Why a semi-truck?

Why a semi-truck?

A semi-truck is used for the strong part that the commercial is trying to promote. The truck is big and black and supposed to symbolize strength. Semi-trucks are generally associated with the open road because we see them when we are driving on the interstate. The open road is very American and iconic.

Making a Thesis Evolve

What stood out to me from this chapter was how it explained how our thesis should evolve and whether my thesis is strong or weak. The chapter talked about our thesis develops throughout the paper and improving on our ideas. The chapter also talked about our thesis being strong. A strong thesis is an idea that is questioned and examined throughout the paper. I feel like my paper needs to be stronger and develop throughout the paper. I need to make the thesis not so obvious and use evidence to develop the thesis more clearly.

Befriending Barbie

I would have never thought that there was a convention for Barbie but now we have conventions for everything imaginable. Throughout the story, the author describes people she meets at the convention. One person she met was Judy from Forth Worth, Texas. The people she met online in a chat group helped her through her tragedy. It was amazing that a childhood toy could connect people and make friendships. This story helped realize that our perspective can be affected by our prejudices.

The Last Stop

In The Last Stop, Brian Cable describes what a funeral home is like. He describes the ins and outs of the place and he describes the owner. Brian Cable shows a different side of the story and does not put an image into our brain that we usually think of a funeral home. He describes the place as a nice looking building where people see their loved ones for the last time. The funeral home owner is described as a nice gentleman that does a job that most people do not want to do but it is a necessary job. He makes sure that the people being buried or cremated look like they did before they died. In The Last Stop, the mortician is asked if the job depressed him, and he answers sometimes when he sees the faces of the individuals. Throughout the story, the author shows how assumptions can be wrong and that our opinion can change.

English Blog

The author Virginia Woolf is writing about a moth that she sees on her window seal. At first, the moth is full of life and then it suddenly dies. Virginia Woolf's "why" is her life is defined in this short sequence of events. She foreshadows her own future because she eventually drowns herself in a river. There is more than one "significance" in this short story. The story mainly talks about death but it also talks about life. The story effects me as a reader because you fell compassion for a tiny creature that is helpless and as a writer she amazed me how she could so vividly describe a small moment in her life. The story mainly talks about death but it also talks about life. She watches as the moth struggles to survive and she tries to help it but she realizes that her attempts will not be able to help it survive. Virginia Woolf probably did not realize that she could not overcome death just like the moth.