Rhetorical Vision Response

Diana Taylor does a truly amazing job weaving the different views of 911 together. But more importantly than that, she also manages to weave her own view, and it’s accompanying emotions, into the narrative as well. It the beginning of the essay, she talks about the event, but also conveys to us that she couldn’t [...]

pictures representing the current american ideal

I figured instead of using my ink or having to write down long URLs, i’ll use this to put up the pictures directly. yay technology.

This picture shows the basic soccer mom ideal. There’s a kid that plays baseball, one that plays soccer, and then a girl who will most likely turn into a cheerleader, or [...]

Added Thoughts on the 9/11 Essay

One of the things we didn’t really seem to discuss in class was the author’s shift from perceiving the media as something that helped her understand what was happening into viewing it as something that dictated how everyone should feel. For example, in the beginning of the essay, when she is describing how she was [...]

Lost in a Field of Vision

During yesterdays class, I think it was a good excerise that we each read a little bit.  I think this was important because the reading started from her point of view and was staggered with fragmented sentences that painted a clear picture of her thoughts.  However, as we read on her feelings became the feelings of [...]