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In the "78 Million Dollar Bag"by Micke Dumke and Ben Jarvasky, they argue over the inconsistency of marijuana busts. It talks about the effectiveness of enforcing a no marijuana policy and if that hurts our economy more the benefits it. They also explain the "unfairness" of prosecutions and how african americans account for 78% of the arrests when it seems to be used evenly between all races. Basically they talk about how marijuana, although illegal, is in our everyday life. And for how much time and money petty marijauna cases take, a very small amount are actually prosecuted. So why spend roughly 78 million dollars and 84,000 police work hours a year for something that some believe is so innocent? They wonder, with the fraction of those actually getting prosecuted compared to the amount of arrests, is the 8 million dollars a year tax payers are paying worth it? Or is the idea of legalizing and taxing marijuana an actual possibility? With many people living in their stereotypical life and having the idea that marijuana is the devils drug, it seems to be a long shot.

I chose this article because I find it interesting to me. I can relate is different ways and see both sides of the argument. I felt that because I've had conversations about this same topic before, it shouldn't be so hard to relate and write about it. With something that commonly relates to everyday Americans and the youth in specific, "78 Million Dollar Bag" seemed like a good article to analyze. 

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my bad on the extra lateness.

So Far..

To this point.. I feel ok as to where I am right now. I can't make a full evaluation because we're not even half way through and have only written two papers. But, so far I have done just mediocre. I know i still have much more i can improve on. I haven't gotten to the point that i want to be at when i leave this class. Im not sure my skills have improved much but this can be improved by putting more effort into my work. If i can take something out of this class so far it's that I'm getting more used to writing papers. It can still be difficult at times but i have improved greatly at being able to write somewhat longer papers. This class has gotten me into more of a writing mood If I've ever been in one. Meaning I'm not completely lost when given a writing assignment like i often used to find myself. If there is anything i wish could change is that our instructor give more input on our rough draft of the essays we do. Im very aware you are often busy but maybe just a quick look at it during class could help. Our peers can help but often they don't have much to say. My writing process hasn't made an significant changes yet. That doesn't mean i don't expect them to anytime soon. I also feel i have slightly improved on my writing but nowhere near what i expect when i finish this class. We've only written two papers and have done limited work so this is expected. Overall I feel I'm doing fine for this time of the year.

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Between the upcoming ad analysis essay and our past literary essay, I don't think much will be the same. One of the few similarities will be that we'll be doing explaining in each. The first essay was explaining a time we had been through in a story and in this next essay we will be explaining what we think the ad author was trying to accomplish. The difference is that in the ad analysis essay we will be analyzing more then our other essay. The tone may be different in the second essay. In my first essay the tone was somewhat neutral, in the next essay i have a feeling it will have a more serious tone. Dealing with tobacco and the debate to ban it may have more dark facts. The purpose is no longer to tell a story, not its to explain a story if you must. Meaning explain my ads meaning both obvious and not obvious. 

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Purpose - The purpose of this add is to get people to quite smoking. It wants you to be aware of exactly what you're smoking and whats going into you're system. It also wants to scare the audience out of smoking in a way. You can tell by the negative tone, simple message and even the cross bones.


Audience - The target audience for this ad is basically everyone who smokes. Every race, gender, even age. Maybe more specifically for the teens who are just starting, to pay attention to what they are actually getting themselves into. Often ignorant kids don't actually know what they are doing to their self when they smoke.


Genre - This ad is like many other anti-tabacco ads. Dark and a simple message. Don't smoke. Also comes with facts you don't want to know. Its exactly what you would expect from an anti-tabacco ad.


Tone - The tone is negative, dark, and serious. It has somewhat of an intimidating tone to it. Crossbones, black background, and a list of many toxins that just have a negative sound in their name. The advertisers chose this tone because cigarettes have nothing but negative consequences. It fits perfectly and gets their point across without really saying much.