After listening to “Learning To Play The Guitar” by Jacob Phillips, I was introduced to a concrete example and a newfound possibilities for my own project. The video format of this project was something I personally found really interesting and was similar to what I was imagining for my own project. I really enjoyed the sound effects that Phillips integrated into his presentation, such as the keyboard typing sound when he was talking about searching up guitar tutorials on YouTube. His music and visuals kept me engaged, and the guitar music he played at the end of his narrative was a nice end to his presentation. His tone of voice was enthusiastic, mirroring his excitement as a kid when learning to play guitar, but he also mentions the very real aspect of not being able to get lessons due to family circumstance, and the struggles of staying motivated when self learning.

In “A Literacy Narrative About How I Was Able To Gain Confidence In Writing Longer Papers,” by Blake Burgess, I was introduced to a different storytelling style for the literacy narrative. He mentions the other people in his life and their impact on him rather frequently, painting his narrative closer to how those around him influenced and lifted his confidence up to become a better writer, while Phillips was more self focused, discussing his personal journey about self learning guitar. I’m excited to have these two very different examples to source while making my own literacy narrative, as they are kind of like two different perspectives of the same assignment and will serve to be very helpful since they each have so much to them individually.