reading week 2

Dotson used the connection of stories and onions on page 43. He said they were like onions not because they make you cry, but because they have many layers. that really reminded me of the first shreck movie for some reason. I thought that was quite witty. one thing that caught my eye was how he wrote for people to be conversational when you write. He said to write the way you speak and make it more believable to yourself. That is great advice to me and I will take that in the next time I am writing. the last thing that stood out to me was how he explained that you can bring a story back that is like half a century old by connecting it to present day events. That way it can give people a little insight of history while they are checking up on the everyday news events. I think that is so true because you know what they say history repeats its self, so it might change a little bit but its pretty much the same thing.
 defeat the TV remote control was used at the beginning of the article, so the author could set up a scene in our heads to keep getting us hooked and keep reading. he did so by telling the reader little things in the story that wouldn't normally be told, but because the author told them it really enhanced the story. like how the dad couldn't tell the kids apart, or why nate didn't just write his name on the ticket. another thing that I noticed was that the author was really being conversational in his writing style. it made us feel like  we were right there when the boy was taking the shot. it made it really exciting and fun to read. another example of when the author was being conversational is when the boys told their parents that they wanted to give the money back.

the video really expressed the conversation between Steve Hartman and all the parents and boys talking, because they talked to the mom and dad about their sons and how long they have been going to these football games. This story uses active voices between most of the people it talks about how they speak about watching all of their sons football games has been a great experience and that it was almost coming to a sad, tragic end. now the poor mother has no other chlidern to come and watch play football anymore. It pointed out that these kids have been going to those football games for about 24 years now. A good thing I noticed in this video was that the journalist didn’t use any clichés or gobbledygook’s, but I thought that was a good idea because it wouldn't really make sense in the context of this story.