The Power Team

While reading the power team story, I found the idea of the whole situation odd, especially the way they pushed religion on their viewers.  I saw their tactics they used during their performance as more annoying and forceful.  I am a believer in God and Christ, I went to a Catholic School for ten years, I have studied all different types of religions but I find it extremely annoying when a person or a group tries to force their beliefs on you.  Religion should be your choice.  The other thing I found strange in this story is that the way they are presenting themselves, I think the presentation is more thought out on how to make money.  The way they preach their beliefs was a performance, which I found odd.  When most people are trying to get a point across, personally, I would not think to use a performance.

A Plague of Tics

Reading “A Plague of Tics” by David Sedaris, caught my attention from the very beginning.  I enjoyed reading this passage because of the visual representation the author provides you with, his detailed descriptions makes you feel as if you are there.  From a reader’s perspective, you automatically understand that he has obsessive-compulsive disorder but I also felt sad for him as a child at the time.  As he was growing up, his parents and teachers just thought it was behavioral problems.  I found it interesting that when he was growing up he wondered why people treated him like he had a problem because in his mind he thought everyone was just like him.  He thought his everyday life experiences were the same as his peers, he didn’t understand why people didn’t want to touch and lick everything when they saw it.  I feel that this passage gave me a great outlook on how to write for your readers to experience what you went through.  His thoughts were all on the paper in an organized manner and catching his reader’s attention from the beginning.