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My name is David Xu.

This is my portfolio work from COLWRT R&C 1A with professor Dr. Margaret E. Salifu Summer 004, which I took from the 2024 Summer session at Berkeley. The focus of our course was on the rise of "fandom" communities and it's impacts.

There's a rough draft copy of TA1 for reference.

Word counts:

Text analysis 1: 1007 words

Text analysis 2: 1286 words

Narrative Essay: 1083 words

Argumentative essay: 1452 words

Reflective essay: 1096 words.

Enjoy :D !

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Text analysis 2 was written on our required reading text, Teen-romance novel Geekerella by Ashley Poston.

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I wrote my first Text analysis piece based off this article written about Snoopy (yes, the cartoon).

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Gen Z is suddenly obsessed with Snoopy — and not just because he’s cute

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Gen Z is feeling the love for Snoopy, who is flying off store shelves and going viral on TikTok. Here’s why teens and twenty-somethings are newly obsessed (not that there has to be a reason).

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Rough draft copy of Text analysis 1, for references sake!

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This essay talks about the legacies of snoopy, and his popularity with Gen Z!

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My argumentative essay was written about Chapter 7 of Henry's Jenkins Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers book, on the "pop cosmopolitan."

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My narrative essay was written based on a prompt exploring gaming cultures.

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This essay was written last. We were assigned a reflective piece on our experiences in the class.