From dust I came, and through that dust I learned humility. Darkness has come for me and through their pursuit, I have gained strength. Humiliation brought me wisdom and friendship has taught me joy. I want to gain power though; I want to change the world around me. I want to meet enemies with benevolence and through that benevolence, crush my perceived evils in this world. I want to have the heart to love and the arm to destroy. I want to be like her. She is the one that taught me the dust; brought to me the darkness; exposed me to humility; stood by me through friendship; and even displayed that power I so hungrily yearn for but yet to obtain. I want to have that power to protect her, to support her to learn and live with her.  I want to be the other half of the arch. To lean against her as she leans on me. I want power. That is my wish.

We are born into the world as clean canvases. As we live though life and take part in its numerous experiences, the canvas becomes filled. Joy, sorrow, pain, pleasure, desire, jealousy, pride, excitement, regret, passion, indifference, love, hate and so much more. Each of these things leaves a mark upon our canvases. Gold strokes of joy are covered by purple drips of lust flowing slowly down the canvas alongside red splatters of rage and green curtains of jealousy. They all flow into a mass of black hatred and eventually fade out into a grey expanse of indifference. Is this the personality we are to bear, the identity we are to accept? Not exactly. A person’s being is determined by what the entire image is. A painting never has a definite shape. It is manipulated by the whim of the one who views the picture. As we gaze upon our painting, what life intended to paint through logic as a dying puppy may be seen as a murderous tiger or a loving mother. We become what we see of ourselves. Red need not be a red of rage but may be a red of passion. Green can become a majestic luster and black, fortitude. It is not the condition of our environment that defines us; it is how we decide to accept it. A lowly patch of dirt, a monster of hatred, a stern defender, a loving companion. Make the decision yourself. No more excuses, no more comparison. Just you and your decision.

Subject: What was happening in the economy

Occasion: The nurse (banks) is stealing money from the patient (economy)

Audience: I am not exactly sure on the date but it was during America’s current economic collapse. The audience would be the common citizen.

Purpose: To convey the twisted image of what certain groups are doing in the economy

Logos: The IV marked with the dollar sign becomes the logos of this image, as it suggests that the bank is being utterly selfish and taking the nourishment the economy sorely needs.

Ethos: Ben Sargent was the 1982 winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning and a number of other awards to accompany that.

Pathos: Pathos was the strongest amongst the three appeals in this picture. Firstly, this is a nurse-patient relationship. The patients well-being lies completely with nurse since there is no doctor in this picture. Also the the image of death present in this picture as well. Death itself usually has a negative connotation and it adds an exclamation mark to the twisted nature of this situation. Another pathos would be the nurses fat. The nurse does not need the money at all, she is well set. When this image of fullness is contrasted sharply to the skeletal figure of the economy, it adds a layer of selfishness and greed to the overall message.

Text: In the cartoon, the nurse says, “Heck, yeah! That does make me feel better!” The nurse uses an unprofessional tone to accent the offset and distorted nature of the picture.

Andrew Won

Mr. Giddings

AP 11^th Grade English

February 3, 2009

Human beings have the capability to experience many sensations. They can see, hear, taste, smell, and feel various stimuli as they live through life. However, the true marvel of the human being is realized when these pieces of information are formed into subconscious perceptions through the processing of thought. Each person has a unique manner in which they approach a situation. My own thought process is fairly simple when seen through a larger scope; when the situation does not hold much importance to me, I will skim the situation and make shallow, quick decisions to respond, but when the situation is of greater significance my thought process becomes highly intricate and methodical.

There are many situations where I might feel it is almost beneath my notice. For instance, two months ago, I was told to write a short letter of gratitude to one of my math tutors, Mr. Andrew, because he was moving away. I felt he was genuinely a good guy, but only outside of the classroom. While teaching, I thought he was the laziest excuse for a tutor I had ever met. At first, it was awkward writing anything to him, since I detested that class, and as a result had nothing to be thankful for. In the end, I managed to write something that resembled a miserable good-bye letter. While I was writing, I misspelled “angle” with “angel” and I had to choose whether to scribble it out or strike it cleanly through with a line. I wasn’t concerned with how sincere my letter would or would not sound to him, so I absent-mindedly scribbled it out while trying to find another way to express my “regret” at his leaving. Since I did not care much about the task at hand, and saw it more as an unwanted burden, anything that sounded even a bit depressed was more than adequate for me. In this mode of thinking, I do not pay attention to what I do or say because it does not mean anything to me.

However, I was in a similar situation with another tutor; the only difference was that I felt genuinely sad she was leaving. Her name was Jenny, and she was my physics tutor. She was patient with me, even though I was obviously very lacking in this area of science, and I understood the material by the time I walked out the door. A couple of weeks after Mr. Andrew left the tutoring center, Jenny sprung the news that she was leaving as well. She had been my tutor for two years, so naturally I had become rather grateful to her by then. It seemed only right to give her a proper farewell letter, on proper stationary with proper, heartfelt words. My spelling had not gotten any better by then, resulting in another spelling mistake. I had written “receive” as “recieve.” This time, I could not choose whether to cross it out or scribble it out. I wished I could have thrown away that page and started over on a brand new sheet, but because the tutoring center was on a low supply of expensive paper, I had no choice but to do one or the other. If I crossed it out, it would look neater and be less noticeable, but she would see the mistake I made and I would look foolish in front of her. Scribbling would get rid of the mistake completely but it would ruin the neat look. Whichever decision I made, the image cast of me would not be very favorable. Then I started thinking about what a marred letter would imply about me. What if she thought I did not respect her or that it was a meaningless letter? Will she dismiss my letter as just any old letter? Eventually I scribbled it out and hurriedly wrote the rest of it, because she was on her way out for the last time. In this mindset, I become too absorbed in my task and get easily distracted by insignificant things, or go off on a tangent.

In the first scenario, I did not care much for what I was doing and who I was doing it for, which resulted in my indifferent approach to the task I had to do. In the second scenario, the person I was writing for held a deeper root with me, and wishing to present an adequate farewell, I became far too absorbed in my task and “missed the bigger picture”. Depending on how I perceive my situation and the people involved in it, the path my thoughts take will fluctuate greatly. They may still end up with similar conclusions but what I experience and perceive will always be unique to the specific feelings I have towards the issue.

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