Caleb Park-The Deepest Part of NYC

Wow I wasn’t expecting to get emotional over a city. I mean that's what nostalgia does to you. Before we get into the statement I just want to say that this was a fun project and I would do it again on a different topic of course so I am excited to see what the next quarter has in store for us, but let's talk about Trevor Noah and how his memoir “Born a Crime’ Influenced this vignette. One thing I liked about Born a Crime was his ability to mix comedy and really heartfelt moments without ruining the flow of the book so I tried to do that albeit not as good. Like how in chapter 2, I think, he tells a story about him and his mom were on a bus and had to literally jump out of it. That single story was a huge inspiration for my vignette in and of itself. Another thing was his way to flow seamlessly through his stories. I also tried that but I don’t know if I did all that well. For this story I decided to use humor because why waste the near infinite amount of comedic moments I have had in New York on telling a serious story, there are a very small amount of stories that I have about NYC that don’t have at least one pinch of comedy so i’d be hard to make a serious story without artificially stretching the word count. Another major part of this was explaining New York culture to an outsider. So you know how people always say New Yorkers are in a rush at all times well that's surprisingly accurate. But I think the main purpose of my vignette was to show people how fun and how many things can happen in New York so I’ve learned to be on my feet and to always expect the unexpected, But hey sometimes is more fun to be surprised