I was watching a video by Ira Glass in one of my classes the other day and he explained the use of a Anecdote. This seemed interesting so I'm deciding to use it.
I get out of the car and it feels hot! It's about one o' clock so me and my family have enough time to dig out this fruit tree. Besides, it was just a fruit tree. How much harm can it make?
This wasn't an ordinary fruit tree. It is a persimmon tree, producing persimmons that are beyond tasteful. These orange fruits are sweet, rich, and also healthy. Every time I take a bite out of it, the crunchiness sound doesn't bother me at all. It sweetens inside my mouth and keeps my mind fresh.I walk to the backyard, following my dad. To the far edge of the fence I've found the persimmon tree. It wasn't too big, but it wasn't that small either. I predict this activity may take about thirty minutes. My dad and I grabbed some shovels and started to dig.
Digging, digging, and digging forever! This small looking tree can't be that hard to dig up. We have already dug up a steep hole around the tree and it still would not come out! My shirt started to get dirty. The orange-brown dirt is getting harder the deeper we dig. We tried hard not to pull out the main roots or else the tree would automatically become dead. Sometimes I could hear some small roots crack as I was digging. It sounded as if someone's neck had been cracked. It is too hot for this! It was time for plan B.
In the yard where the the persimmon tree was at there was a couple of strong planks. My dad and I used the plank as way of trying to pull the tree out from underneath. On one side we put a plank underneath the tree hole. We used every inch of our muscles pulling down on the plank, lifting one side of the tree up. It was working! Then we did the same on the other side and finally! It came off. It didn't come off the way I hoped it to, like a hedgehog coming out of its hole, but it came out.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
It sounds like you had a pretty tough project on your hands. I hate doing anything yardwork related because everything is harder than it looks, even mowing the grass. Glad you were successful pulling on the planks though!
ReplyDeleteRandy, I really enjoyed reading this post. Your story was very entertaining and your use of a visual made it that much more engaging for me. I really liked that you used the "ira Glass" piece as inspiration in your own story telling. Really Well Done !
ReplyDeleteAs I was scrolling through your blog, I loved the variety of pictures used. In this post specifically, I like how you took the advice from the Ira Glass video and wrote your own story! You did a good job of engaging the reader in a sense of expectation, and I liked your use of metaphors. It would be interesting if you took this story even a step further and implimented some sort of anecdote, like mentioned in the video. Good post, and cool story!
ReplyDeleteI know how hard it can be to dig something up. When I worked on my Aunts farm I often had to pull weeds bigger than me. I like how you compared your experience to a video we watched in class.
ReplyDeleteI have had to dig out a fruit tree before and I know exactly how hard it can be. The one that I had to dig out was about five years old and just starting to produce fruit, so we moved it to our front yard. Next time you will know to get a bunch of your friends to help you. Ha ha.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty funny how you tried to get that tree out, I like persimmons too because its that strange sweet taste with the light crunch combo. Persimmons are actually a fruit that my parents grew up with in Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteI liked reading your thoughts, here, Chris. You and Randy both are making persimmons more than a fruit :)
DeleteRandy... I am so loving the way you are bridging ideas from class into strands from your life... I think this persimmon story has real potential. There seem to be some deeper meanings here about relationships and connections to nature and learning... wondering if this fits into your literacy narrative project at all...
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