NAKED

Naked, in this use, does not stand for the nude body form. It is a story by David Sedaris. He wrote this story as if it was one of his own. I could really understand what the character was going through with their "tics" due to the use of first person narrative by Sedaris. One of the tics I found to be strange is how he would lick almost everything during one of his school years. I know that he could not handle his urge to perform these tics, it is just one tic that I have never noticed or heard of before. I know that a lot of people most likely perform meaningless tics daily, they just do not recognize them. The writing sty used by Sedaris is one that flows together, which makes it easy to read. He doesn't tend to blow things out of proportion, or use meaningless jargon. I feel like he writes as if he is talking to his audience face to face in a conversation. Overall a great piece!

The Power Team

I found The Power Team, by Sharon Mazer, to be interesting. I, myself, and not very into religion at all. It may be wrong to say, but I find it annoying when people are so huge on trying to get everyone to believe in a religion. I also relate my opinion back to the part where Mazer talks about the group of body builders. These body builders say that they reason they are able to do everything is all because of God. Everything they are really doing is fake, which makes their statements false. I think that in religion, along with many other groups, they tend to overemphasize many things in order to get followers. The more followers you have, the more money you are bringing in. This works the same way with fraternities, sororities and student organizations in college. I think that is a bad thing that people and groups tend to lie in order to gain members, but it is something that will not change anytime soon. The world that we live in is one where you have to make yourself marketable in order to succeed. This makes people do whatever they can to reach their goals.