Picture perfect
marie devers

1at the first yearbook meeting, i quietly sat in the back of the classroom and hardly said anything. unlike the other yearbook-club members, i found it hard to come up with catchy slogans to put under the pictures. while some students were outgoing and had no difficulty signing up sponsors on a daily basis, i was afraid to ask my grandmother, who owned a business in our hometown. when i finally did work up the nerve to ask her for a donation, she offered me some advice.

2she explained that she had been the photographer of her high-school yearbook. she pulled out the old crimson book and opened it up to a giant photograph that took up a whole page. a small group of kids crowded into the shot. i looked away from the photograph and up at my grandmother’s sentimental smile.

3 after she showed me some of her finest shots, we went up to her attic and found her old box of high-school memories. inside, we found a letter man jacket that grandma let me wear while we shuffled through the mementos. finally, we found what she was searching for. at the bottom of the box was my grandma’s big black camera. she explained that the strap was actually for a guitar. she had attached it to the camera so she could stylishly carry it around school. again, her gorgeous smile expanded across her face as she remembered aloud.

if you were to finish writing this narrative, which is most likely an implication you would need to explore?

a) how the narrator could find enough money to buy a camera

b) what the narrator would need to do to learn how to make better grades in math class

c) how the narrator could use photography to overcome fear and gain a sense of identity

d) if the narrator's grandmother had a good relationship with her husband, the narrator's grandfather