I'm even reasonably content with it, although there's a bit of a jump between my last two paragraphs that really should have been filled with a discussion of what he means by "trace", which would've explained an earlier comment of mine about how what was previously seen as marginal to meaning is in fact equally important to big, grand concepts... but I just couldn't figure out how to do that in a paragraph, which was all the space I had left. 4-5 page essays are relatively easy, but also rather frustrating. Still, it's done, and no more essays 'til the end of the semester. Yippee! :-) I like school, really I do, but writing essays on command...I dunno. Just not as much fun as it oughta be. Good thing I'm doing a creative dissertation rather than a critical one. :-) I'm really looking forward to diving into my writing next spring.
Oops -- time's a wasting. Gotta go! Catch y'all later...