Pinhole Camera

These are some photos I took with my pinhole camera. We created it in darkroom photography class with black cardboard paper and a piece of tin foil with a small hole. Depending on the brightness of the particular environment, we would keep the shutter open for a certain mount of time to make sure the photo paper was exposed the right amount.

This photo is of an SAS schoolbus. To take this photo, we went outside and placed the camera on the floor and waited.

This photo is of a tree decorated with baubles at the ecogarden. For this one, I just placed the camera on the floor looking up.

This photo is of the water at the ecogarden as well.

After taking the photos, which were negatives, we placed them on top of photo paper the same size and shot light over them to make them into positives.

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Reflection

Through the dialogue, you could tell that the Macombers didn't have a loving relationship, despite being a married couple. Margot would often be passive aggressive and say things in a pleasant tone just to spite her husband. Also, it was mentioned that there had been numerous times in the past when she had cheated on her husband. Their conversations gave insight on their troubled relationship where it seemed that Margot didn't care about her husband and his emotions very much while he seemed to care slightly more than she did because he demonstrated anger towards her cheating. Reading about their relationship through the dialogue made me infuriated with Margot for treating him badly and Macomber for allowing her to do that over and over again. 

I felt that the changing character thought descriptions, where you would get an insight into the thoughts of Macomber, Margot, Wilson, and the animals, gave a lot more depth to the story. Through this technique, the reader is able to view the story and relationships from different perspectives and get a deeper understanding of each of the characters. To me, being able to go into such profound characterization in such a short amount of pages was truly impressive. The section where in pages 44 and 45 where Macomber discusses his marriage and why they would never split up helps us understand how and why the hunting expedition affected their marriage.

At first, Macomber feels frightened during the expeditions while Margot shows excitement and eagerness to watch and be part of it. But then, after Macomber kills the buffalo, the roles reverse and Margot ends up being scared while he is the one showing excitement and exhilaration. Their marriage stayed intact because Macomber was too much of a coward and thought he was bad with women and she had already gotten too old and lost too much of her beauty to be able to leave him and not have access to his wealth. So when he loses his fear, Macomber would have the potential to leave Margot and leave her without a source of money; therefore, altering the equilibrium of their marriage.

At the end of the story, I was left with a sadness because right as he was getting to the pinnacle of his life, Macomber's life was cut short by the very woman who repeatedly caused him so much grief.

Testimony by Rita Dove

Testimony by Rita Dove

1. Is she saying that embracing the little things in life will give you the most pleasure?
2. Is she actually talking about the literal Earth or is it a metaphor for something else?
3. Does not giving something a name or discovering something new leave out all the negative things associated with it?
4. What is the message that this poem is trying to send?
5. By saying "the world called, and I answered. Each glance ignited to a gaze. I caught my breath and called that life," does she mean that she embraced the world and everything within it?