In this advertisement for DKNY Jeans, there is a large image takes up two pages in the magazine. On the left side of this advertisement, there is a beautiful women being held by another gorgeous man walking our of a New York taxi. They are both wearing DKNY jeans along with other fashionable items of clothing. The couple seems as though they are dating and have a fabulous life. This advertisement gives you the feeling that if you are wearing DKNY jeans, than maybe you can look as fabulous as this models and find a man as well. The type of lifestyle this ad is promoting to would be young women or men in the 20's who are always on the go in a busy city and need clothes that could make them look nice while being casual. The ad portrays that even though these are casual jeans, they are easy to dress up or down for working women or men who are always in a hurry. Using a setting in New York City while having the models walking out of a taxi is what led me to believe that this is for young working men and women because NYC is known as a busy, working city for men and women around their 20's. Also there is text at the bottom of the ad telling me that this ad is promoting DKNY jeans and it takes place at Church & Leonard St. New York City.

Today is the day my career is officially beginning. Without your help teaching me the ropes behind law and providing me with this great internship, I would not be where I am today. Along with informing you about my incredible acceptance into Harvard Law school, I would also like to thank you for all you have done for me. Through your wise ways, I have learned so much about what it takes to be a lawyer and you helped reassure that this is the right career path for me. Even though you were my boss of an unpaid internship, you cared about me striving to be who I wanted to be. As you know, Harvard Law School was my first choice and I was very worried about not getting accepted. I have worked incredibly hard studying for LSAT and working while being a part-time student, and you were very understanding of me not always being able to attend my internship. Although my home life isn't so stable with divorced parents who care more about themselves than their own daughter's career, you pose as a father figure in my life because you always supported me and cared about my dreams and aspirations. You were the first person I thought of when I opened my acceptance letter to Harvard because I knew you would be just as excited and proud as I was. I am going to move into Boston in the fall and until then I am still gladly going to continue working for you and your company. Without your company, I would probably not be going to grad school and may or may not have a job after college. So once again, thank you for all that you have done for me and I hope to keep in touch while I am in Boston to tell you all that I have learned in Law school.


Today is the day my career is officially beginning. Without your help teaching me the ropes behind law and providing me with this great internship, I would not be where I am today. Along with informing you about my incredible acceptance into Harvard Law school, I would also like to thank you for all you have done for me. Through your wise ways, I have learned so much about what it takes to be a lawyer and you helped reassure this career is for me. Even though you were my boss of an unpaid internship, you cared about me striving to be who I wanted to be. As you know, Harvard Law School was my first choice and I was very worried about not getting accepted. I have worked incredibly hard studying for LSAT and working while being a part-time student, and you were very understanding of my busy schedule. Although my home life isn't so stable with selfish divorced parents, you have posed as a father figure in my life because you always supported me and cared about my dreams. You were the first person I thought of when I opened my acceptance letter to Harvard because I knew you would be just as excited and proud as I was. I am going to move into Boston in the fall and until then I am still gladly going to continue working for you and your company. Without your company, I would probably not be going to grad school and may or may not have a job after college. So once again, thank you for all that you have done for me and I hope to keep in touch to tell you all that I have learned in Law school.

Peer Review Reflection

While writing paper 2, I am feeling pretty confident about a few different things. I believe that choosing to analyze a magazine was a good decision because it is easy to provide good examples. Along with the many examples I  have provided, I have given good analysis to back them up. It is also a lot easier to be looking through the magazine and just write down how the text and visuals make me feel. I am going to  add a longer introduction in the beginning of my paper and include a couple more paragraphs at then end showing how the text and visuals work together. I will not change the examples I provided because I feel they do a good job of supporting my arguments.

Response to paper 2 feedback

As I look through my paper and see several sentences and paragraphs highlighted, I feel a little bit relieved knowing that some part of my paper makes sense. After reading the feedback I got, I completely see what she was talking about. I talk about 3 paragraphs to describe what Cosmopolitan magazine is all about and what it does rather than jumping into the main idea of the paper. Later in the paper I discuss how the cover is effective and what not and I will maybe move that part of the paper closer to the front to make my point and argument very clear and concise. I feel pretty confident with this paper because I have a detailed and good start to the paper and now I just have to continue to revise and edit it to make it perfect.

Starry Night Visual/ Textual Interpretation

Samantha Klein, Patrick Hahne 
By reading "The Starry Night" by Robert Fagles, we were able to interpret a different perspective on Van Gough's original painting through altered detail and additional opinions. Fagles adds his personal description on how he interprets the windy skies and the "cloudrack coiling". He also places himself into the painting by adding his emotional attachment to each detail. He claims that the painting or painting himself is a therapeutic way for releasing his madness. Through viewing the painting and reading the poem, each student interpreted a feeling of relaxation and tranquility, imagining oneself staring up at the dark and electric skies. Both the poem and painting create the same emotional release.

Discovery Draft: Paper 2

For this paper, I am going to take the approach of analyzing how the visual images and written text work together to produce a successful magazine such as Cosmopolitan. I am going to first discuss the visual images and what they try to prove. I analyze the color of the image, the actual image and the layout design of each page. I then go on to discuss the qualities of the written text and I analyze the voice, tone and audience of the magazine. I  chose this topic because analyzing a magazine seemed to be an easier approach because I can have the magazine sitting in front of me and there are many examples I can use to analyze it.
My peer asked me:
How are you going to begin your thesis/intro?
How do you relate to the magazine? Why do you keep reading it?