I read a few of the class's autobiographies and realized that I really don't care where you come from or which school you went to. So although I could tell you where I'm from or which high school I went to, I won't because it just seems like some unnecessary formality.
I can tell you that I'm pursuing a major in Studio Art because it's awesome. I'm looking for another field of study with more stable job opportunities to double major in, but really have no clue what that would be. I like to draw and am getting better at playing the guitar.
My writing in high school never received high marks. Ha! That's an understatement if I ever saw one. It usually got the lowest ones. But back then, I was solely concerned with following the the rubric and never straying from the hamburger model. I believe that through this class, we may learn to create valid arguments free from these restraints. But then again who knows.
"fired a bullet through his right temple" (Salinger).
Things in life don't end neatly. People move, friends change, people die, and
relationships end with things never being said. In movies and sitcoms, the story
caters to the general public. The feel-good endings with nary a fault are
unbelievable! Heaven forbid there would be unresolved conflict. By tacking on
that Salinger line, I have introduced the reader to an excessively violent scene
that is completely irrelevant to the previous story. The last line is so shocking
that to think of my post as a unified work seems ridiculous. It forces the reader
to conceptualize the bio and ending separately and look beyond the short and
sweet conclusion they're used to seeing. The reader should determine the two
are different, and find that the bio is not the same as the ending. By addressing
what the bio is not, the reader must inevitably ask what the bio is.
So there you have it. The final line spikes people's curiosity and encourages
readers to take another look at it to find the meaning. Yeppers.Salinger, Jerome David. Nine Stories. Boston: Little Brown, 1953. Print.
