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Writer's Choice - Chasing Dreams

Recently, I saw a video about a random fan who saw Kanye in the streets and begged him to be able to freestyle for him. Kanye agreed, and after the guy (Cameron Gray) finished his verse, Kanye asked him for a few more verses. This then led Kanye to offer him a job. I thought it was incredible that Kanye would provide this chance to an aspiring artist, as well as Cameron doing anything he could to separate himself and do something many others may not have the confidence to do to chase his dreams. After finding this article, I also found out that Big Sean was discovered the same way, by driving to a radio station that Kanye was at, and asking for a chance to rap for him. And now, Big Sean is extremely successful. This reminded me of Victor Frankenstein's passion when he was trying to find how to create life, being incredibly passionate about his experiment, even forgoing eating and sleeping. 

http://uproxx.com/smokingsection/2015/02/kanye-west-aspiring-rapper-freestyle-video/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+uproxx%2Ffeatures+%28Uproxx%29

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Readings and Issues to Revisit + Paper 2

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For next week, I had been planning to ask groups to come up with choices, but the workshop time seemed more important. As a result, I ask you to use reblogs and/or comments below to voice your preferences for two items: texts to revisit and the deadline for Argument 2 (either Wednesday 11 Mar, with 2 more days to revise during finals week, or Friday 13 Mar, with 2 fewer days to revise during finals week).

I’d rather have the deadline for Argument 2 be due on Wednesday, March 11th. Gives us more time for the revision and more flexibility to study for other classes during Finals Week! What are everyone else’s opinions?

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Writing Down The Bones - Adaptation Revision

Writing Down the Bones - One plus one equals Mercedes Benz

When telling a story or describing an object, facts can provide a solid backbone to the subject. However, that’s about the limit of their use, providing no room for imagination, creativity, or thought. This becomes just a superficial description of a situation, a step-by-step summary of events. To really add to the backbone, to give the story life by adding the arms and legs, we need to show more than what’s obvious. We need to step away from just “1 + 1 = 2”, or “that sweater is red”. Instead, we need to go beyond what can be determined from an initial cursory reading. Each word choice, each phrase used is written in a certain way to give the reader clues about the mood and tone of the situation, the perspectives and motives of the characters, and ideas and themes behind the story. Keep your mind open to any possibility. “One plus one equals a Mercedes Benz.” “I am the frost on the window, the cry of a young wolf, the thin blade of grass.” (Goldberg, p. 82) These sentences go beyond the obvious, into a realm of creativity and possibilities. This kind of writing allows the reader to think of every piece of evidence in new perspectives that provoke thought. What does it mean to be the “frost on the window”? Specifically, what implications come with the word “frost”? One reader might suggest that the frost is referring to the fact that the narrator is cold-hearted and lacking emotion or affection. However, another reader might interpret this as the word referring to the narrator is lonely, comparing himself to the frost on the outside of a window, looking in but not actually being part of the room. These are just two perspectives of the situation when there could be an infinite amount of interpretations. When writing with just facts, we tend to cut off room for imagination and force the reader into a specific direction of thinking rather than branching out.

 In the beginning of the quarter, our English 3 class was asked to describe an apple, with no other guidelines or directions presented. Some people offered descriptions about physical appearances such as its shine, sticker or color. However, others described how the apple “looked like it had been to a lot of places” or that “it was fighting to not fall off the table”. These descriptions of the apple gives a “behind-the-scenes” context to the apple, providing more information that what anyone can see of the apple. These new perspectives give the apple life, sparking ideas of where the apple might have came from, what its doing here, and what the future holds for the apple. By opening up the object to descriptions with no restrictions, ideas are not confined and new perspectives can be found.

Once we start thinking about new perspectives and allow our creativity to flow, that’s when our story begins. In addition to the skeletal backbone, we have the limbs and organs to make our story come to life. This is when we can truly immerse ourselves into our writing and run with our ideas, even if they seem bold. Don’t be afraid to write in a style of writing that you may not be used to, as this could prevent a great idea from forming. However, be careful not to stray away too far from the backbone and let your own bias take over. When ideas don’t come to you as quickly as before, reading great books for inspiration if your best tool. See how other writers use their own techniques to give their stories life, and incorporate them with your own methods. Use your own imagination and creativity to spark others’ and you will have a great piece of writing.

Citation:

Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones. 1986. Shambhala. page 82.

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Analysis Review

CC1: Idea not yet grounded in evidence or analysis

Original: The quote, “I did it for posterity, for kindergarten teachers and a clear moral: Little girls shouldn’t wander off” (stanza I, 2-5), brings a whole new perspective to the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Instead of being the “big bad wolf”, the wolf presents himself as a storyteller teaching a lesson that the little red riding hood should have obeyed her parents rather than talking to strangers. 

Revision: The quote, “I did it for posterity, for kindergarten teachers and a clear moral: Little girls shouldn’t wander off” (stanza I, 2-5), brings a whole new perspective to the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The word choice by the wolf, "posterity", "teachers" and "moral", all can be categorized under a common theme: education, which can be attributed to the drive underlying his actions.

Reflection: My second sentence in the original was essentially a summary of the text, without really drawing from the quote I wrote specifically. For my revision, I tried to single out certain words from the quote itself to explain the wolf's actions instead of just summarizing what the quote means. 

A2: Claim, speculation, or interpretation presented as a fact or rule.

Original:  He recognizes the “racial experiment” proposed to him but the fact that he smiled when thinking about the being a savior to his country, even in such dire and serious situation, means that the President, above all, is fixated on having the fame and being responsible for turning his country around financially with racial issues taking a secondary role. 

Revision: He recognizes the "racial experiment" proposed to him, but even in such a dire and serious situation, the President still smiled when the Vice President mentioned the idea of his term being dubbed "America's Golden Age". Whereas Bell did not indicate any emotion of relief about the racial issue, this small showing of emotion shows at the idea of his success represents another perspective on the trade: that the President could be more focused on his own success and fame rather than racial issues.

Reflection: In my original, I immediately made an assumption that just because he smiled, the would mean he was "fixated" on another motive, which may or may not be true. However, I presented it as a fact. In my revision, I provided extra evidence to reason my analysis and chose words to make this analysis less of an either/or, but more of an "and". 

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Literary Adaptations - Space Traders

Space Traders: After the Abolishment Summary: Although there were a thousand African Americans, along with their families, that were allowed to stay in the United States of America, there were only a couple hundred left. Immediately after the purge, most African American families (who could afford it) found passage, primarily to Europe, out of anger at the system; anger at the discrimination that has been shown to their race once again, a problem that they thought was resolved almost a century ago. The African Americans left were no longer discriminated against, and were actually highly regarded, as people generally felt horrible about their ultimate discrimination. The President called a board meeting to discuss their options. America, although given riches and prosperity, was not able to foster this for long. As the business economy lost twelve percent of their market, economy plummeted as a result. With African Americans making up a huge portion of various aspects of the entertainment industry, Hollywood and sports leagues such as the National Football League and National Basketball League completely crashed; their combined revenue dropped more than 60%. Various aspects of the economy were also incredibly short-staffed, as thousands of scientists, doctors, computer-engineers, janitors and garbage men were all gone. Whites with low-income were slowly aggregating at the bottom of the social ladder with the purge of African Americans and so they responded by severely discriminating against Hispanics, Asians as well as another other foreigners to feel supreme. Crime rates were at an all-time high. The gold the space traders left behind cleared the government’s debts. However, the promised year of taxes never came, as the government became stronger and more powerful. The special chemicals to un-pollute the environment were used but the safe nuclear engine and fuel became monopolized as further drilling of fossil fuels was outlawed. The exorbitant prices charged for energy further increased the economic gap between the rich and poor. America was corrupt. Adaptation: As the space traders thanked the President for the exchange, they left exactly what they promised: cargos of gold, a miracle chemical to un-pollute the environment, and a nuclear fuel engine that was safe for the environment. Big businesses were outraged at the decision for the trade and bloodthirsty for revenge; they teamed up to form a coalition to withdraw support for the president and fund campaigns to impeach the president. With their combined efforts and control over the media, it looked as if it was surely going to happen. They would not cease their attack until the President contacted the space traders and give back what their loot in return for the African American population. The president, realizing that this was becoming a serious problem in his career, with impeachment looming as a likely outcome, called a meeting with leaders of the big businesses. “Have you met our demands, Mr. President?” asked Robbie Harkenton, leader of the coalition. “Your demands aren’t possible, we are no longer able to contact the space traders,” replied the President, “but we have another alternative. We will use the gold from the space traders to pay off the national debt, but the rest will be split amongst the businesses to make up for the lost capitol.” “But that’s not enough to make up the drastic loss that we’ve had to endure,” said Robbie, “give us control over the nuclear fuel as well and we will have an agreement.” The President pondered over this, as this would essentially be giving up everything he has gained from the transaction with the space traders. However, he has already cleared up the national debt, something no one else was able to do for decades, and with the big businesses on his side, the control over the media will be able to paint him in a positive light and he would be remembered as a hero to his country. “Deal”, said the President.

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Analysis 4

Space Traders describes the President as having a "What the hell!" attitude and "owed them nothing" to black people. While the former evidence supports that the President is dismissive of the issue because it's just black people who are leaving, the President's smiling at the idea of his term becoming "America's Golden Age" casts a new light. Together, these latter pieces of evidence imply that the President's desire for being known as the President who turned his country's economy of several generation trumps the idea of racism. He recognizes the "racial experiment" proposed to him but the fact that he smiled when thinking about the being a savior to his country, even in such dire and serious situation, means that the President, above all, is fixated on having the fame and being responsible for turning his country around financially with racial issues taking a secondary role. This encourages readers to consider the idea that as the President stated, "there are risks at every opportunity". Although at first thought it seemed like the President would only do this because he has a certain nonchalant attitude towards blacks, he constantly addresses the racial issues with accepting the offer and the justification of his actions. 

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Writer's Choice

I recently saw a post about a guy from Germany who used traffic cams when speeding through a red light to propose to his girlfriend. He wrote the words on a poster and put it up while crossing the intersection so it would be on the photo. I thought wow, that's a clever way to surprise her. In such a normal letter of misfortune, his girlfriend would definitely get surprised. This goes back to our readings (such as The Wolf's Transcript) and how perspectives change the whole story. There are always other ways of looking at things, you just have to find them. I also enjoyed that law enforcement played along with the gesture and even blew up the photo so the marriage proposal was easier to read. In addition, his fine was reduced to just $17 dollars. Here is the link to the article for anyone interested.

http://elitedaily.com/news/world/guy-speeds-traffic-camera-holding-sign-proposal/919519/

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Analyses 3

http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-unpaid-internships-be-illegal/its-simple-labor-should-be-rewarded For this analysis, I am writing about the issue of unpaid internships and the idea behind them: should they be illegal? This article: "Its simple, Labor Should be Rewarded" by Ross Eisenbrey spreads the idea that all labor should be rewarded, given that it benefits the employer, and that if it benefits the employer, part of the benefit should be shared with the intern creating that work. However, this differs from my stance in that although paid internships seems like a good idea in theory, (just as increasing minimum wage), many forget about the consequences that this change could incur. Although some companies would start to pay their interns, many would also cut their internship program or accept much fewer interns. This could prove to be disastrous to those advocating for paid internships as well given that just the fact of landing an internship would be much harder give the reduction of available options.  Ross's main argument lies behind "It’s simple: If you benefit financially from someone’s work you have to pay them, you have to share with them some of the benefit from their work". This idea suggests that an intern just comes in and replaces an employer to do their work for free. However, it glosses past the fact that interns are generally young adults with minimal experience; requiring those that have worked there to spend their time working to educate interns and provide them the learning environment. 

One central idea behind this argument is ethicality: what defines the line between an employer and intern that makes not paying them legal or illegal? The main problem behind this thought could be that the terms intern and employer are not strictly enforced, resulting in confusion over the two and inter lapping job descriptions.  Another idea would be supply and demand. How would outlawing unpaid internships affect the availability of internships and general? 

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Notes 4

After reflecting back on Analyses 1 and reading the comments generated by Karolyn, I realized that much of my "analysis" was too summary oriented in that I tried to convey the meaning of the paragraph and the chosen word "posterity" instead of exploring the implications of the words and patterns throughout the paragraph. Another issue I had with the analyses was that I jumped to conclusions when trying to analyze each section. Instead of just using my own perspective to try and define the section to what the author is indicating, I should use the words that he/she uses as evidence to form possible ideas of how they work together.  We can see in, "I did it for posterity, for kindergarten teachers and a clear moral: Little girls shouldn’t wander off” (stanza I, 2-5), that the wolf chooses to use many words indicating a future generation such as posterity, kindergarten, teachers, little, and moral. These all follow the category of children and learning, which can imply the theme of the whole poem. Using direct evidence like this can make analyzing much more effective. 

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Analyses 2

Text: A Wolf's Transcript - Little Red Riding Hood Binary: Morality vs Immorality. This binary explores the idea of the wolf's actions. Is what the wolf doing moral or immoral? Although many assume the wolf in this story to be immoral, he tells another tale. 

Complications:  This binary is insufficient because the readers are swayed to the fact that the wolf is inherently bad, being called the "big bad wolf" while little red writing hood has words seemingly to describe her innocence such as "little". However, the wolf tells a different perspective, suggesting that his actions were fueled by a desire to teach moral lessons. 

Evidence:

"First, grant me my sense of history: I did it for posterity, for kindergarten teachers and a clear moral:" 

Implications: The first few lines starts off with him explaining his reasons for his actions. By using the words "teachers" and "morals", the wolf indicates that his plan is about teaching a lesson. "posterity" and "history" give the sense that these actions are not who the wolf is now, but a different time period.

"I ran with that weight and fell down, simply so children could laugh at the noise of the stones cutting through my belly,"

Implications: This quote suggests that the wolf was full aware of his dying process, and was content with sacrificing his own life for the laughter and teachings for the children. He uses vivid verbs like "cutting through my belly" to indicate that he was suffered to teach get his lesson across.  Claim: These implications suggest that although the wolf is seemingly portrayed as the "bad guy", his selection of words throughout the transcript shows how he used his own character as a lesson for children. By repeatedly going back to the theme of children and teachings, he reinforces the fact that his actions had a purpose. 

Analyses: The wolf in the tale, seemingly told to be the "big bad wolf", claims to be of a different nature. The wolf constantly reflects back to the theme of teaching a lesson to children by using the word "child" several times and suggests his transcript is a lesson for "kindergarten teachers". Even willingly sacrificing himself for the story, while little red riding hood and the grandma both survive, he still does so willingly and without complaint. This selfless act encompasses the wolf's true motives of teaching and morality. 

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Notes 3

Quote: CALIBAN

Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises,

Sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not.

Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments

Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices

That, if I then had waked after long sleep,

Will make me sleep again. And then, in dreaming,

The clouds methought would open and show riches

Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked

I cried to dream again.

Brief Summary: Caliban says this about the island while he is discussing with Stephano and Trinculo about plans to kill Prospero. Ariel plays a tune of song to distract them and Stephano and Trinculo get afraid because they don't know what the sound is coming from. This passage shows Caliban's understanding of the island and that is he is truly the native of the island, although others keep trying to take over. His statement of "I cried to dream again" suggests that he lives in a reality that isn't ideal, that he lost his dreams to the island when everyone came to take it over.  Sparknotes:  From Sparknotes' section of Important Quotations Explained:, Caliban's speech shows an understanding and beautiful use of knowledge past just cursing, as he mentioned earlier. This shows Caliban as not a monster as everyone suggests, but sensitive and beautiful man. Because Caliban doesn't know whether the music is actually from the island itself or the magic of Prospero, this speech shows his deep attachment to the island as well as his respect for Prospero's magic.  Comparison: Sparknotes suggests that this passage shows a whole new side of Caliban. Instead of being the monster that everyone suggests him to be, it shows him to have another side of understanding. I agree with this perspective and in addition, added that his wanting to dream suggests that he doesn't like the way things are on the island, with everyone wanting to take over an island that he views as rightfully his own.

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Analyses 1 - Wolf's Postscript

Pre-Writing

Quote: "I did it for posterity, for kindergarten teachers and a clear moral: Little girls shouldn't wander off" (stanza I, 2-5).  Mini-summary of immediate context: The wolf explains his actions in the tale of the little red riding hood, to teach a lesson.

Mini-summary of broader context: The wolf backs up his initial claim of wanting to teach a lesson by reasoning that if he wanted to eat the girl or grandma just to eat them, he could have done it long ago. 

One focal word or phrase: posterity

Strand of evidence to which focal word belongs: words about lessons, words about teachings

2-3 binaries, divisions, concepts, or themes relevant to quotation:

theme - misunderstandings

binaries - right/wrong

binaries - obedient/disobedient

2 possible implications of quotation: 

- the wolf implies that he isn't in the wrong for his actions, but taught a valuable lesson - wolf implies that by eating little red riding hood, future generations will learn to obey their mothers 

2 possible implications of focal word:

-"posterity" implies that future descendants those taught this story will all learn the moral and better follow directions -"posterity" also represents that the wolf is not worried about the sacrifice he had to make to teach the moral, but is more worried about the future generations that could benefit from the lesson. 

Reference to one other moment in the text that provides additional insight: 

"I ran with that weight and fell down, simply so children could laugh" (stanza 4, 5-6). This further provides evidence that his intent is for kindergarten teachers to pass on the stories to future generations. He allows himself to fall to his demise in an entertaining way to create an entertaining twist while still teaching the lesson he intends to teach.  Analytical Paragraph:

The quote, "I did it for posterity, for kindergarten teachers and a clear moral: Little girls shouldn't wander off" (stanza I, 2-5), brings a whole new perspective to the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Instead of being the "big bad wolf", the wolf presents himself as a storyteller teaching a lesson that the little red riding hood should have obeyed her parents rather than talking to strangers. The word "posterity" implies that the wolf enforced this lesson with the idea of change for the future, without worrying about the immediate consequences of eating an innocent girl and her grandmother. By this reasoning, the wolf presents himself in the light of a "hero" of the story, rather than the antagonist.  Reflection:

During the reflection, I had trouble with finding a word that stood out to create an analytical period around. I chose the word "posterity" because it gives the idea of future generations, which is the target of the wolf's audience. This also relates back to "One plus one equals Mercedes Benz", reinforcing the idea that things may not seem logical at first, but a new perspective can create many new possibilities in writing. 

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Adaptation of “Blue Lipstick and a Cigarette Hanging Out Your Mouth”

The chapter “Blue Lipstick and a Cigarette Hanging Out Your Mouth” from Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones discusses the idea of how a change from usual routine is sometimes needed in order to write something other than...

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Although I've never tried this method when stumbling upon difficulty with writing, this seems like an effective way to gather a new perspective and create new ideas for writing. It may feel uncomfortable and unconventional at first, but it's definitely an idea worth trying. New surroundings could result in new creative ideas to write about. 

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When it comes to writing it is crucial obtain a central idea and to stick to it. As we begin writing any work, it can be quite easy to wander off into your own thoughts. Our thoughts can jump around from detail to detail and sometimes they may never land on the central idea of what you were truly...

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I like your take on the article suggesting that by getting too bogged down into the details takes away from the central message of the writing. I find that many times when I write and want to paint a vivid picture, I would jot down unnecessary details to try and be as descriptive as possible. However, there is definitely a time and a place for details, and by giving focus to each point, this could easily detract from the central message of the writing, causing the reader to jump from one detail to another but never centralizing on a central theme.

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Notes 2 - Revised

For my editorial material, I decided to use Appendix D: 2. The Edinburgh Magazine. This review mentions people's desire for adventure and outrageous improbability, resulting in their fascination with the book. However, Shelley was able to incorporate realistic aspects into this wild fantasy by real events of the world too. This is exemplified by relationships that Victor had with Elizabeth and family members, and the tragedy from each death. The reviewer mentioned that "We can be satisfied with nothing in fiction that is not highly coloured and exaggerated" (p. 310). By creating a fantasy in a world that we know and live in, Shelley has created an irregular story that captures the attention of readers, while allowing them to relate to the characters for a sense of reality. I completely agree with this part in that while making a fascinating and wild story plot, Shelley was still able to keep the reality intact, allowing the readers to relate with the situations and characters but still be interested by the irregular events that occur. 

However, although the magazine appreciates the power and beauty of the writing, they deem Shelley's execution "imperfect" and by an "unpractised hand". This is because of them not knowing Shelley's intention and reasonings for writing the story, and disagrees with Shelley's portrayal on man playing "Creator", and would only inspire a religious emotion. This can be seen because God's creation of Adam and the events that followed shared parallels with Victor's creation of Frankenstein. 

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Notes 2 - The Invisible Man

Reading Frankenstein, I found many parallels to the book “The Invisible Man”, by H.G. Wells. In this book, Griffin, a young scientist, also obsessed himself with groundbreaking scientific experiment. He found the secret to turn tissue invisible and subsequently used the findings on himself. However, realizing that this change was permanent, he frantically researched to find a way to reverse this.  This parallels Victor’s creation of Frankenstein, where a unconventional scientific experiment resulted in a change in perspective, whereas before completion, Victor and Griffin were both ecstatic for their findings but afterwards, would regret their work and hope to live a normal life. This can be seen on page 49 of Frankenstein when Victor first gave life to his creation and describes his feelings; “How can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch with whom such infinite pains and care I had endeavored to form?” Furthermore, these scientific experiments further lead to their doom.  As Victor has created the monster, Griffin has “created” the Invisible Man, which both results in becoming outcasts of society. The Invisible Man desperately tried to become normal, wearing bandages and covering his identity while doing experiments to reverse the change, while the monster tried to befriend the De Lacey family and become accepted. However, when their efforts were not being rewarded with results, they would both resort to violence, leading to the ultimate downfall of their creators. This is seen as the monster killed many of Victor’s loved ones, and the Invisible Man burglarized and killed to seek revenge, resulting in the death of Griffin, or himself. 

Perhaps with patience, these two outcasts could have resulted in acceptance throughout society over time. However, they were both quick to fight back out of frustration and anger, resulting the the tragedies that have occurred. 

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Adaptations 1

Adaptation of "One plus one Equals a Mercedes Benz"

To determine the worth and idea of an object, there is more than just facts. While facts can determine the backbone of an object, this tends to become a superficial description of the object, without telling the reader the backstory of what the object really is. There is much more than just the facts of what something is, such as what the object makes the writer feel, or what the object symbolizes. 

As in the example in ENL3 class where asked to describe an apple, there were factual descriptions of the apple such as it had shine, colored red and that it had a sticker on it. However, a new perspective of the apple was found when people mentioned that the apple "looked like it had been to a lot of places" or "it was fighting to not fall off the table". These descriptions give more of a "behind-the-scenes" view of the apple, telling more than just what the apple is, but where it came from, what it's doing, and what the future holds for the apple.  If during writing, you are able to capture more than just what things are, we will end up with much more information than facts are able to provide. We can delve into the aspects further than what an objects seems at first glance and a whole new perspective can be found, providing us with great vision. Truly immerse yourself into the writing and run with your ideas, even if they seem to be bold. Also, don't be afraid to write in a way that may not be your style of writing, as it is important to be able to write in a variety of different voices. When the ideas don't come as easily anymore and you are struggling to finding words to write, reading great books is your best tool. See how other writers have done what you are trying to do and read other works for inspiration. To create great writing, we must use these techniques to keep the reader informed and interested throughout the piece.  Reflection: By writing an adaptation, I was had to not just read this technique for creative writing, but rewrite it in my own words, forcing me to truly understand the passage's main ideas and re-emphasize them in a new way, using different words. This creates a greater understanding because of the active thinking it requires, making me think of new examples that pertained to the idea. Because of the change of audience to the ENL class, I incorporated an example that was given during the class (the apple description activity), and used that example as an argument to why simply factual descriptions are not enough in a piece of writing. I hope that using an example that we discussed would serve to create a relatable idea that can be used to understand the concepts behind this passage. 

This concept is something that I plan to include in my future writings as well. Instead of writing about the topic, it is important to include how the topic appeals to the senses of the reader. By being able to write this way consistently, I would be able to form my work to become more creative and vivid.