The site I chose was martinlutherking.org. I found that this site was pretty comical being that its suppose to be a site dedicated to Mr. King. The first thing that caught my eye was the quote that the had. Saying that FBI bugs heard him partying and having sexual intercourse. What really made me laugh was that they said Martin Luther King was heard saying “ I’m F***ing for God” and “ I’m Not a Negro tonight” this right there made me really question the credibility of the site.
All of the links worked and sent you to some informative pages but I think that some of the links really had no purpose of being on the site. Some of them being titled: Rap Lyrics, learn more about kwanza, Jews and Civil rights. If the page is for Mr. King then he should be the only topic of the page.
The site isn’t up to date it was last updated in 1998 and hasn’t had any revisions or recent updates. Also the page its self looks like it hasn’t been changed for a few years. Its still just and old looking grey page and could use a bit more of a modern touch.
If I were writing a paper on Martin Luther King I defiantly wouldn’t be using this site for any help on my paper. It is too sketchy on what information is true and what information is biased from the creator of the page
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Death Penalty
The article that I chose was on the death penalty. Right away the author jumps in and uses the fallacy of “covering ones self in the cross“. He does this by stating that even in the bible that it says that hanging people was done for the big crimes such as murder and kidnapping.
The next fallacy is that of appeal to emotion the author states that most people don’t like the death penalty for the fact that it is cruel to the person who has committed the crime. People feel that killing another person for them killing another is wrong because they have to live with what they have done.
The last fallacy I chose from this article is the “slippery slope” fallacy. I would say this because the author talks about a woman who has killed her fourth husband. She served her time and then when she got out early she goes and kills her fifth husband and then was pleading for her life. I think this fits because he says that murders always kill more than once if they aren’t caught.
I wouldnt say that im for the death penalty but i would say that there is some justification behind the thought of it. I believe that if the crime is harsh enough and there is no dobut at all then possibly they should be exicuted. But I also think that living in prison with alot of time to think about what they've done that, that may possibly be an even worse punishment than killing them, and them not having to deal with the guilt they may have.
The next fallacy is that of appeal to emotion the author states that most people don’t like the death penalty for the fact that it is cruel to the person who has committed the crime. People feel that killing another person for them killing another is wrong because they have to live with what they have done.
The last fallacy I chose from this article is the “slippery slope” fallacy. I would say this because the author talks about a woman who has killed her fourth husband. She served her time and then when she got out early she goes and kills her fifth husband and then was pleading for her life. I think this fits because he says that murders always kill more than once if they aren’t caught.
I wouldnt say that im for the death penalty but i would say that there is some justification behind the thought of it. I believe that if the crime is harsh enough and there is no dobut at all then possibly they should be exicuted. But I also think that living in prison with alot of time to think about what they've done that, that may possibly be an even worse punishment than killing them, and them not having to deal with the guilt they may have.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Rhetorical Analysis Reflection
For my rhetorical analysis paper I chose to write on a one of my favorite songs. The song is entitled Confrontation and is written by a band named OTEP. At first I didn’t understand really how to write about ethos pathos and logos so I just kind of picked out some of the lines and figured how they would work into the paper.
After talking with Nick in our meeting though he and I talked about looking into what the writing is really trying to say to you. We looked at the music and found some of the deeper meanings of the lines of music. One of the main ones was that they are not a very original band they use a lot of the same lines that many other bands that write about anti war do. We also discussed that there song really has no credibility to it. It was based solely on the authors opinions . They used no outside sources in there song at all.
I noticed that I still had a lot of little grammatical mistakes. I really need to work on looking at my paper and finding these little mistakes. I believe that if I were to do this that my writing would in return be a lot better and more of a professional style of writing. Also from what nick was telling me is that I just need to learn to express what I am saying in a more professional way. I agree strongly with him and I hope that over the rest of this semester that I can end up writing a good professional quality paper.
I also found that in my paper I had several confusing and choppy sentences. I think this is because I tend to try and rush through a lot of my writings because I personally don’t enjoy writing very much. I know that I have to do it to pretty much survive in today’s business world, but I don’t enjoy writing. I think that perhaps if I were to slow down and fully think out what I am trying to say and write it down to make since that my papers will also be a lot clearer and easier to read.
The only other thing I can think of that would have made my paper easier is to maybe have picked a better topic to write on. While writing this paper it was really hard for me to come up with topics to elaborate on. The song is a very good song and has some points to touch on but I really, after writing it, found it really hard to gather hardly enough to write such an in depth description of the ethos logos and pathos in the song.
I do think though after having to pretty much rewrite my paper to analyze it better that it turned in to a pretty good paper. I actually ended up liking the changes that I made to it it made it seem a lot more of a good paper than just a typical paper.
After talking with Nick in our meeting though he and I talked about looking into what the writing is really trying to say to you. We looked at the music and found some of the deeper meanings of the lines of music. One of the main ones was that they are not a very original band they use a lot of the same lines that many other bands that write about anti war do. We also discussed that there song really has no credibility to it. It was based solely on the authors opinions . They used no outside sources in there song at all.
I noticed that I still had a lot of little grammatical mistakes. I really need to work on looking at my paper and finding these little mistakes. I believe that if I were to do this that my writing would in return be a lot better and more of a professional style of writing. Also from what nick was telling me is that I just need to learn to express what I am saying in a more professional way. I agree strongly with him and I hope that over the rest of this semester that I can end up writing a good professional quality paper.
I also found that in my paper I had several confusing and choppy sentences. I think this is because I tend to try and rush through a lot of my writings because I personally don’t enjoy writing very much. I know that I have to do it to pretty much survive in today’s business world, but I don’t enjoy writing. I think that perhaps if I were to slow down and fully think out what I am trying to say and write it down to make since that my papers will also be a lot clearer and easier to read.
The only other thing I can think of that would have made my paper easier is to maybe have picked a better topic to write on. While writing this paper it was really hard for me to come up with topics to elaborate on. The song is a very good song and has some points to touch on but I really, after writing it, found it really hard to gather hardly enough to write such an in depth description of the ethos logos and pathos in the song.
I do think though after having to pretty much rewrite my paper to analyze it better that it turned in to a pretty good paper. I actually ended up liking the changes that I made to it it made it seem a lot more of a good paper than just a typical paper.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Passing Befor Lifes Very Eyes
I really liked this cartoon by Kurt Wolfgang. I think in a sense that he made this cartoon in a religious view. I thought that he made it seem like that he was trying to not discriminate in what happens after death. I for some reason also thought that he was trying to show that smoking was a determining factor in the cartoons characters death. In all the slides he has cigarette in his mouth. I liked the fact of the traveling back and seeing his life as it was. I didn’t really understand the whole end where he starts turning into different things like the dolls and Mickey Mouse.
I kind of want to know if it was really meant to leave you hanging like that at the end. I think that if it was it was a very good way to end. I think that he did a good job by just stopping with out finishing the phrase. Making you in a way think of the fact that it just ends.
I didn’t really get much more form this cartoon other than that I think that he was really trying to have a hidden meaning that smoking was probably the reason behind the mans death. I think that there is something behind the younger vision of the character. I’m not exactly sure but in the since of smoking he looked better and he wasn’t smoking so I think that maybe it could be that he was hinting that he would have had a longer life if perhaps he didn’t smoke.
I kind of want to know if it was really meant to leave you hanging like that at the end. I think that if it was it was a very good way to end. I think that he did a good job by just stopping with out finishing the phrase. Making you in a way think of the fact that it just ends.
I didn’t really get much more form this cartoon other than that I think that he was really trying to have a hidden meaning that smoking was probably the reason behind the mans death. I think that there is something behind the younger vision of the character. I’m not exactly sure but in the since of smoking he looked better and he wasn’t smoking so I think that maybe it could be that he was hinting that he would have had a longer life if perhaps he didn’t smoke.
Monday, February 4, 2008
The Southland
The southland was very interesting to me. This piece by Henry Miller was very descriptive. I liked it. He does a really good job at appealing to all types of audiences with his descriptions of what the south has to offer. The paper had a lot of very good descriptions of places that he had been to and seen personally. To me makes this seem that he knows what he is talking about being that he has seen what he is writing about. I believe that he wants all of us to be able to visit these beautiful places and to forget in a way that we were once in a fight with our own people in the south. I think he is using ethos to persuade us all with his very good descriptions of the places he has been making all of them seem very appealing to who ever may read this article. I personaly have been to "the south" many times to visit family and i can agree that the south does have alot more to offer than the stories of war and killing our own people.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Billboard.com
The website I visited was Billboard.com. The purpose of this site is to bring us all the up to date information on the music industry. This sight is put up by Nielsen Business Media Inc, and I believe that it is put up for those people looking into what is happening in the music industry. I think that it is probably more set up for those people who are teens and twenties. Although it is probably focused towards the fore said age groups I believe that this site is maneuverable for almost anyone who happens to stumble across the page. Not only does this sight keep us up to date on what the top songs are in the country they also have other pages designated to videos, music, interviews, and reviews of recent music just to name a few. The site is very relaxed in nature it is easy to look at and doesn’t have a lot of reading involved. All of the links are very self explanatory and to the point . I believe that the main rhetorical appeal is pathos being that most visitors are of a younger age it is very appealing with the videos and all of the today style of music.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Mother Tongue
The story “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan was a good story which i believe is about how she always will write for her mother. The purpose for this is because she had two ways of speaking, broken English and proper English. When she would be speaking to a group she would use proper English and when speaking to her mother and husband it would be broken English. She figured that this made her broken speech the intimate speech. I also believe that she wrote for other immigrants who have broken speech. Letting them know that they should never be ashamed of how the talk. It is a way of defining yourself and who you are.
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