What Does Home Mean To You Essay
Mackenzie Boulter
Jake Syersak
September 25, 2013
English 101
Essay #1 - Part Two
In my creative piece, I used Lassel’s technique of depicting photographic moments to convey what home means to me. Just the topic of the southern lifestyles comes as a sensitive yet powerful subject for me. In my essay I decided to thoroughly develop strong mental pictures of the place I was raised and explain what it is that makes that friendly community of Lake Travis, Texas so special to me. Pinpointing the things that jog my memory of what it’s like to be from the welcoming town of LT in Austin, Texas. My main goal of the creative piece I wrote was to make everyone from different origins and hometowns, think about where they’re from and discern what having that place to call home means to them as I so passionately specify what it means to me. When reading my paper aloud in my head, precise pictures of the rolling hills covered in deep greens, the still lake water that breaks as the boat cruises along and the over the top weird souls that roam 6th street keeping Austin’s reputation play in my mind form. Relating to the statement that I mentioned in my creative piece, “Where …show more content…
The illustrations were precisely drawn in my head as I laid them out exactly as I remembered. It was as simple as reliving the days I am so familiar to. I was closing my eyes and remembering every characteristic of every picture that came to mind. For example when I stated that “Lake Travis is wearing a swim suit all day, drinking beer underage out on the lake with your friends, where its common for kids to get boats before they get cars and where football is what everyone’s lives revolve around” these were nothing but effortless memories. I was also able to dig deeper into it and incorporate my personality along with a passionate
Jake Syersak
September 25, 2013
English 101
Essay #1 - Part Two
In my creative piece, I used Lassel’s technique of depicting photographic moments to convey what home means to me. Just the topic of the southern lifestyles comes as a sensitive yet powerful subject for me. In my essay I decided to thoroughly develop strong mental pictures of the place I was raised and explain what it is that makes that friendly community of Lake Travis, Texas so special to me. Pinpointing the things that jog my memory of what it’s like to be from the welcoming town of LT in Austin, Texas. My main goal of the creative piece I wrote was to make everyone from different origins and hometowns, think about where they’re from and discern what having that place to call home means to them as I so passionately specify what it means to me. When reading my paper aloud in my head, precise pictures of the rolling hills covered in deep greens, the still lake water that breaks as the boat cruises along and the over the top weird souls that roam 6th street keeping Austin’s reputation play in my mind form. Relating to the statement that I mentioned in my creative piece, “Where …show more content…
The illustrations were precisely drawn in my head as I laid them out exactly as I remembered. It was as simple as reliving the days I am so familiar to. I was closing my eyes and remembering every characteristic of every picture that came to mind. For example when I stated that “Lake Travis is wearing a swim suit all day, drinking beer underage out on the lake with your friends, where its common for kids to get boats before they get cars and where football is what everyone’s lives revolve around” these were nothing but effortless memories. I was also able to dig deeper into it and incorporate my personality along with a passionate