So I wasn't in class for this assignment, but like a good student I am, I got the information off of the syllabus. My first instinct to find something "beyond the meaning" was to go to the library. So I got out of my car early and walked to the library. Well, everyday I see a huge pole sticking out of the ground and I had no clue what it was. As I stopped at the ATM to get some cash, I thought about my amazing group and how we all met at the library and realizing there were two entrances. Being the adventurous person that I am, I took a risk and wondered into previously unexplored territory and wait for it...I went to the front of the library. On my adventure, I finally found out what this giant pole in the sky was- the Belk Tower. As I was passing it in the dark, almost getting run over but those stupid golf cart things, I pass a plaque that had the First Amendment on it. Bingo. Freedom of speech (all the other freedoms are important to) but freedom of speech goes BEYOND what the sign states and basically gave us our freedom to, in this case, write whatever we want to without being banned from by the government. Without this, there could possibly be no novels, dramas, thrillers, mysteries, or even biographies. As I quickly go to the library to plot this point on the Google Map before anyone else can, I go in the FRONT DOOR...for the first time. I pull out my laptop and watch the beginning of a sunrise- breathtaking from the 8th floor (since the 10th floor is closed until 9am.) As I head out, I see the Belk Tower again, with a gorgeous backdrop of the sunrise. Eagerly, I grab out my phone and snap a picture, immediately posting on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram (and even Brad Panovich from WCNC retweeeted me!).
So that was my literary underlife thing. Below is a picture of my beautiful map that I drew that Google is totally gonna use, and the "omg" picture of the Belk Tower.

I like how you told this like story!
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