American Soldier

A. What is the most powerful image from the pictures printed in the Denver Post over the three weeks they published images from the year of coverage? Why?The most powerful image is the one called down and dirty which makes a strong impact about how horrible war is.


B. How do the images work together to tell a story? The images work together to make a story about the difficulties that soldier go through. The long hard process that they go though too. the black and white colors make a definite impression and it helps show their teamwork to face their problems together.

C. How do the captions enhance the photographs? The captions give a feeling to the photo like one called down and dirty it makes such a strong impact to the reader. The person looks like he has suffered loss of his close friends.

D. Summarize the story of Ian Fisher, based just on the captions.
It shows how he went through his time at the army and the hardships of the wars that have passed and the impacts.
E. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?Most of the photos are present tense because they look like they take place at the time like if it were captured at the second of.

F. Break down the captions:

1. How many sentences are they on average?They are mostly one sentence to three.
2. Read the first sentence of a couple of them, what information do they provide? They provide background information about the picture.
3. Read the second sentences of a couple of them, what information do they provide?They provide information about what is happening in the picture as if it was happening.
4. If there is a third sentence, what information does it provide?
5. Do any captions include a quote?Sometimes there were quotes.
6. Are there any that have four sentences?No there were none.

G. Why do you think it is possible to tell a complete story with just photos and captions?
Yes you can write a story with pictures if they show emotions with them and have details with captions to help the reader.
H. If you can create a story with just photos and captions, why bother writing a story at all? Sometimes it better to have a story with photos so it gives visuals about what happens instead of just pictures that can confuse people.

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