a.) I think the most moving photo from the set is the one of him and someone who is older than him pretending to hit him on the head with a big piece of wood. They are all laughing and smiling. This was the most moving for me because it was kind of the small ray of sunshine on a rainy day. This photo showed joy amongst photos of war and unhappiness.
b.) set 1 - at home - image #1-image #3
set 2 - basic training - image #4-image #13
set 3 - in iraq - image #14-image #27
c.) I think the third set of photos is the most powerful. This is because it represented how hard things finally were, and how his life was really affecting other peoples'. I think the fact that real conflict was going on in the photos makes it more meaningful and sacred almost.
d.) The images all tell a very dynamic tale. The photographer designed it to show Ian in the decision making process, the start of the life he chose, the harder aspect of it all, and then the last photo ties it all back up with a happy ending.
e.) Present tense for the most part, second portions of the captions are past tense.
f.) Some of the details in the photos aren't obvious by sight. Like how the tears were welling in his eyes, and how the girl kissing him was his girlfriend and how her name was Ashley.
g.) Ian Fisher was a troubled kid who got into fights. He wanted to go into the army. He started training and left his party life behind. It was rough, he got little sleep, was constantly doing work, always being injured, and he was starting to think he wasn't cut out for it. Thoughts of quitting infected his mind, but he remains diligent. He moves up in ranks, facing challenges along the way, flying through girlfriends, working hard. Fisher gets into a little bit of trouble when he did not return to camp on time, but he moved up ranks even still. He returned to his home town of Denver, Colorado and proposes marriage to girlfriend at the time Devin, only to be married an hour later.
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