Class story story response

1. Are there any preeminent symbols in the story? *if so, what are they and how are they used.
I would say the key is a symbol and everything that follows after it about how there is the complex string of events that you have to go through to get to know the real him and understand who he really is. I'm really bad at picking out what the symbols are of stories.

2. What connection did you make with the story? Discuss the elements of work with which you were able to connect.
I didn't really feel a connection with this story. I have not idea what is really going on I feel like it was just scattered information spread out, I also didn't get a chance to finish the story so maybe it would make more sense if I had. But I think its sad that he feels like he has to live a double life and can't show who he really is. Its also unfair to his girlfriend because he is lying to her and not being honest with her and that is no way have a relationship.

3. What changed would you change to adopt this story into another media? What media would you use? what would you make of it?
I think I would make it into a short film. I see it as the girlfriend reading all these notes or a journal that he left behind. Or her even stumbling upon it, he has no idea that she found it. I see it in black and white, shots switching from her fully body shots, to close ups of her face and hands, to shots of the room around her. It would be a voice over lay so she would be reading in his voice.

One of the fan communities that I belong to is for a boyband called One Direction. Originally the band included four British boys (Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson) and one Irish boy (Niall Horan), however recently one of the British members (Zayn Malik) has left leaving only four members in the band. They were formed on the British TV show called the X Factor about five years ago. They all auditioned as solo artists, but Simon Cowell (one of the judges) decided that they would be better as a group. They didn't win the X factor they came in third place, through the power of twitter, youtube and other forms of social media the fans that followed them from the start tweeted made it their mission to have One Direction become one of the biggest bands in the world. One Direction fans (or Directioners) are some of the craziest fans on the planet. I hate being part of this fandom because its such a huge fandom and there are so many rumors and so much drama because the fandom is all teenage girls. We as fandom care about the boys so deeply and act like we know them but we really don't know them. Everyone thinks that they know the boys better then the rest of the fans which makes it sort of nuts sometimes. The fandom is known for starting rumors such as two of the members being together (Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson) aka Larry. These fans are known as Larry shippers, and they have crazing theories about them being together and if they even look at each other on stage the fans freakout.  I have a love hate relationship with this fandom, I try not really get to involved with the craziness I try mostly to observe.  They boys have become such a important part of my life as silly as that may sound. I tend to talk about them like I know them and they are something that I can't go a day without talking about. If it wasn't for these boys I won't have made some of the friendships I have today and these are friendships that I know will last me a lifetime.  Just like my support for these four idiots who spit water, who pants each other on stage all while managing to sing will last a lifetime. Urban Dictionary says a Directioner is "Someone who stands by the band One Direction no matter what. Who would be there to support the boys 100%. Whether it's acting, singing, dancing, anything... they'll be there for it all. Even when the band grows up and goes on with their lives, these girls that call themselves "directioners" will NEVER forget the happiness and the joy that Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik brought to them for so many years!"

I don't really watch  many youtube videos other the music videos and concert footage. I go on youtube to laugh. Here are some of my favorite youtube videos that never fail to make me laugh. All these video  (except for the penguin falls down) make fun of todays culture.

Jenna Marbles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wRXa971Xw0

Sh*t Girls Say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-yLGIH7W9Y

Penguin Falls Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFAK8Vj62WM

Bad lipreading - Hunger Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKOZgQy8qrw

Kevin Droniak (thiskidneedsmedicine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZf2t22pTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WvfrGs4r7U

Tin Can Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1EIFeauYrw&index=44&list=PLlF0gFzOX4tAsqcB5V0YOBYExvpduLRuC

The Adventurous Adventures of One Direction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o3fcUH-yPQ

Besides finding these sort of videos on youtube I enjoy watching sketches from shows like Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Ellen and SNL.

Jimmy Fallon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_DR9-_QUx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIhU3mQTp1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MftOONlDQac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtsNbxgPngA

Jimmy Kimmel Mean tweets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu5Oo23G67w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LABGimhsEys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aFTwuQkLXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aFTwuQkLXM (couldn't find the official one)

Ellen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07nXzFPHiGU

SNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJz2IMUeDE