i was told that when you're asked for your opinion, you're actually writing the essay like on behalf of the audience.. ie the audience's impact not your own because you should never write in first person for essays...
OR something like this " the impact on one may be effected by...." and so on???
*lost and confuesed*
i did shoe horn sonata and thought it was alright. i talked a lot about lots of the techniques but not much about the themes =( uh ohs ...