portfolio

i think that my strongest that i will be putting in my portfolio is the essay about McCandless. i feel it is a really good paper because i make a very strong argument for chris chasing after his dream. I emphasize that McCandless has a desire to live free. i use examples of imagery and peaceful places to show to my reader that the place that he was at was a se-real experience. the next step i need to take for this paper is to go deeper. i leave my main points unclear. For example, i mention how there are many of people how are obese in our country and are very lazy. i need to go deeper into why is is such a bad thing and why chris is a better person for getting out and being adventurous. My paper has a lot of potential, i just need to go deeper and organize it better. it does not flow very well. cleaning it up shouldn't be to hard, as long as i sick to my core ideas. the paper that i think need the most work is my research paper. my research is only 3 pages long and it doesnt have a lot of research in it so far. i think that i have a good start, but some things that need to be improved are: organization, research, and a naysayer. the naysayer will come with a lot more research and time put in. on a positive note, i feel like i have a really good start. my paper has a lot of potential if i just put the research in.

research paper

think that Krakauer was successful in his research. the Best moment he had was at the end of his book when he was defending chris. He was trying to show how chris wasn't just so idiotic kid who was running around the alaskan wild. Krakauer research deep into the different types of things chris was eating and how they might have affected him. Krakauer says, " He had began to gather and eat large quantities of wild potato seeds in july 14, during an extended period of rainy weather" (194). Chris thought that these were ok to eat. he made an honest mistake. who doesn't? People make mistakes everyday, things happen. Krakauer's research proves that Chris wasn't such a stupid kid. he was very smart but just made an honest mistake

krakauers research

think that Krakauer was successful in his research. the Best moment he had was at the end of his book when he was defending chris. He was trying to show how chris wasn't just so idiotic kid who was running around the alaskan wild. Krakauer research deep into the different types of things chris was eating and how they might have affected him. Krakauer says, " He had began to gather and eat large quantities of wild potato seeds in july 14, during an extended period of rainy weather" (194). Chris thought that these were ok to eat. he made an honest mistake. who doesn't? People make mistakes everyday, things happen. Krakauer's research proves that Chris wasn't such a stupid kid. he was very smart but just made an honest mistake

sources

The primary source for my paper is the movie, To Kill a Mocking Bird by Haper Lee. The movie shows how the culture was beginning to change back in the 1960's. Black men were always stereotyped for trying to get with the white mens wives. Atticus Finch is the lawyer who defends The black man who's name is Tom Robinson. The movie is really showing the change in culture from the fact that a white man is defending a black man. this was unheard of in the 1960's. Black men and women were looked upon to do work. they were pretty much treated like animals, and the fact that a white man stood up for a black man and proved him to be innocent really had an affect on culture. Atticus doesn't not prove him innocent in the court house, but the husband of the wife that was said to be raped by tom was after Atticus and his kids in the late hours of the night, obviously wanting to stop him from proving the tom was innocent. this research is very important. This movie came out when blacks were stilled hated for their skin color. it came out the year before Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. Hatred was still very present at that time. But things began to change because of the movie because they realized that the way that they looked at black people was wrong. Tom Robinson only helped out the women that he eligibly raped and asked for no pay. this movie affects the reader because all of the people at that time who thought of black men as bad realized after that their stereotyping is wrong. they realized tom was a good man and didn't deserve to die.

research paper

The topic of my research paper is about how the movies, " to Kill a Mockingbird" and "In the Heat of the Night" changed the racist culture into a culture of racial equality. My topic is currently a huge impact in american culture. Black people began as slaves and now we have an african american running our country. i would say that culture has changed. the two movies that i am using to support my topic are very closely related. the conflict of both movies is a black man being accused of a crime because of the color of his skin. these movies are so unique because they were the first movies to come out that showed how all white people stereotype black people. and in both of these movies the black people are the ones doing good. my topic much relevance in the government and sports today in our society.

close reading

the title of my close reading essay is the "Ultimate Truth". the purpose or goal of my essay is to prove that the truth that he is seeking is his love and passion. i use epigraphs from chapters 7, 11, and 12 express that krakauer is trying to show deeper into christopher; deeper in his so that you are in his shoes. to show why he makes the decisions he makes and why he thinks the way he. i feel like i did a good job with picking the epigraphs. they are have a significant relation to how chris may think and feel. i also give great insight into how it is effective. the things that i need to shape up with this paper is to stay on topic. i feel like i say randoms things sometimes, as well as repeat myself. i need to make my paper flow. it is very wavy in my opinion.

Krakauer

Krakauers self expression can make you believe that he is writing off of his experience, but Krakauer did have a journal as well as books he highlighted. In the epigraphs Krakauer puts highlighted passaged that gives insight into what he thought. This gives creditability to Krakauer's words about Chris but only the words related to the epigraphs. I think that Krakauer's self-expression gives him more credibility because he has a similar story to Chris. Even though Krakauer may have been trying to related Chris to himself in his writing, the intelligence level and the way that these two individuals think are very similar. they read similar books which gave them similar views on the world. Krakauer's story is very similar to Chris's story which make readers question Krakauer's credibility, but I feel that Krakauer's self expression give more insight into Chirs's story because he had experienced something similar as well as the fact that they read similar books.

storytelling

i think that the stories that Krakauer tells in his book gives insight into how he feels about what chris did. when he tells stories of other people failing and killing themselves, he is supporting the opinion that thinks Christopher was an idiot. In his book, Krakauer writes about the story about a man named Gene Rosellini. Rosellini says in a letter, "I began my adult life with the hypothesis that it would be possible to become a stone age native. for over 30 years. i programmed and conditioned myself to this end. in the last 10 of it, i would say i realistically experienced the physical, mental, and emotional reality of the stone age. but to borrow a buddhist phrase, eventually came a setting face-to-face with pure reality. i learned that it is not possible for human beings as we know them to live off the land" (75). I think that putting this into the book gives evidence that he doesn't agree with chris's actions. Rosellini ended up killing himself because he came to the conclusion that he couldn't fulfill his hypothesis. why would Krakauer put this into his book if he agreed with chris's actions?

unfortunately my opinion about did take a hit. i really liked her before and think she has a great voice, but some of the things she writes about are a little childish. the chart is what had the biggest on me. i could see how the things she things about are childish and unrealistic. Also being introduced to the fact that some of her songs are similar to people who have written in the past. i don't know if she belongs in the category that she is in. To be in the same breath as john leon, you better have a handful of amazing songs. taylor swift is catching a lot of peoples eyes though. she has been very lucky with getting fans and being promoted to the world. i think that she is a good artist and only going to get better.

After reading deeper into the novel; my feelings about McCandless actions of going into the wild haven't changed. Reading deeper into the novel makes my view more set in stone. the author gives more insight into what kind of person chris is. The author writes what he thinks will give the best insight into chris's thoughts and feelings. When he talks to wayne, he rags on society and his parents. the author wants to show how much he doesn't like the structure of family and society. The author also puts quotes from books that christopher was reading, with the intentions of showing what was fueling his thoughts and ideas on the world. I thought that chris's actions were not stupid, it was very bold. He went into the wild for new experiences and to get away from society.

Bootcamp was incredibly helpful to me, to getting started on the right foot for this semester. i didn't have a writing tutor or anything and my writing wasn't very good. i have writing like a robot. i wasn't writing what i wanted to say. bootcamp really helped me with understanding how to loosen up my writing. Say what you want to say. i was writing with to much structure. i also learned how to enter the question. i really like the philosophy of entering the question. it makes your writing sound a lot smoother. also i got more comfortable with citing sources and getting the right information out of sites. i used to just site a novel that didn't really mean anything. finding sources that agree with my argument as well as finding nay sayer, can really give my paper a a lot of strength.

i'm really glad that we got to go through boot camp in the beginning because i feel more confident going into the semester. i feel like i i really have a good chance of improving my writing this semester which can really help me later in life.

My name is Matt Bock. I am from Southern California. I came to washington state for the chance to play football. I am currently on the football team. I went to a private school that i felt really prepared me for college. i feel that the high school i came from really prepared me for writing. i have a mom, dad, two brothers and a dog. i love my family. they are the coolest. i like to listen to all kinds of music. Lil wayne would have to be my favorite. i also like groups such as: passion pit, andre nickatina, john mayer, taylor swift, and many more. Michael Jackson is the man... RIP. i enjoy going to the beach, playing a little piano, playing any sports, and hanging out with friends and family. i have a good attitude toward school. my parents are spending a lot of money to be here at WSU and i need to get the best grades i can get. my parents work so hard and i love them so much and i don't want their hard work to go to waste. i am pretty excited for rachel's class, because i feel like she is really going to help my writing.