In this exploratory essay we were asked to pick one of the following stories; “A Rose for Emily” or “A Country Doctor” and speak on the newer concepts of psychoanalysis. For this paper I chose “A Country Doctor” because the other story lies more in hysteria and we were told not to talk about that specifically. “A Country Doctor” is a fictional short story about a doctor on his way to help a patient during a snowstorm but has a lot of obstacles along the way to his patient. Such as, his horse dying and leaving his partner/servant Rose behind. I believe this story was a bit more difficult because it wasn’t as straightforward as the other story“The Yellow Wallpaper”. There were much deeper meanings behind the characters and we had to decipher the meaning behind everything happening  and especially the overuse of the horse dying in the story. 

I believe I had a clear purpose in my essay based on my thesis. My thesis was clearly stated in my introduction paragraph and shown throughout my essay with evidence and through different examples of dreamwork. One strength that I believe I had in my essay was the fact that I had clear examples of the elements of dreamwork throughout my essay. One way of enhancing my reading comprehension of such difficult passages as these is to refer back to the class zoom calls. I realized those recording classes really do help me better understand the story. 

One weakness that is very clear is my time management. Not only for the papers but for every other assignment that I do get from my classes. Another weakness that I do struggle with this essay and my last essay is definitely my analysis. My analysis can definitely be improved by simply better understanding the text and asking questions if I have any. Overall, I definitely feel like I could’ve done better with analysis and trying to understand the story better because I kept getting confused with Freud’s concept of dreamwork through the story “A Country Doctor”.