American Soldier

A. What is the most powerful image from the pictures printed in the Denver Post over the three weeks they published images from the year coverage?
          One of the most powerful images, in my opinion was either one of the following; Down and Dirty or A Father's Concern. 

B. How do the images work together to tell a story?
          The photos work together to tell a story because of the organization and order, not to mention that they're all based around him and his life as he went through his career in the U.S Army. 

C. How do the captions enhance the photographs?
          The captions enhance the "quality" or more, the importance of the photos are enhanced by the captions because it gives us a deeper understand of who is in the photo and what is going on in it. 

D. Summarize the the story of Ian Fisher, based on just the captions.
          The story of Ian Fisher begins at his high school gradation, where he almost immediately goes off to see if he is eligible to be recruited into the U.S Army. Afterwards, he goes in for a medical exam where they give him the a-okay. After the second all day of training, he gets his first injury which makes him fear of being kicked out - However, after he talks to one of the Drill Sergants, he realizes that he wants to fight for his country. So, he continues to fight for this country as well as handling his injuries both mentally, emotionally, and physically. After completing his basic training - also known to some cadets as "red zone" - he gets the crossed-rifles pin. He moves back with his father on the weekends, which soon causes his father to grow overly concerned and his father makes him move down closer to the training base. His mother's birthday present from him before he gets deployed is him getting baptized, and Teri, his mother, says she couldn't be more happy. Then, after fighting abroad in Iraq, he returns to his home country where he goes to court and marries his at-the-time girlfriend, Devin.

E. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photo(s), in what tense are the verbs usually written? 
          It is usually present tense, with "he, him" pronouns.

F. Break down the captions;
1 - How many sentences are there on average?
          On an average, I would say that theres two or three sentences, but some even only contain one sentence in the caption.
2 - Read the first sentence of a couple of them, what information do they provide?
          The first sentence usually includes the date and person, and sometimes even includes the actions of the subject(s) in the photo.
3 - Read the second sentence of a couple of them, what information do they provide?
          The second sentence, if the first one didn't say it, usually includes the action(s) happening in the photo, or if that was already stated, includes a quote and some other extra information.
4 - Is there is a third sentence, what information does it provide?
          If there is a third sentence, it almost always is just an extra sentence of information about the action(s) or person(s) in the photo, but it will sometimes also include a quote.
5 - Do any of the captions include a quote? 
          Yes, there are in fact a few that have a quote embedded into the caption beside/underneath the photo.
6 - Are there any that have four sentences? I so, how many?
          Throughout the entire story of photos and captions, I could only find about two or three photos with a caption that was longer than three sentences. 

G. Why do you think it is possible to tell a complete story with just the photos and captions?
          I thin k that it is possible to tell a complete story with just photos and captions because if you have and give enough information in the captions or you think can see exactly what is happening in the photo, then you wouldn't need a whole extra story behind it. However, sometimes having an extra backstory behind the photos and captions can help the reader comprehend more of what is going on.

H. If you can create a story with just photos and captions, why bother with the story at all?
          Some people like to read more into stories like this, feeling like the photos and captions wouldn't be enough information provided. But, most others would believe that the detailed captions and specific photos, that you would be able to understand this story without the background writing behind it all.