1. What might have been the reason behind Sarah R. Stein writing her essay in such way that discourages one to continue reading her lengthy narrative? Might she have been tasked to write a paper that word count was significant?
2.Who might have been her target audience considering the big words used?
3. If she is asked to write the article over again, will she write differently?
As I read the "1984 Macintosh Ad", I recall these are the times when the Western world was introducing democratic systems to countries that were either being ruled by dictators or communist regimes and other types of political systems that had not embraced democracy.The comparison Sarah has made between regimes and the computer companies, is interesting. The revolution that was being televised in the 1984 Super Bowl Ad was a projection of the freedom that Apple was to bring to the world of computing and replace the oppressive Big Brother-IBM.
Although the Ad aired only once, its effect on technology advertising has grown over the years.
Sarah Stein's article is so academic that is hard to be understood by laymen. Maybe she intended to be a preserve of the academicians.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Assignment 8
I am impressed by the way my peers formatted their essays, with most of them
having striking similarities in their essays. It is interesting to note what we
have been learning in class actually come to light in my peers' writing. This of
course, I think is a huge improvement since the beginning of the semester.
To give an example, in reading one essay, I thought the writer approached the analysis of the essay with an open mind, a clear flow of controlling purpose running through the essay. One of my peers thought that considering the feeling of the audience should be of importance in writing. This is something I had not considered and it is obviously a learning experience.
Additionally, I think the inclusion of quotes in the essays is important as it emphasizes context of the writer, as well as indicating the proper understanding of the material. The use of direct quotes also breaks the monotony and provides a different and inviting flavor to the audience.
The difference between my peers’ essays and mine is the fact that I didn’t know of taxidermy before and the claim I made of taxidermy being an underworld trade. Although I made the claim, I seem to enjoy wildlife and on several occasions visited museums and zoos. I had no idea how animals are brought to life. Susan Orleans’s essay has educated me on taxidermy and what taxidermists do to advocate for animals especially the ones in the verge of extinction.
I have learned from my peers' essays and will use their way of writing in my future essays by being open-minded and having a good flow of my essays. I need to quote more to emphasize the writer’s ideas and support my argument with the writer's own words.
To give an example, in reading one essay, I thought the writer approached the analysis of the essay with an open mind, a clear flow of controlling purpose running through the essay. One of my peers thought that considering the feeling of the audience should be of importance in writing. This is something I had not considered and it is obviously a learning experience.
Additionally, I think the inclusion of quotes in the essays is important as it emphasizes context of the writer, as well as indicating the proper understanding of the material. The use of direct quotes also breaks the monotony and provides a different and inviting flavor to the audience.
The difference between my peers’ essays and mine is the fact that I didn’t know of taxidermy before and the claim I made of taxidermy being an underworld trade. Although I made the claim, I seem to enjoy wildlife and on several occasions visited museums and zoos. I had no idea how animals are brought to life. Susan Orleans’s essay has educated me on taxidermy and what taxidermists do to advocate for animals especially the ones in the verge of extinction.
I have learned from my peers' essays and will use their way of writing in my future essays by being open-minded and having a good flow of my essays. I need to quote more to emphasize the writer’s ideas and support my argument with the writer's own words.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Assignment 7
I was wondering what might have motivated Susan Orlean, a journalist to take
her time to research and write about taxidermy? Might she have been hired
to reveal this business which in my view looks like an underworld trade? Why
did she use the words like the stillborn as her writerly choices? In her writing
she has used phrases like "zoology nerd", who were her target
audience?
I think Orlean wrote the essay for the purposes of showcasing what taxidermy is all about. She went into depth in explaining what taxidermists do and how much the business is worth. Whether or not she was hired by self interest groups to market wildlife and bring to life some of the animals that have been rendered extinct, is something to debate about. For example, the Panda are some of the animals that are either in the verge of extinction, or already extinct.
In my view, I thought Orlean's essay was targeting people who take hunting as a hobby and turning it into a huge business of taxidermy. The exhibition that she attended is a clear testament of these facts that these profession has brought to life other trades such as sculpting, sewing, painting and hair dressing. To me, I call it an underworld trade because I did not know before that there is such a trade such as taxidermy, although I had seen dried animals in the museum and other outdoor stores like the Cabela's, I had no idea how that was done. I therefore commend Orlean for bringing this trade to light. I like wildlife and I think I am one of Orlean's targeted audience. I credit Orlean for her essay of Lifelike because it reminds me that if it were not for the artistic work of taxidermy, I would not have known that dinosaurs and other extinct animals ever existed.
I think Orlean wrote the essay for the purposes of showcasing what taxidermy is all about. She went into depth in explaining what taxidermists do and how much the business is worth. Whether or not she was hired by self interest groups to market wildlife and bring to life some of the animals that have been rendered extinct, is something to debate about. For example, the Panda are some of the animals that are either in the verge of extinction, or already extinct.
In my view, I thought Orlean's essay was targeting people who take hunting as a hobby and turning it into a huge business of taxidermy. The exhibition that she attended is a clear testament of these facts that these profession has brought to life other trades such as sculpting, sewing, painting and hair dressing. To me, I call it an underworld trade because I did not know before that there is such a trade such as taxidermy, although I had seen dried animals in the museum and other outdoor stores like the Cabela's, I had no idea how that was done. I therefore commend Orlean for bringing this trade to light. I like wildlife and I think I am one of Orlean's targeted audience. I credit Orlean for her essay of Lifelike because it reminds me that if it were not for the artistic work of taxidermy, I would not have known that dinosaurs and other extinct animals ever existed.
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