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The Birthmark was a whole new type of writing. Rather than having a main focus on religion, God, nationalism, or reason - there was a general focus on the idea of science. This story was likely ficitional, and even had some humor in it. It also seemed that the writing had a more modern style to it than our previous literary studies this year. There was also evidence of mystical happenings, with the mention of The Crimson Hand upon Georgiana's face before birth. While it was easy to draw connections between the Puritanism and Age of Reason writings, it is more of a task to do this with this writing, for it is so different than the rest. I found this story more interesting and easier to read. Perhaps this also had something to do with that fact that it's a hard copy - rather than reading it off of the computer. This made it easier to interact with (underlining, etc).

Our readings for the new movement will likely have huge references to science, rather than God and reason. While I haven't always been science-savvy, I'm confident that my interest will be kept!