# 4 Responding to any five questions on p. 232

Reading Closely and Thinking Critically

1- To remove the unwanted or unattractive things from their story, they do it mostly to look better in the public eye or to more attractive to their constituents.

2- I think he means that we may look at lifosuction and think it is shady or wrong. When we truly think about what it is, it is hard to really find fault in lifosuction or the people that do it, because most people do. I think he seems amused by it a little bit, because it is kind of ironic that people want others to know all about them, but really only tell them certain things about them.

3- Yes some of the examples do illustrate the removal of harmless elements, others show elements being added to spruce up a story. Little untruths added to a big truth to make the person as a whole look better or more accomplished. These elements are pretty harmless when it comes to the big picture but it does add or take away from the persons story.

4- People want to believe that the people they listen to and look up to are just like them. They want them to be normal people, coming from normal situations, that way they can relate to them. So rappers, talk show hosts, and actors tell the people what they want to hear it makes them likable and relatable. A rapper says he's from the streets, the people on the streets listen to him, this happens all the time.

5- It is surprising that Menino didn't want anyone to know that he had earned an associate degree from a junior college. He accused the newspaper of  "digging up dirt" on him. Most people would be proud that they earned a degree and that would show up on their resumes. This man wanted to be more able to relate with his constituents and look like he pulled himself out of tough times. So he omitted that little achievement from his life,..... or tried to.

Blog Post #3 Narrative Essay topic

          After reading chapter 5, I have decided that I will write about my trip to Alaska. More specifically the encounter with the bears at the confluence of the morraine river during the salmon run of 2008. This was a very exciting time for me and was so much fun. I think I will be able to come up with some creative narrative wrting about this trip.

Responding to chapters 3&4

            These last couple chapters have been extremely useful to me and my writing. Some of the ideas in the writing and rewriting chapter were interesting to me, I had always wondered and struggled with trying to find a way to start my essays. The section on the introduction paragraph was enlightening to me and gave me some great ideas on how to start a paper. The best chapter though, was the chapter on description, my writing had always seemed kind of dull and I would always use the same descriptive words. I wanted to get better in this area and I know i will be reffering to the suggestions mad in the chapter alot.