Michael the Guardian Angel

My name is Michael Thomas Moody.  My parents put a lot of thought in what they were going to name me, this is because they had to name two at the same time and their were certain aspects that they wanted to have present in both of our names.  My mother grew up in a very strong Catholic household and has passed on her faith to myself and the rest of my family.  My parents gave me the name Michael after an angel, the angel was regarded as the proctector of lives (http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=308.) , my parents found this very unique and a good aspect of the Catholic faith they wanted represented in my name.  I recieved my middle name from my grandfather, the choice by my parents to name me after him is very important to me and something I respect a lot.  My grandfather was a very prevalent person in my life that tought me many things and was also very influential in my life as a Catholic.  My last name is also a very unique aspect of my life,  it allows me to see where my heritage is through seeing where my relatives come from to see where our family once originated.  The choices of my parents have helped and will always help identify who I am.

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I think that there is multiple areas in my life where I could be "two" completely different things.  I think one of the biggest areas that this is prevalent is participating in a tennis team, in high school, and hopefully in college.  Most people see tennis as an individual sport, which at the professional level is a very individual sport.  Playing on a team helps show the two different areas of tennis.  As an individual on a team it is your job to win your match, but as a member of the team it is your job to help your teammates and lift them up to help the team overall win as a match.  Both of these areas of a tennis team I have learned over my time of participating are both very influential in the ability to be a succesful team.  As I have become an upperclassmen on the high school team I have learned how it's the responsibility of us to help the underclassmen be succesful, and as a starter how it is important for me to win my match individually.  These two aspects I have also learned will be even more important on a college tennis team while on my visits with coaches and some college players.

Huie vs. Atwood

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Wing Young Huie Fourth of July, Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, MN
Lake Street USA (1997-200),  Taken around 2012

At first what we see is a photo that would seem very normal to most citizens of the United States, fireworks, which are an image we associate with the 4th of July.  Many of its viewers would not react with very strong emotions to this picture in a negative way.  This image would provide a lot of americans with joy and help bring a positive emotional reaction, sepcifically pride in their nation.  That was my first reaction to this picture, what beauty is present throughout our nation and how we are able to celebrate our great nation as a whole nation and how even if there are problems going on throughout the ation we are proud to be a part of it.

This picture can also be interperted in very many different ways from many people in the United States that might not be citizens of the United States, that could be immigrants.  Many people that aren't legal citizens of the nation could be feel very ostricized as a minority when regarding the holiday that is shown in this image.  The 4th of July is a very prevelent holiday celebrated throughout all cities of the nation and would be very hard to avoid due to the importance it plays to many of the people celebrating it.  As viewers if we were to think about how certain people could emotionally react to the holiday, let alone the picture, would make us think about how we might act around certain people not just on this day but all the time, or maybe the gravity we place on the holiday and how it could negatively impact their thoughts on our country or the citizens of this great country.

Both Atwood and Huie are very thoughtful in their ways of presentation.  They both attempt to leave interpertation to the viewer on how they might see certain groups or characters as different from what is societal standard in the present or in the setting of the piece of literature.  Even though both leave it to interpertation, they present their ideas in very different ways, Huie uses images(pictures) where as Atwood uses language.  Both of these styles are very affective in different ways.  Huie's use of pictures allows a greater range of interepertation from viewers due to the ability to focus on many different pieces of the image.  Atwood's use of language creates an ability for her to somewhat control what the reader interperts during certain parts of the story.  This contrast reveals the differences in the purpose of the two authors and their idea of what would be the most effective way to present their purpose to viewers and there want to have viewers take action to make a change with the topic.