Question: Where there any challenges in writing your essay? If so, how did you overcome them?

Writing this essay was an engaging yet difficult process as I faced many challenges. Out of all the issues I was met with, two were the most time-consuming: organization and reasoning. Deciding on how to organize my essay was the first step to overcome. There were many topics, terms, and ideas I had to touch up on before starting to write about the two main arguments. I had to include background and definitions but was unclear on the best way to approach the writing of such information. In the end, I decided to format my essay by starting with a concise yet intriguing intro, making it clear to the readers what to expect from the essay, then going on to state the question that prompted the Native American Reservation debate and definitions of key terms used in the arguments. Organizing the start of my essay was just as difficult as finding evidence for an argument that was outdated. Today in age, many don’t argue for the maintaining of reservations as it is common knowledge that these lands cause more harm than good to the Natives. This made finding any evidence to explain the reasoning behind support for the preservation of the land challenging. However, I was able to overcome the issue by using laws passed that benefited the Natives and a social argument as evidence. I consider this essay to be the most challenging for me to write in this course, however, this process allowed me to improve my writing skills.

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