It is important for audiences to consider the whole story of a place and not just understand a situation from one perspective. If a situation comes from one perspective, there will be dangers of only reading and learning about one concept/aspect of a situation. This could result in misinformation and an repeat of an event. […]
The Moral Duty to Remember
Related Questions What happens if government censorship makes us forget history? Do we have a moral duty to remember? How would you feel if your government tried to erase your history? During class, we learned how memories of events are passed on with various methods. Depending on different governments, there will be different actions to […]
Does that change the way you perceive a face if you cannot see the entire picture?
Because we cannot see the absolute entirety of a picture, it skews our perception and we will tend to look at details that may often be overlooked in a regular-sized picture. This can be also seen as a metaphor for life. For instance, during our school life we often get obsessed with tests that may […]
What have you learned or observed about MODERN LOVE? How are the essays linked as a “body of work”? How are the episodes?
Modern Love, in both the NYT column and the tv show, explores people’s experiences with love. Because NYT’s demographics have their majority in the 18-29 range, it is a prime time to explore the world and the NYT cleverly the world of romance with Modern Love. Each story has a different storyline however because love […]
The Audience of Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American author and advocate of African Americans’ rights. Even though the content of what he wrote is limited in scope in terms of just focusing on African Americans, his range of audience is quite the opposite. People of many colors and gender read his books due to how Ta-Nehisi Coates writes […]
Carol Ann Duffy – Medusa
Medusa, a poem by Carol Ann Duffy, is a dramatic monologue where we learn about the character of the speaker. For instance, Duffy describes the character as a bride in the beginning however, near the end of the poem, the character is described as a Gorgon. This states the jealousy and how the character was […]
Carol Ann Duffy – Little Red-Cap
The poem, Little Red-Cap, written by Carol Ann Duffy reminds the reader, through intertextuality, of little red riding hood. By basing her story around a famous folktale, Duffy has the advantage of the reader understanding the general storyline which allows for the readers to read further into the meaning of the book and how different […]
Do we, in our service/GC, have any business representing the problems of the people you’re trying to help?
When you really want to help someone, you need to step into their shoes and see how they see the world. However, because most of our experiences are extremely opposite to the people we are trying to help in our services and global concerns, it is difficult for us to represent their problems. We are […]
The Singaporean Cenotaph and Charlie Chan Hock Chye
The Singaporean Cenotaph and The Charlie Chan Hock Chye comic page has vastly different points of view towards the dead. The Singaporean Cenotaph is a war memorial that was built in 1920 to honor the heroes who fought and died during World War 1 and World War 2. However the comic strip described the mass […]
Paper 1 Analysis
In Paper 1, it is important to discuss the purpose, audience, and author of the piece of writing. In order to find the purpose of the given text, it is important to use the text references, image references and also identify the type of text type and what the piece of writing is. In addition, […]