Essay Packet 1 Response

The essay I focused on in this packet was Kristen Prevallet's Essay On The Sublimation Of Dying. In Synthesis I there is a lot of interesting use of homonyms, especially in the section titled "Homonym" naturally. She first uses the words sun and son comparatively in Mythology, as well as the words I and eye,and see and sea in Homonym. I really enjoyed the last bit of Mythology, how both the sun and the son are "...crowded by thoughts of mourning". The double meaning is so well executed, following through with the promised topic of death given by the title. Kristen Prevallet plays around with words a lot in this poetic essay, and since it is so poetic it is a little hard to follow. Even so, I enjoyed reading this essay the most of all the others in the packet. It interacts with the reader, and challenges us to think about what is being said. Death is the main theme of this essay, and it is apparent throughout. Prevallet even sort of narrates the killing of a fly on the very page in which she is writing.