Wednesday, February 7, 2007
English 102
These blogs I have just added is my work that I have been doing in my English 102 class!
Reflection and Analysis
Helping Hands
In the letter I had written to the editor I wanted to share how the story of “At the Bottom of the Bay” affected me as a reader. The story was filled with compassion, hope and pure courage. Lately the news is filled with violence and hate; it’s nice to hear that there is still a hope for compassion for one another. I have personal experience with a car accident that had almost left me dead. I have used a lot of pathos and ethos in my essay because I can really relate to their situation because I was in a horrible accident myself.
In “At the Bottom of the Bay” a family of four was traveling on a bridge going fifty five miles per hour and their tire blew out on their ford explored. Soon after the blow out the father, Mujo, lost control of the SUV and hit the railing of the bridge and it toppled over the edge and fell into the river. The mother, Amira, and their oldest son, Emrah, immediately got out of the SUV that was submerged in the water. But the father and youngest son, Amar, were still trapped inside the SUV; soon after the father found his way out of the SUV. The boy was still trapped underneath the water in the SUV. An onlooker named Kerry Reardon saw the accident and jumped into the water to save the little boy. After a few attempts he finally managed to pull the little boy out of the water but he was lifeless. A nurse, who by a stroke of God, was traveling on the bridge got out of the car and did everything she could to go down to the accident and try to help. She saw the lifeless boy and did CPR and anything to try and help. Finally he took a breath. It was amazing. The family now is all doing well and the little boy had no major damage done. These random citizens could have chose not to save the family and the boy would have been dead.
I have been in a similar situation when I was two years old in 1988. My mother and I were on the way to my grandmother’s house. We were driving a Chevy truck. I was strapped into my car seat and my mother had her seat belt on. We were at a stop light that gave us the green arrow to make a left hand turn. Then a teenage boy driving a SUV and was speeding smashed into our truck turning us over and during the impact I flew out the back windshield and my mother hit her head on the steering wheel. I flew under the car behind us and the lady and her husband slammed on their brakes. The lady thought she had run over me. Her husband jumped out of their car and he started to do CPR on me. He was a paramedic and it was his day off. I was quickly revived. My mother ran out of our truck and had lost her shoes. It was the middle of summer and she got burns on her feet from the heat. Soon the ambulance came and took us both away. I know for a fact if it weren’t for the lady and her husband helping us, I would not be here today. I sometime think why did they I mean they could have easily gone about their business but they chose to help me and for that I will always be grateful. It people like them who make life brighter and they help keep hope alive. Hope that one day everyone one would be willing to help anyone no matter age, sex, and or race.
I wanted to incorporate my story into my letter to the editor so people could see that there are nice people in the world; and to maybe influence other people to lend a helping hand to one and other. In the long run you never know when you could save a life! I also made the choice to insert the date that the article was published so maybe people would be interested in going back to the article and read it for themselves.
I used a lot of different emotions in my letter for specific reasons. I used a lot of my personal experiences because I felt that maybe some people can relate to my story as I related to the story of “At the Bottom of the Bay.” I also wanted to give the emotions of how grateful I am to the people who saved me. Through out my letter I mostly portrayed the emotion of hope and gratitude. I am so hopeful that people will change in the sense that if there were an accident on the side of the road that people would stop and give a helping hand if at all possible. I am learning this myself. In writing this piece I have really opened my own eyes to wanting to change my life and help others as much as possible. My purpose of this letter is just to inform people of my own situation and maybe open other people’s eyes to their lives the way I did my own.
They key audiences that I am targeting are the people who read the Reader’s Digest. Many different people read this magazine because there are stories for everyone. I started reading these magazines back in my junior year at high school because there were such a variety of stories. The stories can range anywhere from health to the war on Iraq. I want people to read my letter and really get a sense of how I portrayed the story and how I applied it to my life. I also want the audience to be influenced by my letter. I want to influence them to get out into the world and do some good among our neighbors, cities, states and hopefully the world.
In conclusion this letter to the editor is very personal in the sense that I let all the readers of the Reader’s Digest into my past. I share with the readers all of my hopes and gratefulness of the people around the world. In may other situations I would not be as open in my life as I am doing in my letter but I feel that this is a perfect opportunity to let people of all ages know what’s going through some of the minds of younger readers. I know some people feel that the youth of America are a bunch of slackers and I hope to show those readers that there are young adults my age who do want more for our world, and how we want change!
In the letter I had written to the editor I wanted to share how the story of “At the Bottom of the Bay” affected me as a reader. The story was filled with compassion, hope and pure courage. Lately the news is filled with violence and hate; it’s nice to hear that there is still a hope for compassion for one another. I have personal experience with a car accident that had almost left me dead. I have used a lot of pathos and ethos in my essay because I can really relate to their situation because I was in a horrible accident myself.
In “At the Bottom of the Bay” a family of four was traveling on a bridge going fifty five miles per hour and their tire blew out on their ford explored. Soon after the blow out the father, Mujo, lost control of the SUV and hit the railing of the bridge and it toppled over the edge and fell into the river. The mother, Amira, and their oldest son, Emrah, immediately got out of the SUV that was submerged in the water. But the father and youngest son, Amar, were still trapped inside the SUV; soon after the father found his way out of the SUV. The boy was still trapped underneath the water in the SUV. An onlooker named Kerry Reardon saw the accident and jumped into the water to save the little boy. After a few attempts he finally managed to pull the little boy out of the water but he was lifeless. A nurse, who by a stroke of God, was traveling on the bridge got out of the car and did everything she could to go down to the accident and try to help. She saw the lifeless boy and did CPR and anything to try and help. Finally he took a breath. It was amazing. The family now is all doing well and the little boy had no major damage done. These random citizens could have chose not to save the family and the boy would have been dead.
I have been in a similar situation when I was two years old in 1988. My mother and I were on the way to my grandmother’s house. We were driving a Chevy truck. I was strapped into my car seat and my mother had her seat belt on. We were at a stop light that gave us the green arrow to make a left hand turn. Then a teenage boy driving a SUV and was speeding smashed into our truck turning us over and during the impact I flew out the back windshield and my mother hit her head on the steering wheel. I flew under the car behind us and the lady and her husband slammed on their brakes. The lady thought she had run over me. Her husband jumped out of their car and he started to do CPR on me. He was a paramedic and it was his day off. I was quickly revived. My mother ran out of our truck and had lost her shoes. It was the middle of summer and she got burns on her feet from the heat. Soon the ambulance came and took us both away. I know for a fact if it weren’t for the lady and her husband helping us, I would not be here today. I sometime think why did they I mean they could have easily gone about their business but they chose to help me and for that I will always be grateful. It people like them who make life brighter and they help keep hope alive. Hope that one day everyone one would be willing to help anyone no matter age, sex, and or race.
I wanted to incorporate my story into my letter to the editor so people could see that there are nice people in the world; and to maybe influence other people to lend a helping hand to one and other. In the long run you never know when you could save a life! I also made the choice to insert the date that the article was published so maybe people would be interested in going back to the article and read it for themselves.
I used a lot of different emotions in my letter for specific reasons. I used a lot of my personal experiences because I felt that maybe some people can relate to my story as I related to the story of “At the Bottom of the Bay.” I also wanted to give the emotions of how grateful I am to the people who saved me. Through out my letter I mostly portrayed the emotion of hope and gratitude. I am so hopeful that people will change in the sense that if there were an accident on the side of the road that people would stop and give a helping hand if at all possible. I am learning this myself. In writing this piece I have really opened my own eyes to wanting to change my life and help others as much as possible. My purpose of this letter is just to inform people of my own situation and maybe open other people’s eyes to their lives the way I did my own.
They key audiences that I am targeting are the people who read the Reader’s Digest. Many different people read this magazine because there are stories for everyone. I started reading these magazines back in my junior year at high school because there were such a variety of stories. The stories can range anywhere from health to the war on Iraq. I want people to read my letter and really get a sense of how I portrayed the story and how I applied it to my life. I also want the audience to be influenced by my letter. I want to influence them to get out into the world and do some good among our neighbors, cities, states and hopefully the world.
In conclusion this letter to the editor is very personal in the sense that I let all the readers of the Reader’s Digest into my past. I share with the readers all of my hopes and gratefulness of the people around the world. In may other situations I would not be as open in my life as I am doing in my letter but I feel that this is a perfect opportunity to let people of all ages know what’s going through some of the minds of younger readers. I know some people feel that the youth of America are a bunch of slackers and I hope to show those readers that there are young adults my age who do want more for our world, and how we want change!
Letter to the Editor
7, February 2007
Letters to the Editor
You Said It
Reader’s Digest Box 200
Pleasantville, New York 10572-0200
Dear Editor:
In reading an article out of the January 2007 issue called “At the Bottom of the Bay” I could personally relate to this story. I know when the is an accident on the side of the road not many people stop to help, but these people in the story were willing to risk their own lives to save a family from a car accident and ultimately dying underwater. This story really applied to my life because when I was two years old my mother and I were involved in a serious, and could have been deadly, car accident. A teenage driver ran a red light and hit my mom’s truck and I went through the windshield and went under the car behind me, if the people in the car behind us did not help us both my mother and I would not be here today. I hope that the people who read “At the Bottom of the Bay” can feel inspired to stop and help people who have been in an accident because you never know maybe you could save a life!
Sincerely,
Malory Landrum
2784 N 28th place
Scottsdale, AZ 98525
Letters to the Editor
You Said It
Reader’s Digest Box 200
Pleasantville, New York 10572-0200
Dear Editor:
In reading an article out of the January 2007 issue called “At the Bottom of the Bay” I could personally relate to this story. I know when the is an accident on the side of the road not many people stop to help, but these people in the story were willing to risk their own lives to save a family from a car accident and ultimately dying underwater. This story really applied to my life because when I was two years old my mother and I were involved in a serious, and could have been deadly, car accident. A teenage driver ran a red light and hit my mom’s truck and I went through the windshield and went under the car behind me, if the people in the car behind us did not help us both my mother and I would not be here today. I hope that the people who read “At the Bottom of the Bay” can feel inspired to stop and help people who have been in an accident because you never know maybe you could save a life!
Sincerely,
Malory Landrum
2784 N 28th place
Scottsdale, AZ 98525
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