<p>they specifically ask for art/literature that impacted you in some way</p>
<p>like UVa</p>
<p>so i chose a book, but im writing more about a character in the book
very few books by themselves impact you – its usually a character or an epochal event that does the trick</p>
<p>as a side note
anyone who uses dashes, colons, and parentheses in their essays:</p>
<p>is there a space before and after the parentheses? before and after the dashes?</p>
<p>do you capitalize what comes after the colon?</p>
<p>like so: Yo I’m gonna bust yo…
or
like so: yo i’m gonna bust yo…</p>
<p>and also
never more evident than in Scarface (which happens to be my favorite movie of all time), where Tony…</p>
<p>never more evident than in Scarface(which happens…</p>
<p>where does the comma go?</p>
<p>…my best trait–confidence–is never more evident…</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>…my best trait – confidence – is never more…</p>
<p>please help lol</p>