Blog Post 5

For this post i wanted to focus on the title of the first reading we read by Wendy Rose
"Neon Scars". I definitely thought that was an interesting title for her autobiography piece. This is because at the beginning of the work she talks about how she did not really want to write a biography about herself. This is because she did not want to self pity herself to much, or expose to much about her life. But the title I think was a very clever choice. This is because she uses the word scar and neon together which are definitely not two words people put together often. Scars fade in time but they no not totally disapear. Most people try to hide their scars as best as they can because they think they are ugly and weird looking. Just like people try to hide some of their past because they think it is "ugly" and will make them look bad. Most people do whatever they can to hide physical and mental scars as best as they can. Then the word neon which is associated with lights and brightness being tagged along with scars. This shows Rose is willing to have people notice her scars, not all of them but some. She still admits to hiding her deepest and most vulnerable scars in her life. But i definitely loved the title of the first work, and the way she uses metaphors and plays with words in order to show her feelings and tell her life story.

Kenny Liszewski Blog Post 5