Category: ENG 110 (Page 2 of 2)

Jia Jiang’s TED Talk on “What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection” explains what most people fear the most, rejection. Jiang was oppressed by rejection at a young age and explained how that effected him in his future. He looked up ways to avoid the fear of rejection and come to get what you want. He found the idea of completing 100 days of rejection. For 100 days Jiang went around offering himself up for rejection. Jiang was able to “desensitize himself to the pain and shame that rejection often brings and, in the process, discovered that simply asking for what you want can open up possibilities where you expect to find dead ends” (Jiang 2015). By objecting himself to the pain of rejection he was able to control his emotions towards being rejected and lear to accomplish what he sets out to do.

In the “Editor” the compelling suspense of the story made me want to keep listening. Throughout the podcast I didn’t exactly know the final outcome which kept me at the edge of my seat. The detailed description of the setting every time it changed allowed for me to imagine where the story was taking place in my mind. The details allowed for the listener to be a part of the story in their own way. Throughout the podcast the development of the main character was executed perfectly. There was a very distinct difference between the main character from the beginning to the end of the story. The relationship between Robin Woods and the editor developed throughout the podcast and eventually led up to the two “pen pals” finally getting the change to meet in person. The conflict in the narrative was unusual to that of a normal everyday conflict however, it gave the story a more appealing sense. It allowed for imagination because not everyone listening to the podcast has been to prison before. The story is very inspiring, which made me more interested in continuing to listen to the podcast.