Essay Packet 2

   As I first started to read the Mint Snowball Story, I automatically picked up on its vivid imagery. They set the scene really well and made me feel like I had been to the drugstore myself. I also found it funny how the daughter of the daughter was describing what her mother had seen. She executed it very well to not have seen it herself. when she started to tell us the process in which her great grandfather used, she was very detailed and descried how you could still smell the mint on his hands even after he was done.
   The mint snowball was described to taste like winter. How does winter taste? I think that was a very good description of the taste because we imagine winter as being icy, cool, and fresh. The story suddenly got kind of sad when the son realized that his father sold the recipe and the he wouldn't inherit it and have it for generations to come.

Maps to Anywhere

   I particularly liked the Maps to Anywhere section of the book. The first section, How to Draw is very fascinating because the author wants to literally teach you how to  draw. It also talks a lot about art. When learning how to draw, you have to understand art itself. It then goes on to tell us about her family and who likes what type of art.
   With the Utopia story in this section, I found it interesting how the author got me to identify and understand the character. I understood that he was strictly a routine man so he didn't like doing things out of the ordinary. The way that the character described the things that he was talking about, I could tell that the author had very vivid thoughts and that he was very good at putting his thoughts down on paper. This character liked perfection and I think the the author conveyed that very nicely in this story.