Santa letter

Chris Pond
2394726498274 Lax Bro Ave.
Penticton, B.C.
V2A 5W1

December 15, 2011

Mr. Santy Claus
The North Pole...Ave?


Dear Santy:
I've been a really good boy this year, apart from dusting some kids on the ice. But let's get real they asked for it. If we're basing the good list upon looks...have you seen this flow? I've done some many generous things this year such as being the designated driver EVERY night. I have no speeding tickets, nor have i gotten in any sort of trouble with the ladies.

Now, what do I want for christmas? I was thinking about maybe some jeans, I seem to have misplaced ALL of mine. Or maybe a real moustache instead of having to use the one on my lacrosse stick to impress the ladies. I feel like these two things would greatly add to my rapidly growing success of being awesome.

Imagery

The man entered the room, and stared blankly into the mirror.  The picture being portrayed back to him showed a man who's seen many things, done many things. His eyes scarred with the things he's seen. His face covered in wrinkles that mimmicked those of the crumpled cigarette hanging in the middle of his loosely gripping fingers.

Info text

The article “Public display of disaffection,” in the Maclean’s magazine explores the idea of technology taking over civilization, resulting in the population to commit acts of “cell-fishness.” The writer expresses that “social media is increasing their role in shaping global events,” as clearly showed in the part of the article where it discuss’ a man receiving an honorary doctorate at a ceremony “took his seat,” and than “began typing into his iPhone.” The article also states that this technology is becoming an addiction to our society, conducting surveys where over 25% of people thought it wasn’t disrespectful to “conduct a real-time conversation while texting someone else.”

          I agree with the writer, to a certain degree, today’s society is becoming overly-addicted to technological devices which we know nothing about. Although most of the points are valid there are certain times were cell-phones are needed. It helps parents make sure that their children are safe, and likewise for siblings.

Synthesis essay

Landon Wigley

            In the poem “puce fairy book,” by Alice Major, and the passage “Forget Prince Charming” by June Callwood relationships are discussed from almost similar point’s of view. The poem discuss’ the expectations put on the female of the relationship, and in the passage the idea of there not being a perfect soul mate but rather perfect qualities that you must look for yourself in another person. In the passage the author speaks of giving advice to her granddaughters about finding a mate, and the qualities they must look for. I believe that the poet would agree with this advice.

            In Alice Major’s “puce fairy book,” Alice believes that in relation ships there are too many unrealistic expectations placed upon the female. She talks about this boyfriend in the poem that “wanted Rapunzel waiting in a tower.” This boyfriend’s expectations for his mate seems so unrealistic to the reader, almost to the point of not being able to believe it. Although it seems unbelievable some relationships do carry the burden of these expectations. The speaker discuss’ that although “[he] might have been the one true prince,” she couldn’t deal with these expectations, indicating that there is no perfect mate in this world.

            “Forget Prince Charming” by June Callwood, introduces a new idea to the idea of there being no perfect soul mate. The idea of not a perfect “someone” but rather somebody that you can find perfect qualities in. The author describes times that she has given her granddaughters advice on finding a mate, telling them qualities to look for in this person. The first quality she advises to look for is integrity….. ran out of time

            The poet Alice Major would agree with the advice that the author June Callwood gives to her granddaughters. In both passages relationships are discussed with almost the same ideas. Alice would agree because she concurs with the author’s idea that there is no perfect mate. Although Alice never says this directly in her poem it is evident that she would believe there is a mate for everybody in this world. They both consent to the fact that nobody is perfect, and nobody should be compared to perfect god-like figures.