Essay Responses Part Dos

I agree with what Encountering the Essay said about how the typical 5-paragraph essay really is not an essay, but more just a good way to gt a point across. To me an essay is more like a reflective or emotive piece of writing that may or may not even try to make a point. Usually they do need a point though, or they are considedred a narrative. I agree with the writer of Encountering the Essay on about everything he says. I liked what the author of Essayists on the Essay said in one of the first few paragraphs that he thought the ideal essa was one where he felt like he was comuning with the writer of the essay. i know that I personally always enjoy an essay exponentially more (sorry, im an engineer) if i feel like the writer is talking to me. It makes the essay much more personal and I actually feel like reading it.