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In the narrative essay “Land of Darkness” (2017), Suki Kim argues that fear can be overcome if you put your mind into it. In this essay, Kim narrates what was like for her to be an undercover writer in North Korea, and how this experience helped her to be more fearless; even though she spent every second terrified about the thought of getting caught by the government. The author’s purpose for this essay was to provide an example with her own life experiences of how some fears can hold us back, in order to motivate people to fight theirs. The intended audience of this work are all the people that have experience some type of fear in their lives and are in need of motivation to overcome them. What is useful from this writing would be that the author is discussing about fears and how to handle them. Kim’s form of writing is full of suspense and wonder; it keeps the audience focused and inquisitive as to what will happen next. She has a way of keeping us on our t

Sherry Simpson, in the narrative essay “Lucky You” (2017) explores what goes through the mind of a person that is addicted to gamble. Simpson does this by narrating the thought processing of a gambler in a casino and the way in which she keeps justifying her addiction, in this case; her reckless spending, with bad luck. In this essay, Simpson choses gambling in order to describe how an addiction can damage our common sense and like any other addiction, it can take power over our actions. The intended audience of this essay are all the people that have/had an addiction or know someone that has one, so that they could seek help for themselves, and be more understanding and supportive towards those persons. Simpson seems to convey her feelings within her writing, without necessarily giving off too much insight on them. She uses descriptiveness to convey how luck tends to be given to people that either may be the luckiest or unluckiest around. Simpson writes in a way that may lea

In the narrative essay, “The Moon, The World, The Dream” (2017), Clifford Thompson, recalls the time of 1968, that he and his brother saw a second moon. Exploring how if it hadn’t been for his older, sober brother being there— neither him, or anyone else would had believe him. As he got older, he began to dig a little deeper into the history of the happening of that night in order to fully fathom that night's event but, was left with more question than answers; even after communicating with an astronomer, NASA, and a Flight Facility. In our opinion, the intended audience of this work is not specified or limited for a certain group, but more so for a broad scope. This essay could be seen as a way, that no matter how old you get, some things are unforgettable and sometimes, you’ll fight to find out the reasoning behind whatever lingered unanswered within your childhood. Thompson uses a descriptive writing style in this essay. He begins by recalling a major event that occ

In the narrative essay, "Your Friend/My Friend, Ted" (2017), Beth Johnson explores different theories that could have led her friend to his suicide. In her writing, Johnson leads by painting a vivid picture of Ted's friend pleasant childhood, his childhood friendships, and his seemingly happy life as a father and husband. The author immediately follows this by digging deeper into his life's events in order to remind her readers that people often show us the glamorous shots of their lives, but we never know what people truly experience. In our opinion, the intended audience of this work is not limited to one specific group of people, on the contrary, this essay is a reminder to all humanity to always have compassion for others because you never know what they are going through. Something useful from the reading to consider in our writing includes how the author connected with her audience. Johnson writes in a way that keeps us in a state of suspension and

In the rhetorical essay “The Other Steve Harvey” (2017), Steve Harvey argues that color is the first thing people see when looking at someone else. Harvey begins his work by providing some evidence on how racism creeps into his mind, even though he's not racist. He is addressing a problem that our society needs to work on, in order to change our perspective of color.  The author's intended audience all are Americans, because how our ex-president Barack Obama said, " we all need to work in our prejudices." The purpose of this essay taught us how racism can impair our thought process. By addressing this issue, Steve Harvey demonstrates the reasons behind acts of violence and vitriol towards African Americans in society.  Being more conscientious of what we write remains something to take away from the writing. Racism in America is inevitable, especially for African Americans. The Founding Fathers built America on the premise that white people, mainly males, we

  In the narrative essay, “The Trick: Notes Toward a Theory of Plot” (2017), Marilyn Abildskov explores the ulterior motives the main character has behind caring for her sick friend. In this work, the author provides many causes why human want to feel needed by others and how we would do inconceivable things to fulfill this longing inside of us. Abildskov uses the interactions of main character in the story to display how ulterior motives are part of human nature. People are always hiding their actions and choices. The intended audience of the essay consist of people that enjoy reading stories with plots that makes them reflect about humanity. Something that we gathered from this composition includes how the author connected with the audience through the sentiments of pity toward the main character. We understood that the same character planned the entire plot. He also manipulated our perspectives about the narrative. The teacher was sick. She suffered