Author Statements

Gabe: In my writings titled “Me” and “Past”, I use many literary devices such as metaphors and foreshadowing. In the text I use metaphors like, “[The expectation is] a wild undercurrent waiting for me to make a wrong move and sweep me under every chance it gets ” (Edamura Me). I also use metaphors like “ [My last name is] a blood promise to always be there for them” (Edamura, Me). These all are examples of metaphors because they obviously aren’t an undercurrent or a promise, but they describe and emphasize the point I’m trying to make. I also use foreshadowing, such as, “The past? How often do we even need to talk about the past? I always hear about the future and the now. Never think of the past” (Edamura Past). This is an example of foreshadowing because it casts the idea that I later on realize that the past is important.

My art pieces describe the vignette of Will’s writings “90 minute” and “Kaimake Loop.” For “90 minute,” I drew a final scoreboard one second from finishing the game representing the game and the final crunch time. I drew a bomb connected to the scoreboard to represent the time tension in the game. I colored in only the tip for the bomb to highlight and bring more attention to the idea of the tension. For “Kaimake Loop,” I drew a front porch to his house since his writing was based around his home. The main theme of his story was about how his home is a special place so I colored in the front door mat to bring attention to it. I wrote there is no place like home, on the mat since it is a common doormat saying and it relates to the story. I colored the doormat to draw attention to it and added the color of the bush to make it feel more lively and homely.