Crayon

Well the first thing easily noticed is that there are a few colors being used. Luke started with a maroon heading, followed by an orange, purple, then again maroon body paragraphs. The way he wrote this was very punctual, with a heading, and three separate body paragraphs. The line spacing is very equal making it easy too read. It is almost as if he wrote it on a separate paper and copied it over because there are no cross outs or mess ups, except for the last word. But you can't blame him, I'm sure all of us were tired of writing with these crayons. I mean there wasn't anything spectacular but I did notice that he purposely did not write near the crease of the paper so it wouldn't look messed up. Here is Luke's assignment:

Luke Verrilo
Professor Lay
WSC 2
28 January 2011
    In her poem "Tell All The Truth," Emily Dickinson urges readers to tell the truth entirely, though she also stresses the importance of telling it slant. in some instances, one can skew the truth to protect children's  innocence, for example, however that is not always the case. As Dickinson states, the "truth must dazzle gradually," implying that there are sometimes the truth, unslanted, must come out and be told as it is. Though we're taught to always tell the truth, we're also shielded from it.
   In today's violent world, the true truth is hidden from us more than we may realize. When we read about war in the papers, victories are headlines while tragic losses are hidden among obituaries. When we're young, issues like divorce or murder or the passing of loved ones are sugarcoated. Stories are created and explanations given to sotten the hurt. However, as we age and become more aware of our world and learn to separate truth from "explanation kind," we gradually learn of more dark aspects of life. As Dickinson writes, it's better to take the truth little by little rather than all at once when you're young so as to avoid "every man be blind."
   I agree with Dickinson's stance on telling the truth, but telling it slant. It's not a lie, however, but it protects children from the truth until they're ready to gasp the entirety of it. The only time that slanting the truth isn't acceptable is when the media or people in general do it so they can push their own agenda. Slanting the truth on issues of war or death are done to ease the pain, not for personal gain. Dickinson supports shielding people from the world's horrors, as I do. Sometimes, it's best not to know the complexity within the darkness of the world around us.


This writing assignment interacts with the writing space and mind. There is a limited amount of space for the writer which effects what can be said. If the writer runs out of space, how will anyone be able to read what needs to be said? The mind is an endless space for writing, which can't be placed on a piece of paper. The fact that this assignment was in crayon helped the mind use more space on the paper by using different colors, and allowing the writer to write any way they wanted. This is true because this piece is made with 3 different colors, and other crayon assignments were made in all shapes and sizes.