In John Wayne: A Love song the audience gets some pretty good insight on the characteristics and values that shape a man. Examples of that include the quality of being tough, revenge seeking and a representative of justice. In the trailer that we just watched this was symbolized by one guy trying to shoot the man that called his friend a drunk and also one of the brothers who was trying to find the murderer of his father in order to seek some revenge. I strongly believe that such characteristics were important at that point of time in history considering that ones image and reputation was a survival key at that time which John Wayne reflects perfectly. A man should also be willing to do whatever is necessary to protect his family and belongings. Women on the other hand were inferior to man but still played somewhat of a motherly role.

The book Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell taught me a very important lesson about life. The book is about four Navy Seal's in Afghanistan of whom three sacrificed their lives so they would not disobey orders. When they saw a couple of farmers of whom they were sure of that they were Taliban spies, they did not kill them since they did not pose an apparent threat. An hour later their suspicions were confirmed when one hundred Taliban soldiers with AK47's charged at them over the hill. Unfortunately three of them died but one managed to defend himself against all of them and lived to tell the story. I believe that this sense of loyalty is a very important aspect in life and that this code of loyalty should be maintained in all cases between friends and family.

Shitty First Drafts

Review:
It was rather apparent that Anne Lamott's intention in "Shitty First Drafts" was to educate inexperienced writers in the process of writing a paper. Throughout reading this essay I noticed that Lamott pretty much kept saying the same thing through the use of different examples such as her food reviews for the California magazine. A technique worth considering would be to put all thoughts down on paper and continually revising those until the achievement of a masterpiece worth publishing. I disagree with her claim that: "I would eventually let myself trust the process."

My Process:
When I write a paper I tend to sit down and take some time to think about what I actually want to put down on paper. More or less, I create a first draft in my mind so I can proceed with writing a pretty decent first draft which doesn't require too much editing on my part for the the final draft. Usually my editing consists of rewording and rephrasing individual sentences, but the thoughts and main ideas throughout my paper remain the same. Even though I don't completely disagree with Lamott's approach to write a paper, I believe that her technique is more suited for less experienced writers.

Metaphor:
For me, writing is being in a fight. At first it is a struggle and a pain to put the words down on paper. Multiple combinations of words battle each other to earn their place on my paper, but only one will win. Once the fight is over, I am the victor having put down the perfect combination of words and having it gotten over with. The process is exhausting but worth it once completed.