Edgar's English Blog

 Halloween Hypocrisy Halloween is the only time of the year when it's socially acceptable to send kids from house to house asking strangers for candy. This seems pretty counterintuitive since the other 99% of the year kids are told not to talk to strangers. Once Halloween comes around stranger danger goes completely out the window. I don't understand why Halloween came to be how it is nowadays. Out of all the holidays aside from the 4th of July, this seems like the most dangerous. Why would people actively put their kids in danger for a few candies they can just buy at the store? It never really made sense to me but as a kid, I always enjoyed the experience. Then again I have never had a negative experience or heard of anyone that has had a negative experience on Halloween. There are always stories about people putting the craziest things into the kid's candies during Halloween. Like this ( https://twitter.com/bobvulfov/status/660124386326945793 ) online user who found a ra...

 Holidays Now that the holiday season is right around the corner I wanted to do something a little more light-hearted. Have you ever wondered what the most popular holiday In the United States is? Probably not, It's Christmas. Everyone knows Christmas is the most popular holiday, from grandkids to grandma everyone loves Christmas. This is most likely because this holiday brings the whole family together. At least this is why the adults love it, the kids just like that they’re receiving all these nice gifts. In some households like mine, it is tradition to get together and have a big meal like some tamales, pozole, or even cook up another turkey. This is definitely the best part for me since you can be as gluttonous as possible and still end up with leftovers for the next week.  After Christmas, the second most popular holiday is Memorial Day according to Statista. I found this surprising since I was almost certain that It would be something like Halloween or Easter where peopl...

 Mayhem This advertisement is meant to make the viewer smile and even laugh a little. The man’s acting like a teenage girl driving in a pink car around a parking lot irresponsibly. This is playing off the stereotype of teenage girls being worse at driving than regular people. The actor is labeled “mayhem” and shows the worst-case scenario of driving. He does a very good job playing his given role. Allstate tries to get people to understand that the road is by no means safe and that accidents can always happen anywhere on the road. They're trying to promote safe driving in a way that is sure to capture people's attention and retain it. It's the same idea they use for smoking commercials by showing people coughing up teeth or people with an electrolarynx. Allstate made this advertisement for a specific group of people. It was made for people in need of car insurance or people worried about getting into an accident. It is evident when they show a hit-and-run car accident and t...

As I go to the store to pick up an item for my assignment I notice the amount of people shopping, It's as if it were black Friday and all the TVs were on BOGO. As I walk through the crowded Isled I'm reminded that the Item I'm looking for is In the fount of the store. I look down and see the flat disc-shaped packaging, which reminds me of simpler times. I arrived at the self-checkout where all I could hear was the beeping from people scanning item after item. Then I hopped into my car and drove home. There was no traffic present it was as if there were an apocalypse. I got home and grabbed the container, the sound when tearing the outer packaging felt like zipping up a jacket on a cold winter morning. As I remove the clear plastic cling I hear the rumbling and crumbling of the material in my hands. I gently toss the plastic wrapping into the trash bin missing the first time and reluctantly making it the second. I open up the container and immediately I am hit with a mighty ...