Blog Post Assignment 4
Quote #1: "Mostly I was alone, which wasn't unusual, but the cold made the trail seem even more vacant, the wind clattering the branches of the preserving trees." Chapter 16 page 264
1. This quotation does provide details about the setting. The quote describes the setting to be still and vacant.
2. This quote characterizes Cheryl by telling how she views the trail at this point.
Quote #2: "She didn't live. She didn't get to be fifty. She would never be fifty, I told myself as I walked under the cold and bright August sun". Chapter 16 page 264
1. This quote characterizes Cheryl by showing anger towards her mother's death.
2. This quote corresponds to a theme in the story; a theme related to the five stages of grief.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
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Blog Post Assignment 3
This article was talking about a man named Stephen McMillian. He was interested in landscaping since he was a child. His senior year, Stephen and his friend (John Zalabak) decided to walk to L.A., but instead hiked the John Muir trail. Twenty years after the John Muir hike, they decided to hike the PCT. On this hike, they took pictures and made aquatint etch art. Aquatint etching is a technique that produces a full tonal range and rich textures by drawing an image onto a copper plate, then burning it into the plate with acid.
1 interesting fact: Stephen has been inspired and sustained by the natural world and has spent much time of this time outside.
1 fact: Landscaping has been in Stephen's life since he was 16.
1 questions: How long was the process of aquatint etching?
This article can be read here: http://www.pcta.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/SMcMillan_Feb2012.pdf?884c9e
This article was talking about a man named Stephen McMillian. He was interested in landscaping since he was a child. His senior year, Stephen and his friend (John Zalabak) decided to walk to L.A., but instead hiked the John Muir trail. Twenty years after the John Muir hike, they decided to hike the PCT. On this hike, they took pictures and made aquatint etch art. Aquatint etching is a technique that produces a full tonal range and rich textures by drawing an image onto a copper plate, then burning it into the plate with acid.
1 interesting fact: Stephen has been inspired and sustained by the natural world and has spent much time of this time outside.
1 fact: Landscaping has been in Stephen's life since he was 16.
1 questions: How long was the process of aquatint etching?
This article can be read here: http://www.pcta.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/SMcMillan_Feb2012.pdf?884c9e
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