Place and scene can set the tone of everyday writing. The place of the writing is important because the writing is probably placed there for a reason. Scene is important because what the surroundings of the place are like can affect the writing. 9/11 was a very tragic event, and the wall that the university put up was for people to vent, to express how it made them feel. The person who wrote “ZEPPELIN ROCKS!!!” probably tried to be funny and lighten spirits, but his or her ignorance upset people because the wall was not put up for people to joke on; it was there for people to mourn. So to anybody who had lost a friend or family member in the fall of the twin towers and world trade center, this jokester’s idea of being funny was really just insulting and disrespectful. It would be like somebody spray-painting on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, or on the gravestone of a loved one. When the Berlin Wall was up, people would paint on it to express their feelings. The wall affected everyone who wanted to get across to the other side, so the paintings expressed feelings ranging from the pessimists’ sadness to the optimists’ hope.
In our college essays, we follow a certain format. For an MLA format we type our name, the due date, the class period, and the professor’s name go in the upper left-hand corner of the page, followed by a title in the center and then the actual essay. We follow such a format so that our essays are neat and appear more professional. While the art on the 9/11 wall did not require any certain format, the scene it created, expression of people’s anger and pain, was important to keep in mind for everybody who wrote on it.
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