One statistic that I found interesting was that 63,712,710 people hold a bachelor’s degree in English, but only 1,943,540 people are employed in the field. This was shocking to me because it is such a versatile degree that I thought more people would have jobs related to it. Another thing I found interesting was that higher percentages of workers in the top employing occupations have an advanced degree. This made me think that maybe I should think about going to grad school after undergrad. I also looked into the job statistics for editors, as I want to work in publishing as an editor. The employment is expected to grow by…

I found this assingment to be very difficult, but it taught me a lot. I am very unfamiliar with using any recording app and editing audio. I am also not the best with figuring out new technology, so that made it harder. After lots of Googling and reading instructions on how to work garage band, I feel that I am making progress with the recording skills.

A quote that stood out to me is on page 2 of the Berry article. “I have no quarrel with Barry…we choose to write on a computer.” This is said in the letter by James Rhoads in reply to Berry’s opinions in the article. It stood out to me because it is a great summarization of why Berry’s article had such a negative reception by readers. Berry’s reasoning for not buying a computer are all tinged with superiority to tech users.  There is a connection between the Stillman and Nieman articles. Both pieces discuss the effects of AI on art, though with differing views. Stillman says that “With AI taking…

The quote that stood out to me was, “Too many biologists have wrongly concluded…with no room for free will.” I found this interesting because I have never heard of evolution being thought of in this way. This is a very interesting take on the concept of free will in relation to human biology. This quote is also very troubling because there isn’t any reasoning in the passage to back this up. Wilkinson then goes on to challenge this view that is held by many scientists.  I can connect the part of the passage about finding examples of bad people and heroes to our world. Serial killers and criminals are often…

The quote that stood out to me was, “Then again, those words may be as famous as they are only because Hemingway lifted them for his book title.” I found this important because it shows how often the influenced work becomes more known than the original. I had never even heard of the famous writing by Donne before, but I knew of the book. The credit sometimes never goes to who created it first, but the most popular. Most people see this as Hemingway’s words and not Donne’s.  The part of the passage about how a creation is often used for another purpose after it is sold relates to the…

The first panel that stood out to me was the one on the bottom right of page 167. George’s family had left the camps and was now living in the dangerous area of Skid Row. The panel shows George’s little sister scared and asking their mom to go back home. The text on the panel says that the home she meant was the internment camp. I thought this was important because it shows how the camp is the only home his sister has ever known since she was a baby when they went. The second panel I want to focus on is the middle one on page 189. The panel…

The first panel that I found interesting was the bottom one on page 140. The text on the page was the part that really stood out to me. The shame that the Japanese Americans carry from being put into the camps speaks to how this experience has affected them. The panel also says that the shame should be on the perpetrators, and so far in the book we have not seen anyone in the government at the time show any shame towards their actions. The other panel that I want to focus on is the one on the bottom left of page 152. The panel shows two men discussing going…

The first panel that stood out to me is the one on the bottom right of page 126. It depicts a camp with tanks and a bunch of small houses. The text on the pays says that this is a maximum-security camp that was guarded by troops ready for battle and it had machine-gun towers surrounding it. This is extremely different from the camp that we have seen in the beginning of the novel. The second panel that I found interesting is the middle one on page 134. Young men in the new camp had started to protest against the abuse and inhumane treatments they have faced in the wake…

The first panel that stood out to me is the one on the left of the second row on page 100. The image of the family riding in the car was very impactful as it is depicting them as being free. It is the first time for a while in the story that there are no guards or fences around them. On the panel George is reminiscing on the memory as being very peaceful and warm. The second panel that I found interesting is the bottom left one on page 82. Two older boys are playing war and fighting over who gets to be America in their game of America…

The first panel that stood out to me was the one on page 76. I liked the way it was laid out with three scenes happening in one panel. Other than the layout, I found the text interesting. According to the panel, it didn’t matter what background a Japanese American came from, they were all considered to be the same, and to be criminals. The other panel that I found interesting is the one on the top right of page 70. This panel depicts the families living arrangements in the camp. Barracks are not very homey, but the panel shows that they tried to make it feel like one. The…