Journal 7: Profile Pre-reading

Step One:

What I think about the saying "If you want to write about mankind, write about a man" means that in a group you can pull someone out and it will represent the whole group. Like for an example, you can get someone from a school club and ask questions, that one person you pulled out will represent the whole club.

Step Two:

If I had to guess what a "profile" is I would say it is most likely is a person's outline. It can also be a summary of a person, thing, resume, a person's specific background or experience in a person's personal life.

Step Three:

People who I find the most interesting are Demi Lovato, Alicia, and my older sister.

Step Four:

Demi Lovato is a 24 year old pop singer, actress, songwriter, model, author and philanthropist. She recently suffered depression, eating disorder, and self harm, in which started when she was a little kid and evolved while she was growing up. She has five albums who were at the top 10 when they came out. She is a successful role model and outspoken person when it comes out to what she truly believes in, like gay rights. The reason why I am interested in Demi is because I practically grew up with her, I saw movies, shows and saw her on the news as well as heard her in the radio.

Step Five:

I think what makes an effective profile of a person are:

Description/Detail

Tone- story like quality

Anecdotes

Strong focus on what makes a person interesting

Organization

Reasons: famous, quality, event

Step Six:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/elizabeth-bishops-art-of-losing

Step Seven:

I found it interesting because Elizabeth started her life with the death of her father, whom she does not remember because she was a little baby when she lost him. It is Elizabeth's life and struggles throughout he life. What is done well is the way it caught my attention, the writer started with a somewhat negative way.

Step Eight:

The question I need to consider are:

What has an interesting story?

Why must their story be told?

Will this story be interesting to other?