Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sojourner Truth
In the beginning Sojourner Truth talks about what was going on in her day back then. The first part of her speech was ethos because the sources that she was talking about was credible and trustworthy words. She got the audience's attention by repeating how she was a black women and she was not being treated like a normal women. She brings in logos by supporting her arguement of why women should vote. She starts talking about women and how strong they are no matter what color was on their skin. In the last part of her speech, she brings in pathos when she starts talking about seeing all of her children being taken away from her and sold.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Blog# 8: The Long Goodbye: Mother's Day in Federal Prison
"The Long Goodbye: Mother's Day in Federal Prison," by Amanda Coyne was a very good personal profile. I liked how the beginning started out in the middle of a scene and you didn't quite know what was going on. The only thing that gave away the story was the title. If the author would have made a better title that was more interesting and something that made you guess what the story was going to be about, I would have liked the story more because it would have kept me in suspense longer. After I read the title, I knew exactly what it was going to be about and the suspense was gone.
Overall though, the story was really interesting. I thought it was funny how the old lady just starts telling them about her whole life story and about her messed up children. Grandmas do this all the time. They will talk to random strangers about the craziest things. I thought the story about her daughter and her son was sad. I think the sadest thing was that her son hit her like her husband or boyfriend used too. She shouldn't be the one in jail. She should be able to take care of her son.
The author was very descriptive and she told the story very well. The only parts I got confused with were who everybody was. I think the problem was that there were too many stories with in one profile. Also, I feel like it was a memoir because there was no historical reference to the prison. I really didn't learn anything from it.
Overall though, the story was really interesting. I thought it was funny how the old lady just starts telling them about her whole life story and about her messed up children. Grandmas do this all the time. They will talk to random strangers about the craziest things. I thought the story about her daughter and her son was sad. I think the sadest thing was that her son hit her like her husband or boyfriend used too. She shouldn't be the one in jail. She should be able to take care of her son.
The author was very descriptive and she told the story very well. The only parts I got confused with were who everybody was. I think the problem was that there were too many stories with in one profile. Also, I feel like it was a memoir because there was no historical reference to the prison. I really didn't learn anything from it.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Blog # 7: I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing and The NewYork Pickpocket Academy
"I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing" by John T. Edge, was a very interesting profile. I thought it was very gross, yet intriging. Pickled pig lips are not the everyday subject that people talk about all the time or at all. I didn't even know that pickled pig lips even existed! Personally, they sounded really gross from the descriptions. When he started explaining the process of the ladies taking the frozen pigs and cutting off their lips and slicing the fat away; all I could think of was them doing that to an actual person. How disgusting! I also didn't believe that anyone would ask for different colored pickled lips for holidays and special events. Who would even eat them. I felt like he was lying about how people sold pickled pig lips everyday and they are in demand. I feel like oil is in demand, not pickled pig lips. That part of a pig is supposed to be thrown away, not another orderve.
Other than how gross the subject was, I thought John T. Edge did a very good job of describing the people, the pickled pig lips product company and the pickled pig lips. I could picture the man with the dark mustache who delivered the pickled pig lips. I liked the part where he said the pickled pig lips were in like "Kool-Aid- red slurry of hot sauce, vinegar, salt and food coloring." This part was yet disgusting, but so descriptive that I could taste it. One other thing that bothered me about this profile was that I feel like he jumped around a lot. The story didn't really flow. He would go from a personal experience of trying to eat a pickled pig lip to describing the man who was delivering them. I think it was the history of the pickled pig lips that really messed up the flow of the profile.
"The NewYork Pickpocket Academy" by John McPhee, was very confusing. I didn't understand the profile at all. All the pickpocketing that he described coming from different people at different times in Brooklyn made this profile story the most confusing. When he started talking about the random women who got pickpocketed was just another turn around in the story. The little boy was really random too. A good part to this story was that he showed that people are stealers and thieves, but they also are good people. For example, after the lady got pickpocketed other people in the market started putting money and food together for her. I thought it was ironic how the lady went home and then came back to the market to spend the donated money that she lost and possibly get pickpocketed again.
Other than how gross the subject was, I thought John T. Edge did a very good job of describing the people, the pickled pig lips product company and the pickled pig lips. I could picture the man with the dark mustache who delivered the pickled pig lips. I liked the part where he said the pickled pig lips were in like "Kool-Aid- red slurry of hot sauce, vinegar, salt and food coloring." This part was yet disgusting, but so descriptive that I could taste it. One other thing that bothered me about this profile was that I feel like he jumped around a lot. The story didn't really flow. He would go from a personal experience of trying to eat a pickled pig lip to describing the man who was delivering them. I think it was the history of the pickled pig lips that really messed up the flow of the profile.
"The NewYork Pickpocket Academy" by John McPhee, was very confusing. I didn't understand the profile at all. All the pickpocketing that he described coming from different people at different times in Brooklyn made this profile story the most confusing. When he started talking about the random women who got pickpocketed was just another turn around in the story. The little boy was really random too. A good part to this story was that he showed that people are stealers and thieves, but they also are good people. For example, after the lady got pickpocketed other people in the market started putting money and food together for her. I thought it was ironic how the lady went home and then came back to the market to spend the donated money that she lost and possibly get pickpocketed again.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Blog # 6 Profile: The Last Stop
This reading really helped me understand the way to write a profile. Before, I really didn't know what a profile was. I was confused. I thought a profile was something that would come out of a magazine. I just thought it was a research paper or an add trying to sell something. I thought a profile was going to be a paper that was straight to the point, like black and white, no personal thought, just descriptions, but not really sensory details.
From The Last Stop, Brian Cable made me see profile writing in a different way. He used a lot of detail, describing the Goodbody Mortuaries. He really planted the picture of the dusty, pink building in my mind and the descriptions just didn't come all at once. He gave a step by step of what went on in the tour of the mortuary and in every step he described something different. For example, he described the building, the director, Mr. Deaver and then the embalmer and the body. He also added details from the internet about how much money is spent on funerals. He used his vague yet noticeable sense of humor when he talked about how that amount of money was more than a wedding sometimes. He used specific quotes from the director that really helped me understand the directors job and what his personality was like. He did a good job of showing and not just telling. Overall, I thought he picked a really interesting topic that many people wouldn't know too much about. I was really intreaged by this profile and thought it was really interesting to learn about. He brought in interesting facts from things that went on behind the scenes of a mortuary. I understand the elements of a written profile after reading this.
From The Last Stop, Brian Cable made me see profile writing in a different way. He used a lot of detail, describing the Goodbody Mortuaries. He really planted the picture of the dusty, pink building in my mind and the descriptions just didn't come all at once. He gave a step by step of what went on in the tour of the mortuary and in every step he described something different. For example, he described the building, the director, Mr. Deaver and then the embalmer and the body. He also added details from the internet about how much money is spent on funerals. He used his vague yet noticeable sense of humor when he talked about how that amount of money was more than a wedding sometimes. He used specific quotes from the director that really helped me understand the directors job and what his personality was like. He did a good job of showing and not just telling. Overall, I thought he picked a really interesting topic that many people wouldn't know too much about. I was really intreaged by this profile and thought it was really interesting to learn about. He brought in interesting facts from things that went on behind the scenes of a mortuary. I understand the elements of a written profile after reading this.
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