By Ashley Burdin, ENGL 336.002Melanie Elizabeth Cassel does not have the typical American dream. Cassel does not dream of growing up to own a traditional home in the suburbs. Rather, Cassel dreams of living in a shipping container. Cassel does not dream of the average nine to five job either. Cassel wants to go into the peace corp. Now forget the dream of owning a luxurious new car, Cassel would rather ride a bike. While most people would not prefer to live this way, Cassel claims "I'm very minimalistic". Cassel does not see the need for so many objects, and is also a vegetarian. She claims watching the movie "No Impact Man" is what got her started on being a vegetarian and recommends it to everyone. Now there is more to this Italian environmentalist than just her love for the environment. Cassel also loves to read. She even owns a nook color, however Cassel claims "I love my nook, but i still love the smell of books". and while Cassel may not have the typical American dream in mind for her future, she does want a big family. She even has the desire to adopt children as well as having her own. In her opinion, a good amount of children would be five or six. And where would Cassel love to have five or six children living in a shipping container? The west coast, Washington or Oregon state to be exact. When asked why those two states, Cassel replied, "I love the rain". She not only loves the rain and the smell of books, but she loves to dance as well. In fact, she has been dancing on a team since she was five years old. Cassel was also on her high school dance team. Along with dance, Cassel has been playing violin since fourth grade. If Cassel was not busy enough, she also held a part time job at a restaurant called chee burger chee burger. Cassel has been working at this restaurant since tenth grade and she claims "I love being a waitress and meeting new people". Towards the end of the interview when Cassel was asked what she wants to do with her life, Cassel responded "I want to make a difference".
1 comment:
Ashley, you misspell two proper names and lowercase a geographical term that should be uppercased. You also have one comma splice, one missing semicolon and a lowercased first word in a sentence.
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