Power of the Void

Good morning class, I have some important news. Next week’s holiday, is unfortunately cancelled. Also, little Jimmy, I spoke to your father on the phone about your grade and he told me to tell you that he would speak with you when you get home. I’d also like to hand back your assignment from last class. The class average was D- and most of you earned an NP.

Just a reminder that Connie will only be serving mushroom soup and liver pie for lunch today. One piece of good news though, I will be leaving the school after this class because I won the lottery. Your new teacher will be(silence) Mr. Grumpypants. Your next playing test will count for 100% of your grade and will be done in the cafeteria tomorrow at lunch. Now, let’s get started on today’s lesson…

I think if a silence would be inserted in there it would make students very tensed because they don't know who there teacher is gonna be and the answer is about to come. They don't know what he's gonna say and they want him so badly so they can find out there next teacher is. But there is a silence and the students want him to say so badly the name of the next teacher. But then he says it and then the tension is over and everyone is relieved that the answer cam out.

So thats how the void can be used in a efficient way.

The lottery

This story I would call The Lottery since the whole story is actually about a lottery and the winner/loser gets stoned to the death.

I thought originally would happen was that Tessie would have to leave. I thought this because at he end of the story it says

"and there was a stir in the crowd" p.g 301

I guess I felt kinda tense because I thought that lottery was a good thing but it turned to be something that wasn't so good but I also nervous. I was very tempted to find out what happens at the end. But I didn't open my paper until 5:00

Honestly when the paper was handed to me I felt like it was gonna be something random that we had to do. But now that I see it. It gives me the end of the story, and now I am following the directions by writing this blog.

I felt very nervous about the black box and the black spot, because I didn't know what it meant and I had a black spot on my mystery paper so I was very curious and nervous about what it meant.

I felt kind of surprised because as it said there was a stir in the crowd I instantly knew that the lottery was something bad, because I thought it was some thing good.

No my predictions were not correct because I said I thought the person would have to leave the village but it turned out that they get killed. I felt very surprised.

Maybe if they detailed the black box and the black spot a little better, my prediction would of been better, because as said I was very surprised.

I think the author wanted to make us nervous and tense because at the end you can tell that something not right, which leaves people with a big question mark.

The void in this story is very powerful because it is very unexpected what happens at the end. So it makes you nervous to not know whats going on because you know something not right, which makes you very nervous.

"A great photograph really needs to say something about a person or give some insight into their life or how their life is different than yours and mi

Steve McCurry the photographer. McCurry has won many awards for his photography. Many people say that his photo show the unforgettable. McCurry was born in Philadelphia and graduated in Pennsylvania from arts and arctecture. His career started when he went disguised as a native grad and crossed the Pakistan border to the rebel control in Afghanistan. From there he won, many awards for his photography. Many photo show international and civil conflict. It is said that he focuses on human consequence of war showing how war impresses on the human face. His photos show a series of emotions on the human face of war. Steve Mcurry tries to capture the moment to see what it is like to be that person being photographed.

"A great photograph really needs to say something about a person or give some insight into their life or how their life is different than yours and mine." A national geographic interview.

This quote I really like because it really proofs how good photographer Mcurry is because he is trying to help the people, it also gives him reason to make a photo, to put real life in it but at the same time its also still. . I believe that all of McCurry’s photos show emotion and life in it. You can really tell what he is trying to show.

Shepherd boy at Al Ahmadi, Kuwait, 1991

This photo really stands out for me, this stands out for me because I can really tell how this little boy feels, you can see the emotion in the eyes, it really makes you think. What I think Steve McCurry is trying to show is that all the war that’s happened and now see what price the children had to pay for other peoples actions.To show what the child has been through. A less obvious thing about this photo is showing the broken car, normally you would think of a boy sittin gon there having a good time having a fun trip with nice family but instead its the the little boy with a sad emotion, not in a safe place and not having fun and possibly with no family there either. That’s how he showed me and made everyone feel sad about the boy sitting on the edge of that car.

I think that McCurry’s photos are really great because they really show life and meaning, they really make you think and make you want to help. What I learned about photography from Steve McCurry’s photos is that pictures/photo’s can tell 1000 words from one emotion. I think his photos can show change. To make people see how other peoples life are affected. As McCurry says "to see how there life is different then yours or mine"(national geographic interview). A great photo is made when there is life in it. It isn’t just taking a photo when someone is smiling. A photo makes emotion. I think emotion is what people realize when seeing a great photo; it is emotion what makes a great photo. A great photo is lasted a very long time, because when people see a great photo people will pass it on to the next generation and so people will remember the photo that was taken a long time but it so great and so meaningful that it never dies. As said I think a photo is read by emotion in a place on or on a humans face. After this photo the journey keeps going because after a great photo people will want to see more great things and that makes them want to help more. So you keep going to show the people and fill them with emotion. That’s how someone’s journey is affected, because of the people.