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Joe Camel is known world wide and has always been associated with Camel cigarettes. He has always been know to be cool and his coolness is always in conjunction with a cigarette. Perfect pair right, coolness, sex appeal and cigarettes? Apparently not! This ad shows Joe and his comrades checked in for chemotherapy due to the cancer they got from the cigarettes that they advertised for so many years. This ad contains the same old Joe but he doesn't look so great. He has dark circles around his eyes, he is hooked up to an IV and the familiar lettering used to spell out Joe Camel now spells out Joe Chemo. The ever so appealing popular status is now being demonstrated in this ad as a habit that is not so appealing. This ad is affective because now that the indestructable image of Joe Camel and been reduced to a cancer suffering patient perhaps more people will pay attention. The surgeon general's warning that is printed on the side of each pack is not visual proof that something serious could and probably will happen. Now that people have been subjected to the mascot of the cigarette brand having health problems, maybe people will stop and think before they light up their next cigarette!

Unofficial Calvin Klein Ad

This is supposed to be an advertisement of jeans. However, her undergarment is more attention grabbing and you can barely see the jeans that are supposed to be advertised. About the only thing that this ad is advertising is sex appeal. Apparently if you buy and wear these jeans they must be worn unbuttoned and only with a bra to be sexy. I suppose that this ad is effective at grabbing peoples' attention and getting them to think if they wear these jeans they will be sexy like this young lady. However, I think that the attention grabbing tactics used in this ad are more geared towards men. Seeing this ad and being a women does not make me want to buy these jeans. In fact it makes me want to turn the page. I think that this ad is inappropriate because once again you can' even see the item that is being advertised and is the unbuttoning of the pants and the absent shirt necessary. You would think that if Calvin Klein was trying to sell jeans he would try and put a little more focus on the actual jeans! I believe that he was using a pathos effect in this ad. He made people think a certain way about people who wear these jeans, therefore, the jeans themselves were not a necessity.

Elements Of The Photograph

There were several different elements that my photograph included. The picture was black and white and the subjects in the photo seemed to be of an organized fashion. The children were all aligned in a row and the picture was probably taken from the teachers perspective, seeing that the photographer was directly in front of the class. In addition all of the children seemed to be girls. All of the elements combined gives this photograph meaning. I believe this photograph to describe the social classes and the expectations of genders. These messages are conveyed because the girls and boys are seperated in school. Because of the seperation different expectations are carried out. I highly doubt that the boys in the all boys school are getting the same exposure and being taught the same things. Since the boys and girls and taught different things they are obviously going to live different lives.

Kids These Days

Without reading the caption that went with the photo my description was pretty accurate. The children were attending a choir class and they happen to be in England.
I chose this particular photo because it reminded me a lot of my youger years. I have quite vivid recollections of my elementary music class. It was a time the children were permitted to make "noise". When I was little I had several toys that made noise but my parents were bothered by them and I was only allowed to play with these toys at certain times or outside. The second reason that I chose this photograph had to do with the little girl in the middle of the picture. She caught my attention because she reminded me of how we see most kids these days, trying to get attention by being obnoxious. Parents seem to be so busy these days that kids get away with almost anything. I know that when I was a child my parents spent the vast majority of their teaching time showing us that attention getting behaviors were not permitted and thay we must always mind our manners and be respectful. It seems that these values have gone by the way side and parents don't teach their children the same values that I was taught as a child. Finally, I chose this picture because it shows you the simple times and the innocence of your younger years. Sometimes I wish that life was as simple as sitting in music class with my undergarments exposed and not caring about a thing and just waiting for my day to end so that I could go home and have milk and cookies and play with my friends!

Rosalind Solomon

This photo is from the Foley Gallery and the author is Rosalind Solomon.

It looks to me that the children may be participating in a choir class or something of the sort. All I know is their mouths are all wide open and I am sure producing a lot of noise. It also appears that there is some lettering on the chalkboard behind them in a foreign language. Not only are the children seemingly talking, shouting, or singing out of turn it is in a language that you and I probably do not understand. The one little girl in the center seems to be the most obnoxious, maybe that is why no one is sitting next to her. Also, the little girl with her hands folded is sitting with her legs open so that her undergarments are being exposed. The one child next to the undergarment girl seems to be bored out of her mind or upset.

Reflective Essay: The Life In The Seat Of A Drunk Driver

Darting down the highway going 75 to 80 miles per hour near the 38th Avenue exit on I-25, I tried switching lanes and lost control of my car. I smashed into the cement highway divider and was immediately knocked unconscious. I was awoken by a police officer standing next to my crushed and smoking 2003 Hyundai Tiburon. When I came to, the smoke in the interior of my car was so thick that it burnt with every breath that I took, and it appeared so thick that it could have been cut with a knife. From the impact the airbags had deployed releasing a strong gun powder odor. My rear view mirror was sitting on the passenger seat beside me, the glove compartment was hanging on by a mere thread, and all of my personal belongings had been thrown through out the car, looking much like a tornado had struck it. The police officer asked me. "Are you okay?" I replied, "I think so." Then his next question was the one that was going to decide my fate, "How much did you drink tonight because you reek of booze?" At this point I was still trying to figure out where I was and what was going to happen. "I am not really sure, a few shots and some mixed drinks" I said. He then added, "You are lucky that you are not hurt worse, but because your accident is so bad you are going to be spending the night in the hospital instead of in detox. Wait here for the ambulance while I talk to the other officers." I am now viewed through the eyes of society as a criminal. To me criminals are people who commit murders or robberies. I didn't commit a murder but there was a high chance that someone else could have been involved. I thank my lucky stars that no one else was involved and I didn't hurt myself worse. This accident was my life wake up call. I knew that after the accident there was no excuse for me not to get my life together. I didn't really know how or what was going to happen, but I knew that changes had to be made immediately.

Before this event I had had some close calls and they only seemed to make an impact for a short amount of time. Sooner or later I fell back into the same routine and those close calls became a subject of laughter during my drinking escapades. I always knew that my time was coming and that I needed to get myself under control before I had to pay serious consequences. Unfortunately, I was not strong enough to do this on an individual basis. All of my friends that I hung out with were drinkers and I did not know how to separate myself. If I didn't go with them they would give me a hard time until I did go with them or get mad that I was not hanging out with them. This should have been a clear indication that they were not true friends. Upon accepting the concept that my friends were nothing more that acquaintances or "drinking buddies" I became really depressed. I felt like I was alone and all of the time and effort put in to maintain the friendships was a waste. However, on the other hand I realized that it was a blessing in disguise. If I were to continue to hang out with those "friends" all the time, chances are that I would still be making the same stupid decisions that got me into trouble in the first place.

My quality of life during my drinking year was almost non existent. Waking up feeling groggy and sick from the hangovers made it impossible for me to do anything besides go to work. With that, my work performance was less than stellar and my attitude was atrocious. I was miserable, there was so much outside pressure to go back to school and get a real job that I just drank my sorrows away. Now I am in school and working towards starting my career. I have become a more proactive person and less of a procrastinator. Not to mention I have saved tremendous amounts of money by not blowing it at the bar every night. It's a great feeling to be able to right my wrongs and make positive strides in my life. I wouldn't go back to my drinking days for all the money in the world. Looking back, I have no idea how I did it and why I put so much energy into something so detrimental for my life.

It has been nine months since my accident and I now realize that this is single handedly the best thing that could have happened to me. It happened at an opportune time and for a great reason. I was on the edge, teetering back and forth, about to lose complete control of my life, and BAM I was knocked back into control. I am so very thankful that my situation was not worse. I could have encountered a different side to the legal system if someone else was involved. Additionally, I could have taken my own life and not be able to write this paper right now. Don't get me wrong, the punishments and emotional ups and downs that I have encountered thus far have not been easy and I am dealing with and uphill battle everyday , but I would much rather be around to talk about my experience and how it has changed me rather than be behind bars for the rest of my life or not have a life at all.