Blog Assignment #6 - Responding to a Piece of Literary Journalism

I decide to read and do a little summary of a story named A Felon’s Last Days of Freedom. This story is a very interesting article because it describes the last few days of “Green Eyes” and how his loves ones are much effected because Green eyes will be going to prison for 1-3 years. Green eyes is married to a woman named India. India has two daughters which are Cita and Ellissia. India has a job as an assistant in a hospital for the Anatomical Pathology Gross department. She has a good job and she loves what she does in her job. Cita who is India’s daughter is a graduate student who will be achieving her Master’s degree soon. Green Eyes has been in and out of jail since he was young. Green Eyes was in jail but he got out on bail and is now awaiting for the day they tell him how long he will be serving time. The sooner his court date approaches the more stressed out he gets because he does not know what will be happen, while he is serving time. Every morning until he goes to sleep this is what happens. He does not want to leave his family alone while he is serving time. I believe the author who wrote this article decided to write this article and most importantly an article about Green Eyes because this is something a lot of people around the world go through, especially what their family has to go through while their loved one is serving time. Maybe the author also has few family members or surrounds their selves with people that has to go through the same thing or has been through it already. The author is also trying to send out a message and show readers not only does the person who is serving time suffers but also their family does too. Ben Cleeton says “Inspired by her life experiences, she focused her senior project on how the prison industrial complex affects the makeup minority families and contributes to a breakdown of trust between minority women and men.” This is a strong quote because I believe a lot of people who live in a poverty neighborhood are curious about why people mind work like this. Especially young people’s mind. I believe it’s a good idea. Cleeton says, “I go to the supermarket and I spend at least 80 to 100 dollars a month on food for him.” This is a strong quote because this describes how much money you have to spend on your loved one who is incarcerated. 

http://narrative.ly/family-style/a-felons-last-days-of-freedom/

Blog Assignment 5 - Planning an Interview for a Personal Profile

I would like to interview two people.  Those two people are my boyfriend and a co-worker, I work with. The reason I want to interview my boyfriend is because he has many goals and I believe it will be an incredible idea to interview someone in the military. I want to look on the other side of a person who is serving the American people and I also want to see what their perspectives are. My boyfriend is also an intellectual person and a very interesting human being. So, I believe this would be interesting. The reason I want to interview my co-worker is because she is an advisor here at Laguardia Community College. She is one of the new advisors at the ASAP program. She also has the same degree in the major I am trying to get in. She has her Bachelor’s and her Master’s degree. Also, she is very smart and she is a very outgoing and creative person. There are four questions I will be asking my boyfriend and my co-worker and that is….. Why did you choose your career? What do you plan on accomplishing? How do you see yourself doing in 5 years and doing what? and what are your life goals?    

Assignment #3 Writing on a historical photograph

This photograph shows a lady working in a factory. The factor where she is working at is currently where Rikers Island is now located at. The lady is wearing glasses at and a dress, ladies use to wear back then in the 1900's. She has short curly hair and she seems like she does not want to be interrupted. She looks like she is also trying to hurry up and finish her job, so she can go home to her family or maybe start on a new job. This lady looks like she is apart of the lower middle class. By describing what kind of social class she is from is can tell a lot by just looking at the picture. This is important because this shows why she is working in a factory. If she was a wealthy people then she would not be working in a factory. If you really look at the picture you can tell that she is moving very quickly and she is much focused. It looks like she is building little creatures, maybe little dolls or action figures little boys can play with. Little boys that are very young and they are growing up. It also looks like she is trying not to mess up or make any mistakes, while she is doing this. She has to use the desk looking thing and the black thing that is in front of her, so she does not mess up. After, building the little things she is building with her own two hands she is lining them up. She does is very carefully. It seems like her hands might be tired by now. She has to feel up the other drawer looking thing with those little things she is creating. Everything looks very organized. Maybe there might thousands of those figures!

Blog assignment #2- Reading Joan Didion's Description

There is a article named Letter from Los Angeles by Joan Didion. This article is basically very cold. The author shows and describes this article very carless. I believe the author should at least pretend to care because to few viewers it might show she does not care about what is happening. She may be a carless author but showing a little emotional does not hurt. When she describes the scene where there is a car accident, she does not show everything detail by detail. Instead she just tells the scene by telling viewers how ever she feels like it. She needs to put a little emotion to it. The story is boring because its like she's just telling the story just to say it. She needs more details and emotion to her stories. I thought to myself maybe since a scene is coming up, she may describe it and put a little emotion to it. Well she didn't do it. I believe her writing has a little bit of simile and also metaphor but at the same time, I don't believe so. Her piece is a little confusing.

Author's Note

My vignette piece is a piece based on two people named Samuel and Beatriz. Two young people who have known each other for two years and who are now  dating. They have been through a lot and at one point they decided to go their separate way. Then, one day out of the bloom Samuel calls and that's when Beatriz starts to think things out and makes a important decision that changes both of their life around. Samuel and Beatriz are two people that actually want to succeed with each and have each others back. They both have terrible past relationships and lives but they believe if they really love each other, their love will help them get through any obstacle in life. Samuel is now in the Air force and Beatriz is currently enrolled in college achieving a degree in the criminal justice field. Samuel and Beatriz is my boyfriend and I middle names. This is a true story. I just did not want to use my real name or his real name. I want to make it seem like I was just telling a story and trick the readers.

Welcome to My Blog

 Hello my name is Yesica Mayancela. I'm nineteen years old and I am Ecuadorian. I have four older brothers and a younger brother, yes I am the only girl in the family besides my mother. I am currently attending Laguardia community college. I will be receiving my Associates degree in criminal justice, next year in June. I will then continue my education in a four year school to achieve my Bachelor's degree. I will be changing my major to social work because I want to become a social worker and work in the prison population. After I receive my Bachelor's I will be going for my Master's degree in communication skills.  I will also take the correctional officer exam, once I turn twenty one. The reason I want to work in prison population is because I believe if an inmate wants to change their life around for themselves or their loves ones, there should be someone that is willing to help a person that wants to change their life around. Another reason is because I like to help others. This is my first creative writing class at Laguardia. I believe creative non-fiction means when a person is free to write what they want with different techniques and styles.