On Becoming a Writer
On Becoming a Writer
William Gould
Strayer University
Eng 115
Mrs. Eackloff
In the essay “On Becoming a Writer” Russell Baker want to become a writer. Baker realized that he wanted to become a writer since he was sixteen. But he also felt that he was in a world all by himself because According to Baker (1982) sixteen year olds did not come out of high school and become writers (p.66). Eventhough he had that frame of thought he always thought of himself as a writer. “I told people I’d like to be a writer, it gave me a way of thinking about myself which satisfied my need to have an identity (Baker1982 p.66). Russell Baker believed that becoming a writer gave him an identity which was a need he felt he needed to satisfy.
In the essay “On Becoming a Writer” Baker start by telling the readers about his struggle in highschool. According to Baker (1982), the notion of becoming a writer had flickered off and on in my head since the Belleville days, but it wasn’t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. Baker also found English to be dull and boring (p.66). As a matter of fact Baker did not like anything about English period. Baker Felt that the English assignment were laboring, agonizing and a waste for the teacher to read and for him to write. “The classic thrust on me to read seemed as deadening as chloroform (Baker 1982 p.66).
As a junior in high school Baker was assigned to a teacher name: Mr. Fleagle. Baker also describes Mr. Fleagle as being very dull and uninspiring. According to Baker (1982), he was said to be stuffy, dull, and hopelessly out of date (p.66). Baker goes on to describe Mr. Fleagle as old and prim to a fault. Baker point out Mr. Fleagle glasses and his hair was primly as well. Mr. Fleagles wore clothes such as: suits, neckties, vest,and collar buttons sown shirts as also primed. Baker probably felt that Mr. Fleagles was either a little bit snobbish, stuck up, or other words not very approachable.
William Gould
Strayer University
Eng 115
Mrs. Eackloff
In the essay “On Becoming a Writer” Russell Baker want to become a writer. Baker realized that he wanted to become a writer since he was sixteen. But he also felt that he was in a world all by himself because According to Baker (1982) sixteen year olds did not come out of high school and become writers (p.66). Eventhough he had that frame of thought he always thought of himself as a writer. “I told people I’d like to be a writer, it gave me a way of thinking about myself which satisfied my need to have an identity (Baker1982 p.66). Russell Baker believed that becoming a writer gave him an identity which was a need he felt he needed to satisfy.
In the essay “On Becoming a Writer” Baker start by telling the readers about his struggle in highschool. According to Baker (1982), the notion of becoming a writer had flickered off and on in my head since the Belleville days, but it wasn’t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. Baker also found English to be dull and boring (p.66). As a matter of fact Baker did not like anything about English period. Baker Felt that the English assignment were laboring, agonizing and a waste for the teacher to read and for him to write. “The classic thrust on me to read seemed as deadening as chloroform (Baker 1982 p.66).
As a junior in high school Baker was assigned to a teacher name: Mr. Fleagle. Baker also describes Mr. Fleagle as being very dull and uninspiring. According to Baker (1982), he was said to be stuffy, dull, and hopelessly out of date (p.66). Baker goes on to describe Mr. Fleagle as old and prim to a fault. Baker point out Mr. Fleagle glasses and his hair was primly as well. Mr. Fleagles wore clothes such as: suits, neckties, vest,and collar buttons sown shirts as also primed. Baker probably felt that Mr. Fleagles was either a little bit snobbish, stuck up, or other words not very approachable.