FREE ESSAY ON SUMMARY OF WRITING FOR ME

SUMMARY OF WRITING FOR ME

A Summary/Response of "Writing For Me"
I once knew a man by the name of Barbarous Gray. He felt that it was his duty to rip
apart every piece of literature, or text for that matter, to get down to the bottom of
what the author was trying to say. And, when I had an assignment to write a reading essay
my thoughts immediately floated to his words, "In writing a reading essay, one must first
describe the story, then he must rip apart every fiber of the story until he feels he has
sufficiently unmasked the reason and meaning behind the text." 
In writing an essay that summarizes an author's text, I thought that I should choose a
piece of writing that I felt appealed to me. I chose "Writing For Me." This essay was
written to entertain. Baker wrote a humorous story about an event that happened to him,
where he and his family ate their first spaghetti meal together. His teacher responded to
the essay by congratulating him and reading it to the class. I think that it appealed to
the audience who felt a connection with the author, Russell Baker, feeling like writing
is a boring and bland subject. The writer entices us to read about his first positive
experience with writing that occurred while he was in the eleventh grade. He tells of his
writing process that is the standard for many a high school student set with writing
loads of "boring" essays. He, obviously, waited until the day before the assignment was
due and at a late hour started on his assignment, which was an informal essay. He then
wrote a fabulous paper that he felt was far too informal to qualify as an 
actual assignment. But, he had tarried so far into the night that he had not enough time
to write a well thought out, acceptable essay. So, he had to turn in his unacceptable
essay instead. He found that his unacceptable essay had found him a good grade and a high
reputation with the teacher. This experience led Baker to enjoy writing and even to
pursue writing as a career in later life.
I feel that Baker's purpose was to entertain his audience and maybe even spark them into
enjoying writing as he did. I think that Baker succeeded in entertaining me. He
definitely kept me reading on, as any good writer will, by explaining an experience that
was close to home. I too have had a similar experience with my writing. In fact, the
similarity is uncanny. While I was in fifth grade my teacher made me write an essay on
anything that I wanted, I chose baseball. Anyway, one thing led to another, and I had my
work published in a magazine to me, a great feat. As for the sparking my interest in
writing, it was the same before and after I read his essay. Baker's essay was simply just
an entertaining story that was fun to hear. I do not think that it had the type of
magnitude that could just make a person, all of a sudden, yearn to write. My opinion,
however, is only my opinion. For all I know, Baker's essay had a hidden meaning that sent
a secret code to refugees hiding from their pursuers. But, I seriously doubt that.
Russell Baker's "Writing For Me," was a good entertaining essay. It was no more and no
less. He did a fine job of conveying a story of a young man that finds his first interest
in writing. I really just think it is a good essay and should be left at that.