Andrea Sveda
ENG 102
Professor Miller
3/20/20
Adventures
The world is full of beautiful places, coming from a small town, there are only a variety of places to see. Getting older makes your availability wider to the places you get to experience. Since getting my license, my friends and I have gotten the chance to see more places. For this assignment, this gave me a chance to once again see a new place and make memories with it. My boyfriend lives in Canadohta Lake. When i told him about this assignment, he said he had the perfect place to show me. At first I was sceptical, but then it occured to me that no matter what it would be a memory and something I would probably never forget.
Last weekend when arriving at his house, he was already waiting for me in the car to take me to this mystery location. As we were driving I started to get very confused. There was nothing around me that seemed very different or unique. It was just a bunch of woods and farms. He looked over at me and said “okay we are getting close”. Once again very confused because nothing else changed. We arrived at this farm, nothing special about it. He then said to me “now i know you may be confused, but just pay close attention to this farm”. Now, keep in mind that I am not at all an animal type of girl, therefore, I know close to nothing about animals. We were driving by very slowly and I noticed your typical Horses, Goats, and other animals that you would typically see at a farm. He asked me if I knew what this one big animal was under a tree. Due to my lack of knowledge with animals I had no clue what it could have been. He said “that was a bunch of buffalos” which was weird to me but not that strange. The weird part was when we turned the corner to see the other animals.There was this one section of the farm that had no animals in it. This seemed odd to me until I realized there was an animal. This was nothing like I had ever seen before on a farm. Laying in the shade under a tree, there was a zebra. In my mind I truly thought I was going insane. As I turned to look at Bronnan and said “am I insane or is that a fucking zebra”. That comment made him laugh a little because that was just about the reaction he was expecting. He was telling me all about how the owners of that farm had to get all kinds of permits and licenses to get the zebra.
The whole purpose of this trip was not what I expected what so ever. The meaning of this assignment changed to me. Getting the experience of life and to go new places is something we often take for granted. The world is a beautiful place, with so many amazing places to visit and experience. Although the zebra farm wasnt breathtaking, it was amazing and a very fun experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Creative Minds 
Overall, this writing was tremendously entertaining! I loved the conversations you and your boyfriend had. It was humorous and I could hear your voice in my head as I read your responses as if I was in the car with you both. The dialogue was portrayed as very casual, but simultaneously adventurous. I am fairly curious as to how this person was to obtain a zebra in the first place and how your boyfriend heard of it in the first place. Also, how is that zebra doing? I feel as though being so far from it’s natural habitat and without much company, the zebra may be a bit lonely (Class pet? Maybe lol). To delve into the use of literary devices, I will note that the vocabulary used makes it very easy to get through. There is no random, complex words scattered throughout the reading, and this assists in the mood of the reading. I would describe the paper’s mood as lighthearted, for the plot and vocabulary provide a cute and adventurous atmosphere. The pacing is quite consistent. Being slightly accelerated, it felt like this writing actually ended pretty quickly. I feel as though some more detail could have been useful, such as describing the surroundings while driving there and those of the zebra, if possible. I will note that the mystery woven into the writing effectively creates a surprise ending, which could be described as a unique aspect of your writing. The subtle hints to what the unknown destination could generally be, such as the buffaloes and farm house, contribute to the unexpected ending. This is a lovely piece, Andrea! I loved reading it and look forward to reading more in the future.
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I loved reading this. You are so funny and I loved the zebra comment, I could hear you saying it. A zebra farm is definitely somewhere new. My absolute favorite part of this is that your boyfriend took you and knew immediately where you two should go. Now you have this cool memory that you share with him about zebras, pretty cool. Anyway I’ll wrap this up, I loved it, very good, you always make me laugh.
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