Why I Choose English Literature as My Major?
I have always been baffled about why the English major gets such a bad reputations. Perhaps this is because it’s an open-ended degree that requires the recipient to ask him or herself, “what would I like to do with these skills I have acquired?” rather than existing as a degree with a built-in career path like marketing, finance, or real estate. I chose to become an English major for multiple reasons. The first and foremost reason was because English has always been a favorite subject of mine, one I felt was a strong point for me. The English classes offered at Gunadarma University helped me decide as well. There are a lot of good professors who make English fun. For me, the decision to study literature has been a struggle. I always enjoyed reading and being read to, but I always considered the actual study of literature to be made up; seriously, poets don’t actually try to “invoke” some other work. Literary devices? Some make-believe stuff that people invented to make English seen ...