Ethan Conners English Composition 2

  This video was very well constructed and edited by the creator and expressed an important point in an effective manner. The combination of different visuals and clips added value to the key points he was expressing as he discussed the effective ways of persuading one's point in a way that states the point without coming off as confrontational. While certain pieces of his claim I've already understood through previous English classes in high school, he breaks down each part of Ethos Pathos and Logos efficiently that provided new insight to me. There were also many new ideas that he provided that I took away --including the clip of someone explaining the idea of a mind being represented by a rider and elephant that make up 1% and 99% of the mind respectively. The rider representing our conscious reasoning and the elephant representing the bulk of our mind, which deals with intuition and emotion. There wasn't a single thing from this video I didn't like. It displ...

      Creating a summary of the documentary for me was a tough task. I can't think of the last time I was assigned to summarize any kind of film, so for me deciding which elements of the plot were significant enough to include in the summary was a difficult task. I watched the film twice --once just to view it for my first time and take mental notes of important takeaways, and the second time was when I had my summary document open and writing things. It took much more time than I thought it would take while watching the film a second time and summarizing bits and pieces of the film. It was a tedious task having to pause and rewind so often so that I can summarize each plot point effectively.     The easiest part of the Documentary Project for me was choosing which film to watch. I went down the list of available films to watch and there were plenty that caught my eye that may intrigue me to watch on my own free time, but when I saw the descriptio...

1. Was there a specific scene that got to you? Describe and explain how it moved you (Angry? Curious?  Delighted? Motivated?). Give a lot of detail, and really dive in to how it affected you. Don’t hold back. Overall, I could say this entire film in its entirely largely got to me, but there were a few moments that stuck out. I have a soft spot in my heart for children. The summers entering my junior and senior years of high school I saved up my income of a year working part time as a bus boy to pay for my mission trip with my mom and members of my church to travel to her home country of the Philippines. In-between outreaches and group work, we returned to the camp where we spent our free time hanging out with a group of about 25 children that all found their way into this boarding school that saved them from home lives filled with sexual abuse, homelessness, domestic violence, and the most horrid poverty any child should ever go through. Many of these children's living conditions p...