Cosmetic clips/Miriam's song

Cosmetic clips exposed different negative aspects of being a clerical saleswoman. It easily wipes away many glamorized stereotypes women have about being a makeup girl. When she tells her story in prose it's easier to see larger more obvious problems that go on behind the scenes. When she tells her story in poems she shows her heart. 

This story was really sad. In a way it was motivating because the author uses a bad situation to push her self into going to graduate school. A lot of the problems she had with her job were relatable because they're common in customer service jobs and lots of sixteen year olds know what thats like: an expectancy to bend morals for the good of the company, little respect and long hours, menial tasks... I'm glad she got herself out! :)

Miriam's song reflected Miriam's childhood struggle with an abusive stepfather. She outlines her struggle by using the story of Moses as a parable. She uses personal letters to show how the situation affected individual members of the family. The conversation piece really showed miriam and her stepfather's relationship and how she felt about him.  

It was really sad to see how much a person could take advantage of their family, just because they're his family. It was also sad to see a child being taken completely advantage of. I loved how this story ends.:)

I was a Baby Bulimic

I was a Baby Bulimic and An American Childhood both began the piece with a reflection that leads to the theme in the main context. Baby Bulimic and Salvation were alike in the fact that the narrator played a large role in telling the story by inputting comments and reflections. 

An American Childhood/ Salvation

I thought the excerpt from An American Childhood was very relatable. Reading it made me think like a kid again. I think that when you're a child you don't have a full understanding of danger, so even though Annie Dillard was scared, she was too innocent for the moment to be ruined. I loved the beginning excerpt about what she learned playing football because it enforces that the lesson of this time in her life was her survival tactic, which is how a child would remember it. That makes it a relatable and realistic autobiography. 

I liked Salvation because it showed the innocence of Hughes as a child. In my opinion, i think sincere feelings of remorse are harder to recognize in ourselves the older we become. I also think Langston's need to please everyone is a childlike quality. 

An American Childhood and Salvation, though both reflect the innocence of childhood, focus on two opposite emotions. Annie reflects on one of the happiest moments of her life while Langston re-lives a time he was filled with guilt and shame. I thought both articles were also similar in the fact they both displayed child-like emotions realistically by writing as if  living in that moment, and not as a reflective piece.

First post!!!

Hey how's it goin? this is my first post, let's see if this worksss.

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