just another fish story

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My body was so tired and weak from the early morning trip that I was shaking and struggling to muster together some more energy to keep the fish up for display. I quickly put together a smile to get this whole picture thing over with; my dad felt the same way. I felt disgusted trying to hold a smile on my face while the dead weight of the fish dangled by the clear fishing line and sharp metal hook. I was wearing some simple ragged shorts, no shoes no t-shirt. I felt dizzy and awkward when his slimy gills and sand papery skin rubbed against my soft body. My hands were still tired and red from the struggle earlier this morning, I could see red lines criss crossing on my wrist. The pine needles under my sun burnt feet felt as if I were stepping on broken glass, every crunch like nails on a chalk board. Every movement I made was more pain added to the list. My dad took the picture and immediately walked away; no word was said. I felt used and I knew the fish had to have felt the same way. My dad took the picture and that was all he wanted from me, nothing else. The dead fish meant nothing; it now spends its life in some small frame somewhere around my house. The fish was nothing and I was left with a feeling of emptiness and bewilderment, I felt as if I took the fish’s life away because I was egged on by my family’s screams and hollers.

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My body shook and pain ran through my arms as I forced myself to muster up the strength to hold the fish up. Wanting to get the whole thing over with, I plastered a weak smile on my face. Even as I holding a smile on my face, I was disgusted by the weight of the fish on my line. The  fish’s slimy gills and sandpaper scales swayed against my bare chest. My sore hands held up the weightt of the defeated fish. Red lined showed on my wrists from the struggle of catching the fish, the now lifeless and glassy-eyed fish. My father wordlessly took the picture. It seemed like that was all that he wanted from the trip to the lake. The fish I held had no meaning. It’s figure now hangs in a small picture frame somewhere in the house. This whole experience gave me a feeling of emptiness. My family’s cheers egged me on to pull a fish out of the water and to it’s death. All for a photograph.

Mason

Mark Mason’s drafts flowed from random ideas to a complete and interesting paper. Reading draft to draft, I could see how his thoughts grew and were refined. His purpose and feeling stayed through the entire set of drafts. I could see him more and more as I read through the drafts. I came to understand why he said what he said instead of just taking his word for it. As the drafting process continued, he pulled from the three mediums to provide proof for his words. As I read these drafts, I saw the authir change his views about different forms of a story. It made me think of how I view these things. Not only did I see the authir change, I saw the work change as well. From draft to draft, the author puts more of himself into the paper and elaborates on and supports his new way of thinking. Subtle changes really made the paper more interesting, especially when more detail is added as well.

theme for english b

Langston Hughes begins his poem with his instructor telling him to write a page. It seems that he doesn’t know what to write about in the first part of the assignment. He writes of his way home and sits down to write the page. (If you think about it, you are reading the poem that the poem is about. It made my mind run in circles.) This poem made me think. How much does our background weigh in people’s minds as they read our words? Does it actually influence the impact of our words? Langston Hughes difines his poem in saying it is not white, but it will be a part of his instructor who is white. The words connect them. He writes, “That’s American.” The looking past the color of skin and taking value in what a person has to say.  The author talks about how our words, when read by others can connect us. Do not words connect us all? Our thoughts and ideas being shared with one another as we put them to paper.

job description

why i write/sleeping with alcohol

Why I Write

This was a cool essay. It showed the many reasond to write and the passion for writing that the author had. She writes as a way to fill her time, express her emotions, and spark her creativity. It showes the need and joy  the author has found in writing. This also shows the fears of writing. The fear of what we write being seen. Our words are a reflection of who we are in all of our shortcomings and triumphs.

Sleeping With Alcohol

This was a sad essay. The reader can see that the downfall of the woman is imminent. In the interview the narrator asks, ‘What was the worst thing that ever happened to you while you were drunk?’ The woman lists all of these things and yet, she continues to drink. The reader gets a view of the woman through the narrator’s eyes. It seems that she could have been this great and wonderful artist. The woman is described as all of these wonderfull things, then, she is drunk.

typography

I used a font that looked like handwriting for the words ‘To Mom and Dad’ to emphasize the feeling of a hand written letter. I chose the font for ‘bad one’ because it had a lopsided, half put together feel to it. I gave it an unpleasant color. I chose the computer font for learning because the old fashioned computer font has always been connected with education and sciences and therefore represents learning. I turned stone grey and made the typing thick because it represents the aspects of a rock. A dull color and a unmovable wall. I tried to choose fonts and colors that emphasized the feel or meaning behind a word or idea. I do not know how to use word very well like this.

 

the onion

I can’t believe the tv they made me watch.

This article was funny because no one was making him watch the shows. It was very clear that he chose to watch them. He was hooked. The article points out how much time he spent watching the shows the author called worthless. He spends a little over fifty dollars a month for these worthless shows. He is complaining throughout the entire article and at the same time is showing how much he is addicted to these shows. I think this shows a little of everybody in this article. People have at least once watched a worthless show over and again; even if it was just to make fun of it later. The article shows just how much people waste on television. Whether it be time, money, or actual happiness.

Report: 90% of waking hours spent staring at glowing rectangles.

The thing that caught my interest in this article was the fact that the author never actually tells specifically what is being watched. Everybody knows. It sounds so official and in need of recognition. (and it really does need to be recognized) It shows just how much of society depends on ‘glowing rectangles’. The article makes fun of the trance people go into when watching the glowing rectangles. It shows how people disconnect from the world and how without the glowing rectangles people do not know what to do with themselves. They get withdraws almost when the technology is taken away. The article makes fun of how people stare at computer screens all day to come home to stare at a television screen to relax from the long day of staring.

anti-ad

My favorite ad was the digital detox challenge. It looked interesting and got me thinking of how much technology we plug ourselves into instead of the real world. Technology is helpfull and serves a purpose, but too much time occupied with technology takes us away from face-to-face time with people and the real world. We live in an electronic world instead of seeing the real one.

Their position is to help the world(environmentally) and to make people think of their actions and what effect they have on themselves and others. One example would be the digital detox challenge. People are challenged to unplug from their digital world and be able to focus on people and the rest of the world. To see what is being missed out on by taking too much time on electronics. The site’s audience is anyone who will listen and start a change or at least start thinking with a different perspective.

The idea of an anti-ad goes back to the purpose of helping the environment by buying earth friendlier products instead of marked up brand names. The ads also go along with changing peoples perspectives(again the digital detox challenge).

Advertising Influence

The top half of the add is of a couple looking out the window of a truck and at a polar bear face-to face. They are both smiling and the polar bear seems happy too. The man is using a camera to take pictures of the polar bear. In the background there are three ‘pins’ like the ones on Google maps. Each one has a bubble with a type of journal entry by the couple. Each one tells of a fun adventure the couple had on their trip. It is told from the perspective of a single person and tells of something new he experienced on his trip to Canada. Each has a little picture from when they were on their adventure.  The main text says “There’s more inside every trip to Canada”. The journals illustrate this idea. Everything is covered in pristine white snow so that the couple, the polar bear. and the journals stand out. The bottom half of the add is the tail of an airplane with the canadian maple leaf. The bottom of the add is a border of fall colored maple leaves. ‘ Air Canada (with their tracemark symbol) The freedom to fly your’ own way is at the bottom right of the page.  The main text of this half of the add is about the comfort and hospitality the person would get if he flew with Air Canada.  Their website is placed under the plain styled text. The add seems to be saying, fly with Air Canada; you will be comfortable and treated well. You will have a wonderous time in Canada; It is a truly great place to visit. It is worth the time and money. The audienc is anyone who loves to travel or is slightly adventurous. It is selling a trip to Canada, but is also selling adventure.

crisis

global warming

polution

decline of morals

 

There is no real threat of global warming. Why do environmemtalists use this to get people aware/involved in what is going on with the world? Why do people still be afraid of it after all of this time?

The decline of morals in people changes many things. (crime, trust in people, decisions that are madem, abortion & other such topics) Why did people change? Who is affected?