Here is an excerpt from WSh's paper. What are its strengths? How could he empower it?
"Unlike Fulghum's passagem the poem 'In Which the Ancient History I Learn is Not My Own' by Eavan Boland is not very uplifting. In fact, it borders on being tragic. This is because the author, Eavan Boland, is recounting when he was an irish child in an Irish school learning only about England. The message of his poem is that if previous generations of Irish folk had set up a strong national identity and created traditions and sense of individual Irish culture, Boland's experience could have been different. He writes, 'Ireland was far away / and farther away / every year / I was nearly an English child.' It is tragic how previous generations of Irish did not take hold of their culture and identity the way the Cretans did because their inadequacy led to Irish children learning in school about not having a group to identify with. Tradition shaped culture in an unfortunately negative way in this passage."
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Europe
Here is an excerpt from KR's paper. What are its strengths? How could he empower it?
"The Holocaust may have been the biggest injustice in Europe and may also have inspired the most change. While other factors were at work and many other important things came out of the Holocaust, philosophies and other moral ideas were big results as well. The response of Wiesenthal to a Nazi's request for forgiveness set a precedent for Europe and the world. Numerous authors analyzed and explicated on Wiesenthal's response in complex moral ways. For example, Henry James Caras wrote,'I am afraid not to forgive because I fear not to be forgiven. At the time of judgment, I pray for mercy rather than justice" (Wiesenthal 124). This little excerpt is simply part of a much larger theological debate that was sparked after the Holocaust and Wiesenthal's situation. Others completely disagreed with Cargas and Wiesenthal. In any case, a new European set of thinking was created out of that awful event. It posed the question asked by Dith Pran, 'Can we as humans forgive people who have caused us such grief?' (230). The answer is still not determined, but the discussion that has started has shaped Europe and the way it goes about its affairs."
"The Holocaust may have been the biggest injustice in Europe and may also have inspired the most change. While other factors were at work and many other important things came out of the Holocaust, philosophies and other moral ideas were big results as well. The response of Wiesenthal to a Nazi's request for forgiveness set a precedent for Europe and the world. Numerous authors analyzed and explicated on Wiesenthal's response in complex moral ways. For example, Henry James Caras wrote,'I am afraid not to forgive because I fear not to be forgiven. At the time of judgment, I pray for mercy rather than justice" (Wiesenthal 124). This little excerpt is simply part of a much larger theological debate that was sparked after the Holocaust and Wiesenthal's situation. Others completely disagreed with Cargas and Wiesenthal. In any case, a new European set of thinking was created out of that awful event. It posed the question asked by Dith Pran, 'Can we as humans forgive people who have caused us such grief?' (230). The answer is still not determined, but the discussion that has started has shaped Europe and the way it goes about its affairs."
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Last North America
Here is an excerpt from WSh's paper. What are its strengths? How could he empower it?
"Sherman Alexie uses much different strategies in 'Superman and Me' to try to reach a similar goal as Chief Seattle. He chooses to write in an optimistic tone to show hope for the future of Native Americans, especially for the learning of the young children in schools. This is smart because he should not be trying to twist his tone as Chief Seattle did but rather should be straightforward about his goals so they are understood and hopefully carried out. The major difference between 'Message to President Franklin Pierce' and 'Superman and Me' is illuminated when Alexie tries to distance himself from traditional Indian values and instead focus on didactic and educational sticking points. He writes, 'My father, who is one of the few Indians who went to Catholic school on purpose ...' and 'I learned to read with a Superman comic book.' These lines show Alexie's call for education for Native Americans overall, not necessarily through traditional and possibly obsolete traditions. Sherman distances himself from Indians by using 'we' infrequently, but he comes ;back to his roots' at the end of the paragraph when he writes about his goals of educating Native American children."
"Sherman Alexie uses much different strategies in 'Superman and Me' to try to reach a similar goal as Chief Seattle. He chooses to write in an optimistic tone to show hope for the future of Native Americans, especially for the learning of the young children in schools. This is smart because he should not be trying to twist his tone as Chief Seattle did but rather should be straightforward about his goals so they are understood and hopefully carried out. The major difference between 'Message to President Franklin Pierce' and 'Superman and Me' is illuminated when Alexie tries to distance himself from traditional Indian values and instead focus on didactic and educational sticking points. He writes, 'My father, who is one of the few Indians who went to Catholic school on purpose ...' and 'I learned to read with a Superman comic book.' These lines show Alexie's call for education for Native Americans overall, not necessarily through traditional and possibly obsolete traditions. Sherman distances himself from Indians by using 'we' infrequently, but he comes ;back to his roots' at the end of the paragraph when he writes about his goals of educating Native American children."
North America some more
Here is an excerpt from KR's paper. What are its strengths? How could he empower it?
"Global outlook is simply a broader sense of perspective as it relates to politics. All individuals have some sort of global outlook, especially in the modern day. Hedges, in his piece, emphasizes the idea that 'all groups looked at themselves as victims ... ignoring the excesses of their own and highlighting the excesses of [some other group]' (Hedges 923). The only way that such ideas could be brought about, as not everyone is a victim, is through government distortion on a mass scale. Propaganda of one's own people and even others causes a 'trance' from which it is difficult to leave and that causes a person to have a different view on his own and other governments than he would without this propaganda caused change in perspective: 'The effectiveness of the myths peddled in war is powerful. We often come to doubt our own perceptions. We hide these doubts, like troubled believers, sure that no one else feels like them. We feel guilty. The myths have determined not only how we should speak but how we should think' (Hedges 924)."
"Global outlook is simply a broader sense of perspective as it relates to politics. All individuals have some sort of global outlook, especially in the modern day. Hedges, in his piece, emphasizes the idea that 'all groups looked at themselves as victims ... ignoring the excesses of their own and highlighting the excesses of [some other group]' (Hedges 923). The only way that such ideas could be brought about, as not everyone is a victim, is through government distortion on a mass scale. Propaganda of one's own people and even others causes a 'trance' from which it is difficult to leave and that causes a person to have a different view on his own and other governments than he would without this propaganda caused change in perspective: 'The effectiveness of the myths peddled in war is powerful. We often come to doubt our own perceptions. We hide these doubts, like troubled believers, sure that no one else feels like them. We feel guilty. The myths have determined not only how we should speak but how we should think' (Hedges 924)."
North America again
Here is an excerpt from JD's paper. What are its strengths? How could he empower it?
"Fulghum's approach on the idea of perspective differs in mode of discourse and appeal. Fulghum writes in a narration. he creates two characters with very different perspectives. He characterizes a grandparents and a grandchild with different perspectives to the same situation. The two characters; interaction in the narration is how Fulghum incorporates perspectives When the grandchild speaks of death to a stranger, the two different perspectives are seen: 'Her husband was hit by a truck.' The grandfather said this to his wife when referring to why the grandchild was crying. His perspective differed from the grandchild as he found it quite funny how she worried about such absurd ideas. She, on the other hand, was very emotional. She cried because of something that didn't happen. This emotion that she shows is deliberative in Fulghum's purpose. The emotional appeal through the grandchild is pathos. This pathos is very different from friedman's ethos. This pathos is successful in eliciting emotion and pity from the audience. It causes the audience to sympathize with the author and his grandchild."
"Fulghum's approach on the idea of perspective differs in mode of discourse and appeal. Fulghum writes in a narration. he creates two characters with very different perspectives. He characterizes a grandparents and a grandchild with different perspectives to the same situation. The two characters; interaction in the narration is how Fulghum incorporates perspectives When the grandchild speaks of death to a stranger, the two different perspectives are seen: 'Her husband was hit by a truck.' The grandfather said this to his wife when referring to why the grandchild was crying. His perspective differed from the grandchild as he found it quite funny how she worried about such absurd ideas. She, on the other hand, was very emotional. She cried because of something that didn't happen. This emotion that she shows is deliberative in Fulghum's purpose. The emotional appeal through the grandchild is pathos. This pathos is very different from friedman's ethos. This pathos is successful in eliciting emotion and pity from the audience. It causes the audience to sympathize with the author and his grandchild."
North America
Here sis an excerpt from JC's paper. What are its strengths? How can he empower it?
"To begin with, in 'Message to Franklin Pierce,' two distinct perspectives can be seen. Firstly, there is Chief Seattle's perspective, that of the misunderstood and the oppressed. As Chief Seattle views it, the 'white' and 'red' man are two extremely different cultures. The 'red' man is a culture that is very much intertwined with nature. For him, the land is something akin to family, and something never to be desecrated. For Chief Seattle, nature is the soft sound they need over the loud noises of the 'white' man's cities. Chief Seattle sees the animals of the world as equal to himself, writing that '... for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to man.' Chief Seattle also sees quite ironically how his own people are viewed. In this letter he continually uses the word 'savages' speaking to the ;white' man's distorted view of the Indians and their culture. Chief Seattle though understands the 'white' man's perspective. He understands that the 'white' man looks only forward, he takes and leaves, forgetting his past along with him, as Chief Seattle wrote in 'Message to Franklin Pierce' 'for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on. He leaves the father's graves, and his children's birthright forgotten ... But perhaps it is because the red man is a savage and does not understand.' Chief Seattle stands on the perspective of the misunderstood and the oppressed but also understands the position of the 'white' man quite well, as seen within the previous quote. They simply view the Indians as savages who could not possibly fathom how the 'white' man lives. In reality, the Indians are just a different culture with different values as Chief Seattle writes in 'Message to Franklin Pierce' 'the Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself cleansed by a mid-day rain, or scented with the pinion pine. The air is precious to the red man.' Chief Seattle, being the author of this piece, reveals much about perspective. As Chief Seattle was able to understand both of the perspectives between differing peoples and then make an argument for his perspective. By understanding perspective, Chief Seattle gave a powerful argument for his people."
"To begin with, in 'Message to Franklin Pierce,' two distinct perspectives can be seen. Firstly, there is Chief Seattle's perspective, that of the misunderstood and the oppressed. As Chief Seattle views it, the 'white' and 'red' man are two extremely different cultures. The 'red' man is a culture that is very much intertwined with nature. For him, the land is something akin to family, and something never to be desecrated. For Chief Seattle, nature is the soft sound they need over the loud noises of the 'white' man's cities. Chief Seattle sees the animals of the world as equal to himself, writing that '... for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to man.' Chief Seattle also sees quite ironically how his own people are viewed. In this letter he continually uses the word 'savages' speaking to the ;white' man's distorted view of the Indians and their culture. Chief Seattle though understands the 'white' man's perspective. He understands that the 'white' man looks only forward, he takes and leaves, forgetting his past along with him, as Chief Seattle wrote in 'Message to Franklin Pierce' 'for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on. He leaves the father's graves, and his children's birthright forgotten ... But perhaps it is because the red man is a savage and does not understand.' Chief Seattle stands on the perspective of the misunderstood and the oppressed but also understands the position of the 'white' man quite well, as seen within the previous quote. They simply view the Indians as savages who could not possibly fathom how the 'white' man lives. In reality, the Indians are just a different culture with different values as Chief Seattle writes in 'Message to Franklin Pierce' 'the Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself cleansed by a mid-day rain, or scented with the pinion pine. The air is precious to the red man.' Chief Seattle, being the author of this piece, reveals much about perspective. As Chief Seattle was able to understand both of the perspectives between differing peoples and then make an argument for his perspective. By understanding perspective, Chief Seattle gave a powerful argument for his people."
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