This I believe: Made by Hand

In Mary Mrugalski's essay of this I believe she depicts he belief of putting her stressful and negative energy into baking. When the going gets tough the dough gets rolling if you will. She begins the essay by telling us about the love that left her when she found out that she was pregnant and moves on to describe the great joy this was before mentioning the illness of another child later in life. It's really the way that she kneads the anecdotes of bread making into the bigger idea that makes the essay strong. She uses the repetition of how she makes the big loaf and her child makes the small loaf which portrays a calming seen of mother and child in times of both joy and sorrow. Mrugalski believes in the idea of creation of something positive during hard times which is shown at the birth of her child during the loss of a relationship and the baking of substance during her daughter's illness.

brainstorm

I am considering focusing on the shift in acceptability of sexuality in media with a focus on Brokeback Mountain and RENT. Try and revive the paper I wrote last summer. Also maybe a focus on independence in adolescence focus on Veronica Mars.  Are generations becoming more independent particularly in women. Obviously women have more independence, but maybe how the media promotes independence, but also how having companionship is important. Throw in a quote about nothing survives isolated.

Veronica Mars is this super cool badass chic who goes through this period when all of the people she trusted turned on her. She has to learn to walk down the halls at her high school without giving people hugs and saying “hi” between every class. She has to learn to stick to her own ideals even though so many people are against her. She learns to not to trust people or for trust to be something that is not to be given away lightly.

How is independence portrayed in movies and TV? Independence in media is focuses on a person’s ability to exist without anyone else and be comfortable in their own skin, but it is impossible to exist in isolation. Struggle of co existence. Independence and teens. Independence and self image. Independence and family expectations.

Character sketch

Unstable and usually a little psychotic girls have been the last few main characters I written about. I try to write dramatic character but I tend to have a harder time with them because I can't take myself seriously when I write. I love watching drama based movies and  TV shows and reading books with a lot of drama but I struggle when writing it. I'd like to write a story of a character in a tough situation, but then there are some things that hit so close to home that I'd get started a feel like I'm not doing my main character justice. In my mind turning real situations into a story whether that be writing, visual media, songs; etc is an honor. As the storyteller you have the oppertunity to be you're character's advocate. Create them into whatever you want.  I want to write a story about a man or a women who is faced with a challenge, works hard on their own person and is victorious. I want to write a story about a character who in the beginning has a negative view of the world and has this realization that m aybe things really do happen for a reason. That they can't control everything.

My memoir experience

Like last spring when I did the crots paper I'm enjoying writing the memoirs. Last night I expanded the Tyler scene as well as reaworked it writing in past tense but actually focusing on writing action and not just exposition. I know that I need to further improve the junior year scene, but I'm having a hard time thinking of how to do that. I think I'm going to do more in my head stuff and a few more instances of how they just don't actually care. As for the conclusion I know that I want to do something with the lines of dialogue that I wrote. Last night I was considering writing a poem, but I don't want it to sound too much like the purpose. I think my overall theme is harder to pin down than a lot of the other ones in class. I'm not even sure that I get it all the time which may or may not mean I'm on the right track? I think today I need to ask how to develop the last memoir and close the paper.