American Soldier

2) A- The most powerful picture to me was a picture in which all you can see is a soldier holding 2 bottles of     Vicodin in each hand and a cigarette. This picture is powerful because it shows how much pain the soldiers     are always in and how they risk their health to fight in a war just to keep our country safe.
    B- The most powerful sequence of photos would be the whole chapter 6: In Country. This is the most             powerful sequence to me because it showcases all the fear that they go through from the minute they first     step into the country. All the stress they have and all the praying and all of their hope that they will make it     out alright.
    C- Each image backs the one right before and after it to produce a heart-felt story of Ian and his                   comrades. The pictures tell his story from even before he went into Iraq and as soon as he got back into         the U.S., making the observer feel sympathetic towards the soldiers in the Iraq war.

3) A- The verbs are usually written in the past tense.
    B- The pictures can sometimes be misleading. For example, there was this one photo in which I thought         that soldiers had been dead, but in fact they were communicating with their feet. The captions also enhance     the photos because they help you to understand the photo more and give you more information leading         you to sometimes feel more sympathetic towards the subject(s).

4) A- 1.Ian Fisher talking to his mother after finally being home after years at war. His mom believes he did         well in fighting for his country.
     2. A rosary is one of the things that Ian carries with him every day throughout the war. Every nigh the             would pray for protection of himself and of his allies.
    3. After a long day of his first assignment, Ian feels accomplished and thus holds the belt of glory high             above his head. Playfully the belt was fictional for the assignment purposes.

5) A- These features enhance the photographs because it gives more insight and a more detailed observation     that the onlooker can connect with more.
    B- The videos are better then the photos because they don't mislead you as much as the photos might. Like     in the videos, Ivan is talking about his experiences and gives more details than the photographer showed in     the photos. Also it feels more personal in the videos because Ian is telling you himself about his obstacles        and how he got over those walls.
    C- The photos are better than the videos in that they leave more to the imagination. They give room for the     observer to draw his own conclusions. The photographer did a great job in leaving more to the reader to         decide what the picture meant to him.