Sunday, June 2, 2013

Ju Hye Choi / Reaction Essay / Tues 9AM




     Last December I went on a family trip to Cambodia where I visited the largest Buddhist temple in the world, Angkor Wat. It was an enormous temple where people from all walks of life were scattered like ants everywhere. I took it as an opportunity to treasure moments of people living in Cambodia and so began taking pictures. Among them, have two pictures of two children one in each photograph. Both are of young Cambodian children who are seated in different places in the temple.

     In the first picture, a little Cambodian girl who seems to be under the age of 10 is kneeling at a corner on a wooden drawbridge. She is wearing a light grey shirt that is slightly ripped on the bottom. It is colored with brown and green drawings at the front which complements the vintage-like area that she is in. She is wearing a thin dark grey pants that is torn on both side of her knee which is revealing her skin. She has a wavy brunette hair which curls outwardly making her overall appearance seem like she has not taken a shower for a while. She is hiding her face in the corner as if she is shying away from the camera yet she has her hands put together palm to palm like she is forced to bring money home.

     Another picture is of another Cambodian girl who looks half the age of the girl in the other picture. She is wearing a bright shirt that has black, orange, pink and purple colors on it. She is wearing pink shorts that complement her shirt very well and it looks like she had her clothes washed the other day. The girl has a dark boyish haircut with a gold necklace around her neck. She has a coconut in front of her with a size larger than her head cut into half. She has one hand on one half of the coconut and the other on her mouth as she eats a little bit of the white coconut meal from the inside. She is sitting sideways to the camera showing the side view of her face and on top of a stony rampart, with a frown on her face. She has a white plastic in front of her opened and a bit far from her. It is as if she was hungry, she threw the plastic and did not bother to keep it close to her.  

     Unlike the first photograph, the other photograph has bright colors in fact many. The colors stand out and it makes the overall atmosphere a lot brighter than the first photograph. In addition, the girl in the second photograph is dressed more brightly, with necklace around her neck and some food to eat that she does not seem like a beggar.         However, looking at both pictures, they bring about the same feeling, hunger and adversity.

     Looking at both photographs, I noticed the importance of our facial expressions. The reason is that even though the little girl in the second photograph has bright clothes on and food to eat, they both photograph being about the same feeling. She does not seem that brighter than the girl in the first photograph. I believe it is the frown on her face. If she had a smile, maybe the story would be a little different. 

3 comments:

  1. From Jieun to Juhye

    1. What I liked about this writing is that you specifically depicted the photos.

    2. I liked how you described the photos. You described the photos with every small details. Even without picture, I can imagine the photos.

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  2. 1.Your essay has a very interesting hook. After I read the hook, I really wanted to your essay.
    2.It also includes the names of the photographers. : I took it as an opportunity to treasure moments of people living in Cambodia. But I think if you name the titles of the photos, then the comparative is much clear.
    3.You especially focus on main center of interest.
    4.Yes. The writer analyzes the message of each photograph very well.
    5.In paragraph 4, the writer explains the similarities and differences.

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  3. From Yujin Park

    1. Does the introduction include an interesting hook?
    Yes, the writer includes very interesting hook by introducing her essay with her own experience, travel to Cambodia.
    It was very interesting and it attracts my attention from the beginning!

    2. Does the introduction include the titles of the photographs and the names of the photographer?
    She doesn't include the exact name of her photo but she introduces where she took it and she took it by herself.
    I think It is sufficient explanation to illuminate.

    3. Did the writer use any of the photographic terms below?
    Not many but she explained the main center of interest.

    4. Did the writer anaylze the message of each photograph?
    Yes, I think so.

    5. Does paragraph 4 explain the similarities and differences between the two photographs?
    She explains mainly the difference between the two photos.


    6. similes the writer used:
    I couldn't find any similes in her essay.

    7. Does the conclusion evaluate the effects of the photographs?
    The conclusion is interesting but I think her conclusion is kind of adding more information, not summarizing and concluding the effects of the two photos.
    It would be better if she concludes with summarizing the effects of the two photos.

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