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?