I forget which one I had to do

Visual:

http://buzz-videos.eu/video-film-visual-communication/

      I found this visual while sifting through random sites like StumbleUpon, and I was intrigued  by it, so I searched for it. It took a while but I found it near a video. The video was about visual communication, and the picture is a good representation of this. The picture shows a normal looking monitor with its screen colored blue, but the screen looks like the surface of water being broken, and a goldfish is floating in midair, to show that it made the ripple and burst from the screen of the monitor. Technology today has allowed the growth of visual technology such as TVs, monitors, even hand held devices. The ultimate purpose of a visual is to transfer realistic images, though it can be used to send other forms of aesthetics. The image shows a goldfish coming out of a blue screened monitor, and floating in the middle of nowhere. The fact that this goldfish was able to come out of a monitor represent how through the growth of technology, visuals are able to become more and more realistic, and like this fish, it may transcend the level that exists currently. The level of realism is on a different level of just experiencing not only from sight, but other senses as well, similar to being pulled into the image itself. Through it may be impossible to make a fish pop out of your own monitor, at the level that the world grows around us, who knows?
     I couldn't really find the person who made this visual; it could be for a message, could be a rhetorically designed piece, even an advertisement for the monitor. However, based on where the picture was found, it seems to have a relationship with the video. The author of the video is Peter Godkins, who showed a slideshow using visual graphics and typography, which is about visual communication.

Article:
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Barflies-Sex-deprived-male-flies-go-for-the-booze-3409506.php

Another science article. This article in a nutshell was about the relationship between the choice of alcohol laced food and non alcohol laced food with the sexual tension of flies which are deprived. Why flies you may ask? The article stated near the end, "Fruit flies are a favorite lab animal in part because scientists have exquisite control over their biology. "  I feel like this should have been mentioned near the beginning to explain the background information of using flies first before going into details about the experiment. The article describes some of the tests that were done. Male flies were put into a jar with a female that had just gone through the mating process, so they would not mate again. The went through this cycle for 4 days for 3 hours a day. Next they were to choose from alcohol laced food and non alcohol laced food. Results show that they prefer the alcoholic food. After they had their fill, their want for alcoholic food declined. This can be the start of a research to help treat alcohol abuse.
This article was found on chron.com, and the article was written by Malcom M. Ritter, and further research of his name show many entries of scientific articles. The pictures that were posted on the site also quoted the source, showing credibility. For his writing, I felt that explaining the background info would have improved his article, like I mentioned in the first paragraph. Leaving the readers who have no idea what relevance this may hold would inhibit the ability of the readers to comprehend the full scale of the research until they got to the end, at which point I re read the article. besides that, I did like the transition from the project to the explanation, " What's going on here?" as if he was asking a rhetorical question.

Book Report: Last section

The story goes into the actual games itself. The challenges, the battles and the strain of relationships was exactly the things I was expecting. I really enjoyed this section, I could not put the book down. However, there was one part that confused me a lot: The part where they try to die together. The reason this confused me was that the game creators announced that after they were down to Peeta and  Katniss, there could only be one winner. However, Katniss tried to die together with Peeta by eating the poisonous berries that they had. However, the game creators frantically called off this requirement and announced that the couple were the winner at the end,  as they were about to swallow the berries.  There was a lack of a background here because they never established the fact that it was such an important thing that there had to be a winner. Having both candidates that were left dying would even be an insult to the state. It may be that I missed it, but I felt that there was too vague a reference to base such an important event off of.  Other than that, I enjoyed the book.
Another thing about this book that was rhetorically well written is that the ending is a real terrible cliffhanger. Not terrible in a bad way, but just a very steep cliff. It does not end the story, but relates it with the next book in the series. Therefore, it really isn't a conclusion, but a really dangerous cliffhanger. It forces you to read the next book due to the growing level of curiosity. It really drew my attention, but I ended up reading the next book as well.

The Hunger Games Part 2

This section was about how the main characters, Katniss and Peeta, into their journey to the first district. They had skeptics about their trainer because he was a heavy alcoholic, but he seemed to become sober after the two became more and more accepting of the idea that they were to fight to the death. I think that the reason he is so alcoholic is seen through how many times their poor district had to suffer the loss of two children, being the only winner from that district. After they get there, the story transitions into more along the lines of a freaky type of game show, where the 2 from each district had to go through interviews, dress up in their districts main exports and sell themselves to their audience for sponsors. I was confused on what sponsors were, but it means that they were able to choose what and when they could drop a certain item for them, whether it be food, or etc.
When I first picked up this book, I thought it would be more chaotic, more forceful, and much more adrenaline type action, but it was nothing of the sort. It was more along the line of psychological warfare, where the author portrays every action and saying to have another hidden message behind it. The author usually goes and explains what it may be, but only in the mindset of Katniss. There are still many details that she doesn't catch but may have many implications. For example, Katniss believes that Peeta is going to go and kill her from the beginning. The actions that he takes, which in this case would be waving to the audience in the attempt to get a sponsor leads Katniss to believe this. However, later in the book, Peeta declares his love for her, which completely flips the story.
Overall, most of the story is found between the lines, and hidden in the actions of others. It is a great read so far even though it wasn't what I thought it was, actually it seems more enjoyable than just action because it goes into detail about the motive, consequences, and rewards of actions.