1) Voice in literature is the way in which the story or message is presented or how the writing has its own style.
2) Are y'all going to the party? This sounds like me because I mix the words you and all, and I don't mean to it's just the way it comes naturally to me.
3) I would probably talk around any bad or awkward news in a conversation.
4) Voice in nonfiction is the way in whcih the facts are presented to the audience and if the writing contains any biases.
5) We could read different literature and familiarize ourseleves with different subjects and ways of going about communication.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Subject: The subject of Dave Barry’s “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” is to point out the differences between men and women. These distinctions between the sexes are illustrated by when the men of several families snuck away to watch the World Series while their wives gossiped with each other. Because the fathers care more about different things than their wives, this displays how men are dissimilar to women.
Occasion: “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” was written during in 1988. The essay’s time of creation is conveyed when Barry uses the World Series on the television as an example to prove his point. This evidence points the audience to a place where a majority of people watched sports on television, which was from about the nineteen sixties onward.
Audience: Barry’s specific audience for “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” is the average American citizen. The author’s target is exhibited when he talks about how women see dirt that men cannot, and through his mention of the World Series. When he mentions a game only played in the United States, it is obvious this piece was meant for Americans. Also his comments about men and women suggest this was made for average Americans.
Purpose: Dave Barry’s purpose in “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” is to distinguish the differences between men and women and to present them in a humorous manner. These distinctions are manifested when he recalls his wife saying, ‘“I hate to rush you, but could you do Roberts bathroom. It’s really filthy.” She is in there looking at the very walls I just windexed, and she is seeing dirt!”’ In the situation there is an element of irony because Barry cleaned the bathroom but his wife couldn’t tell the difference, and this makes the piece funny. At the same time the author points out a difference between men and women by displaying his wife’s obviously high standards of cleanliness.
Speaker: David Barr, Pulitzer Prize winner, believes that men and women have very different opinions of life. This value is illustrated by when Barry thinks the bathroom is clean but his wife thinks it’s dirty. Thus, the author demonstrates how men and women have different ideals of certain things.
Barry, acclaimed comedian and writer, also believes that men are much more in tune with sports than women are. This value is illustrated by when one of the wives of the party he goes to schedules a party on the night of the World Series, a major sporting event. In this the author is proving how women do not care as much as men do about sports, which is to say that men and women have contrasting values.
David Barryarticulates a comical and cheerful attitude about the differences between men and women. These attitudes are expressed by words such as “zinging” or “jovial” which give a sense of happiness to the reader. This serves the purpose of the author by displaying how comical the differences between the sexes can be.
Occasion: “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” was written during in 1988. The essay’s time of creation is conveyed when Barry uses the World Series on the television as an example to prove his point. This evidence points the audience to a place where a majority of people watched sports on television, which was from about the nineteen sixties onward.
Audience: Barry’s specific audience for “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” is the average American citizen. The author’s target is exhibited when he talks about how women see dirt that men cannot, and through his mention of the World Series. When he mentions a game only played in the United States, it is obvious this piece was meant for Americans. Also his comments about men and women suggest this was made for average Americans.
Purpose: Dave Barry’s purpose in “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” is to distinguish the differences between men and women and to present them in a humorous manner. These distinctions are manifested when he recalls his wife saying, ‘“I hate to rush you, but could you do Roberts bathroom. It’s really filthy.” She is in there looking at the very walls I just windexed, and she is seeing dirt!”’ In the situation there is an element of irony because Barry cleaned the bathroom but his wife couldn’t tell the difference, and this makes the piece funny. At the same time the author points out a difference between men and women by displaying his wife’s obviously high standards of cleanliness.
Speaker: David Barr, Pulitzer Prize winner, believes that men and women have very different opinions of life. This value is illustrated by when Barry thinks the bathroom is clean but his wife thinks it’s dirty. Thus, the author demonstrates how men and women have different ideals of certain things.
Barry, acclaimed comedian and writer, also believes that men are much more in tune with sports than women are. This value is illustrated by when one of the wives of the party he goes to schedules a party on the night of the World Series, a major sporting event. In this the author is proving how women do not care as much as men do about sports, which is to say that men and women have contrasting values.
David Barryarticulates a comical and cheerful attitude about the differences between men and women. These attitudes are expressed by words such as “zinging” or “jovial” which give a sense of happiness to the reader. This serves the purpose of the author by displaying how comical the differences between the sexes can be.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Eleanor Rigby
I like the original version the most because it had more of a rythem than the other two. I also like the instruments the way they are used more in the original.
I think the original is also more aesthetically pleasing because the pain version is just a bunch of screaming, and the dubstep is a little better but still isn't as whole as the orginal.
I think the original is also more aesthetically pleasing because the pain version is just a bunch of screaming, and the dubstep is a little better but still isn't as whole as the orginal.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Sign Language
I think the message was be and kind and have a posative outlook, and people will be kind in return.
He says that he points out theless obvious things when he's suppossed to pointing out something obvious.
When he doesn't realize what his friends have planned for him, he gives them the benefit of the doubt.
All of his friends remember him and help him at the same time in the end by getting him to talk to the girl.
I would have had him have dialogue with someon to get someone else's opinion of him.
He says that he points out theless obvious things when he's suppossed to pointing out something obvious.
When he doesn't realize what his friends have planned for him, he gives them the benefit of the doubt.
All of his friends remember him and help him at the same time in the end by getting him to talk to the girl.
I would have had him have dialogue with someon to get someone else's opinion of him.
Good Old Desk
Subject- his desk
Occasion- the 1960's
Audience- people listening to his music
Purpose- to show everyone hos his creative process works.
Speaker- Harry Nilsson
Tone- upbeat
"such a comfort to know dependable and slow"
"I've never once heard it cry"
"We never say a word but that's prefectly alright with me"
Occasion- the 1960's
Audience- people listening to his music
Purpose- to show everyone hos his creative process works.
Speaker- Harry Nilsson
Tone- upbeat
"such a comfort to know dependable and slow"
"I've never once heard it cry"
"We never say a word but that's prefectly alright with me"
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Shooting an Elephant SOAPSTone
The subject of George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” is that people will do shameful and wrong things in order to not be humiliated. This brand of cowardice is illustrated by the protagonist’s actions when faced with a pressure filled situation. It is because of his failure to do what is just, and attempt to make himself look better, that demonstrates his spinelessness.
“Shooting an Elephant” was written in 1936. The story’s time of creation is exhibited when Orwell details that he was a British officer working in Burma. This clearly demonstrates that it was written during the era of British Imperialism in the early part of the twentieth century. The time and place of this story’s creation is influenced by portraying the story as if the Burmese were inferior to the Europeans. If it had been modern times where the British are no longer ruling, the piece would have been written in a much different style.
Orwell’s specific audience for “Shooting and Elephant” is probably middle to upper class Englishmen. The author’s target is displayed through when he talks so much about Imperialism. This means he wrote this for other British men to observe his thoughts and maybe speculate about his behaviors. Orwell’s general audience for this essay is people who are in positions were pressure is involved. This is exhibited by when he details in his paper that if he did not shoot the elephant, the entire village would have probably laughed heartily at him. So he is using his situation and the lessons he learned from it as advice to people in similar situations.
Orwell’s purpose in “Shooting an Elephant” is to advise the reader not to back down in times of pressure or possible humiliation. His experiences are communicated to the reader in the last line of the story where he says, “I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.” Here he explains that his actions throughout the entire novel were completely motivated by the fear of humiliation. The purpose is further revealed by when he explains that the last thing he wanted to do was to kill the magnificent giant. However because of the pressure he was under, and the possible humiliation, he backed down.
George Orwell, famous for novels such as 1984 or Animal Farm, believes that cowardice is pressure can make a person do wrong, sometimes terrible things. This is illustrated by when he express his clear desires not to shoot the elephant, but caves under the stress, and slays the gentle giant. Because of Orwell’s belief that he should have left the elephant alone, the story has a more resentful attitude towards his actions. Orwell also believes that the fear of humiliation is a strong motivator for wrongdoing. It’s because of this belief that Orwell’s piece takes a sort of sorrowfulness belief, especially when the elephant lingers between life and death for thirty minutes. Orwell uses the use of imagery to evoke strong feelings of his wrongdoing. When he details the bloody and tragic way in which the elephant died, Orwell is painting an awful, tragic picture of the poor animal’s death. This is a way in which Orwell conveys his obvious guilt for the slaughtering of this elephant.
Finally Orwell indicates a remorseful and guilty attitude about not caving into the fear of humiliation in “Shooting an Elephant.” This tone is expressed most accurately when Orwell laments that the sound of the beast’s labored breathing resembled that of a ticking clock that would soon die out. This blatantly shows his terrible sorrow for the elephant and his guilt about unnecessarily slaughtering it. Because his tone is so grave however, it is insight for the reader to demonstrate how regretful he is about caving into pressure, and how it caused regret in his life.
“Shooting an Elephant” was written in 1936. The story’s time of creation is exhibited when Orwell details that he was a British officer working in Burma. This clearly demonstrates that it was written during the era of British Imperialism in the early part of the twentieth century. The time and place of this story’s creation is influenced by portraying the story as if the Burmese were inferior to the Europeans. If it had been modern times where the British are no longer ruling, the piece would have been written in a much different style.
Orwell’s specific audience for “Shooting and Elephant” is probably middle to upper class Englishmen. The author’s target is displayed through when he talks so much about Imperialism. This means he wrote this for other British men to observe his thoughts and maybe speculate about his behaviors. Orwell’s general audience for this essay is people who are in positions were pressure is involved. This is exhibited by when he details in his paper that if he did not shoot the elephant, the entire village would have probably laughed heartily at him. So he is using his situation and the lessons he learned from it as advice to people in similar situations.
Orwell’s purpose in “Shooting an Elephant” is to advise the reader not to back down in times of pressure or possible humiliation. His experiences are communicated to the reader in the last line of the story where he says, “I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.” Here he explains that his actions throughout the entire novel were completely motivated by the fear of humiliation. The purpose is further revealed by when he explains that the last thing he wanted to do was to kill the magnificent giant. However because of the pressure he was under, and the possible humiliation, he backed down.
George Orwell, famous for novels such as 1984 or Animal Farm, believes that cowardice is pressure can make a person do wrong, sometimes terrible things. This is illustrated by when he express his clear desires not to shoot the elephant, but caves under the stress, and slays the gentle giant. Because of Orwell’s belief that he should have left the elephant alone, the story has a more resentful attitude towards his actions. Orwell also believes that the fear of humiliation is a strong motivator for wrongdoing. It’s because of this belief that Orwell’s piece takes a sort of sorrowfulness belief, especially when the elephant lingers between life and death for thirty minutes. Orwell uses the use of imagery to evoke strong feelings of his wrongdoing. When he details the bloody and tragic way in which the elephant died, Orwell is painting an awful, tragic picture of the poor animal’s death. This is a way in which Orwell conveys his obvious guilt for the slaughtering of this elephant.
Finally Orwell indicates a remorseful and guilty attitude about not caving into the fear of humiliation in “Shooting an Elephant.” This tone is expressed most accurately when Orwell laments that the sound of the beast’s labored breathing resembled that of a ticking clock that would soon die out. This blatantly shows his terrible sorrow for the elephant and his guilt about unnecessarily slaughtering it. Because his tone is so grave however, it is insight for the reader to demonstrate how regretful he is about caving into pressure, and how it caused regret in his life.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Across the Universe
Rain falling into a cup, a sunny field, a broken lamp with a little flicker of light at the center.
I think that the American flag is a symbol of freedom and democracy to ourselves and to other countries.
I think that the American flag is a symbol of freedom and democracy to ourselves and to other countries.
Rockwell painting
THe 1950's were the beginning of a socially, ethically, and culturally different era of the United States. The adolescants of America had begun to rebel against their parents and form their own identity. Norman Rockwell, a prominent painter at that time, observed this and merely passed it off as childish exuberance. Thesis Statement.
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