listening. I believe I complete this assignment well and I did what was asked. I wouldn’t really change anything I did, accept for maybe getting the songs in a more respectable way other than Limewire. This assignment helped me to better understand text by comparing it with other things I like, for example music. This assignment was interesting for me and I enjoyed doing it.

I then wrote a filler chapter to my book, between Chapters eight and nine. I called the chapter “Chapter 8.5”, and I changed the way Michael Patrick MacDonald’s life took place by making my own happier and more inspirational piece. First off, I went through the memoir to find the perfect piece of the text to expand on. I then found the piece that involved Michael’s brother Frankie being killed after he made it so far into boxing, beating the toughest of opponents. Then a tragedy of murder took his life and wonderful career. In my opinion, I think the story would have sounded a lot better if the brother Frankie had gotten shit like he did, but instead of dying, he came back from therapy and won a boxing championship. I know this is a memoir and it really happened so nothing I can do can bring poor Frankie back, but I liked to make believe that Michael’s family got lucky and became wealthy from Frankie’s boxing and all the money he would bring to the family. After piling up all my thoughts, I wrote the paper as in the mind of Michael Patrick MacDonald by using his style of writing. He writes freely and likes to go from bad to good times, or past to present. He also likes to bring up his mom a lot while writing his memoir and I did so as well in rewriting the chapter. After doing this assignment, Michael Patrick MacDonald has become my favorite author and I would love to read more books by him in the future. I had some trouble with figuring out the exact writing style of Michael, but I got familiar with it and did what I had to do. I wouldn’t change much from what I did, accept maybe go deeper into the text and try and become one with Michael, but I feel I did I good job and got the job done.