Huck Finn

At first, I thought Huckleberry Finn was going to be a novel about racism - seeing as it uses the "n" word -, but I soon realized that it was sort of the opposite. Mark Twain uses many different techniques to set the tone of the novel. By not only creating background for his characters, but also using accents in their speech, Twain creates more relatable characters. Also, in his use of over coming civil obedience - since Huck helps out Jim who is a "slave"- a common cause is created that the reader can root for throughout the book. Through the many struggles and events that Huck and Jim face, Twain build a bond; this way, when Huck ultimately decides that Jim should not be enslaved, the readers have no objections. The story is not so much about slavery, but about over coming social expectations and following what you believe to be morally right - Huck helping Jim.  Mark Twain does a good job at disguising this at first though, which makes the book more intriguing for the reader once they begin got understand the true plot.

Forgetful (TED Talk addition)

To see how Nathalie can make art that looks beautiful, out of storms that seem threatening, truly caught my interest; I was instantly amazed.

TED talk

I was having a hard time trying to think of a topic to watch a TED talk on, but when i saw Nathalie Miebach's Art made of Storms i was extremely impressed. Her primary purpose was to express the fact that art can be found in almost any thing. Her execution of this argument was well thought through by the use of her own work. By playing a piece of music created by one of the storms she researched, she created ethos with the audience. She added to the ethos by theh display of one of her actual pieces next to her through her speech. By explaining her process for creating these sculptures and musical pieces, she aids the audience in understanding more of what she creates by creating slight logos and increasing the ethos. To hold the audiences' interest, she places pictures along with pieces of her work throughout the speech (pictures, music, and musical pieces). The pictures of her gathering information show the audience how hard working she is which helps the audience to relate to her (most Americans work hard at their jobs). In the end she truly catches the audience with the intrigue that is placed in her work.