“THE ROAD WARRIOR” The O.C. (2006)

We watched an clip from The OC from an episode called "The Road Warrior." In this clip we see one of the characters listening to her own voice. Eve, though their lives are dramatic enough, she creates her own voice over because she says it makes her own life more dramatic. A voice over is a production technique where dialogue is spoken by someone who may be on screen at the time and is also known as off camera commentary.Voice overs allow us to her what a character may be thinking and what defines a person.

"RUNNING"

Another one of the narratives that we had to read was titled Running and was written by Ron Rodriguez from Roosevelt High School. The story begins with the author describing how running influences and impacts his life. We see it is such an important part of his life that it is nearly all he thinks about. In fact, as the author is telling his story he falls asleep and dreams about running through Los Angeles. The author continually awakens and falls back asleep during the story and we are able to see Los Angeles through his eyes. The author uses effective imagry and descriptions which draw in the reader and make his story interesting to read. He turns the story into his own personal myth and we can see that his life is saturated with running and it is all he thinks about. This is evident because every time he falls asleep, running is what is on his mind.

"JUST WATCH"

The latest personal narrative we read is titled Just Watch and was written by Saskia Boggs. The author explains how television saturates her life and how its relevance has changed over the years. We learn that she has strong and passionate views on television but is not a strong enough person to voice her opinion or speak out against TV. She tells her story in a frustrated and angry tone, and takes the universal idea of the inflated importance of television and makes it personal by telling us how TV can be found in her environment and its effects on her. Her piece is effective because every one can relate to what she says about television, understand her views, and even learn how to improve our lives from her story.

"THE DEPTH OF DEPP"

Another personal narrative that we read was titled The Depth of Depp and was written by Grace Habeggar. The author tells us how Johnny Depp has influenced her and reveals that she is obsessed with Johnny Depp. She doesn't seem to live her own life and even goes as far as to model her own after his. She transforms the average cliche of a crazed fan into a more personal message by telling us how he has influenced her. The author includes stories of how she has seen his movies, ideas of his she agrees with, etc. Her mini-stories are clear and easy to read. The story as a whole, is also effective because everyone can relate to being in support of a person, cause, etc.

GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS My Story

You know what our problem is? We care too much. We think we have ‘intuition’ but that’s just another way of saying we are so self-conscious that we pay attention to every little detail. Everyone is nervous about what people think about them, no matter how confident they claim to be. Everyone is imperfect, and therefore, there is always something someone can criticize themselves on. Take me for example. Some may say I’m pretty or I have a lot going for me but what I see is that I can be incredibly lazy, I am always in a bad mood, I am regrettably flat, my nose is too big, and I’m super pale in the winter. I also hate to write essays and I am miserable, like many others, whenever I have to do homework or any other type of labor.
The bottom line is: we all care too much. That is why there are so many problems in our world today. But girls, oh man! We just take it to another level. We are known for fighting with each other and our infamous drama. Take my club volleyball team for example. When we met each other I thought it was a nice group of girls. But then the tallest girl on the team asked me if I had noticed the cliques that were forming. After her saying that, I could help but notice that our team was separated into two groups and me being ditzy and oblivious had just begun to notice. I started paying more attention to the cliques that had formed and began to notice everything. Girls were turning their backs to me. They weren’t inviting me into their rooms at the Vegas tournament. The little things augmented into huge ordeals. I had thought myself to have gotten over my middle school self-consciousness, but I was wrong. I realized I had not changed one bit. Now, every practice is an awkward one. I keep a distance from certain girls and they keep their distance from me.