Devil's Playground Summary: Devils Playground by Lucy Walker shows an Amish community and techniques to persuade the viewer to adopt attitudes and values that Walker has of the Amish. Documentaries not only present facts and versions of reality, they make comments on society, which are often used to influence personal perspective and opinion. The documentary, Devil's Playground produced by Lucy Walker uses the techniques of selection of omission, editing, music and sound and camera angles to bring attention to issues in our society revolving around the Amish community and their rumspringa rituals. Walker presents us with an observation of both the Amish society and the "English society" that the Amish teenagers experience with, this observation,
Ethnomethodology is a theory, which says that people try to make sense of, what other people say and do. We all attempt to make sense of social experiences by formulating our own personal theories in order to interpret and explain what is happening to us. Harold Garfinkel's concept of Ethnomethodology when he attempted to analyze a jury discussion after a Chicago case in 1945. Garfinkel wanted to understand how the jurors knew how to act as jurors. After, attempting to understand the jurors’ actions, Garfinkel came up with the term "ethnomethodology" as a way to describe how people use different methods in order to understand the society that they live in.
He wanted the interviewer to explain the meaning of that particular term, especially to the audience, who might have no idea about this research that has been done, which called “parliam statements” Q4- It comes from PT Parliam the circus preparsure who said we have something for everybody. *What kind of information did the interviewer want to extract? He wanted to emphasize the information, that he knew from his previous study about his interview, from the interviewee who knows more about this topic. *What is the purpose of the question? It is also to give the audience the knowledge of this derivation and to give the impression to the interviewee that he has a very good background about this topic as
Adelard’s nephew was responding to Adelard’s thoughts of Aristotle and God in the article Natural Questions. Adelard was a traveling advocate of Arabic science and also was one of the scholars who was interested in Aristotle’s philosophic, naturalistic, and empirical approaches in the medieval period. Knowing this, it is obvious that Adelard was going to view things with an incredibly knowledgeable bias. An example of this bias is when Adelard said, “It is difficult for me to talk with you about animals, for I have learned one thing, under the guidance of reason, from Arabic teachers; but you, captivated by a show of authority, are led around by a halter.” Because Adelard was a highly intelligent scholar, he looked at things in a more scientific and scholarly manner rather than in the common manner of God’s will that was popular in the medieval times. Another example of Adelard’s bias is the quote, “For why not fill up sheets of paper, and why not write on the back too, when you usually have such readers today who require no rational explanation and put their trust only in the ancient name of a title?” In this quote, it is clear that Adelard was beginning to defend Aristotle’s teachings and slightly turn his back against the “God’s Will” approach.
Avery Lostica February 2, 2015 Comm 301 M/W 9:30 Severson State of the Union Address Response Obama starts off his speech introducing the issues our current generation is facing and statistics on what we have overcame. I believe that the type of delivery he is using during is introduction is extemporaneous, defined as developing eye contact with the audience, adapting to feedback, and concentrating on the sequence of ideas rather than on word or sentence order (ch.3, pg. 29). He adapts eye contact and captures the attention of the audience with the facts he presents and the emotion he shows while he’s informing us of the challenges us Americans have faced and have overcome. Throughout the speech, Obama provides us with more detailed
Paige Kimble Kimble 1 Scott Honors 190 21 October 2014 Synthesis Paper A Synthesis of Grendel Two scholars, Judy Smith Murr and Reuben Sanchez wrote articles analyzing and observing the quest for truth in John Gardner's Grendel. The main character, Grendel, is the figure who searches for meaning and value in the world. Although both writers address this mission of truth, they approach it differently. The two writers critically evaluate Beowulf's victory, the relationship between Grendel and man, and the comical tone of the story. All of these components correspond and effect Grendel's hunt for truth.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Malcolm X’s essay “Homemade Education”, and Robert F. Kennedy’s speech “On the Death of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”, show some type of Ethos, Logos, Pathos in their writing to express their ideas, thoughts and feelings. These 3 authors use facts and statistics to create an argument in their writing to persuade us emotionally, persuade any reasoning we have, and last but not least they want us to respect them by giving them our attention and they want us to identify the point of view they have in the story they are writing because they feel like it is important for us to understand where they are coming from and they also want to show us that their writing is worth reading. On Robert F. Kennedy’s speech, Robert uses pathos to get his readers to emotionally respond to what he has to say when he finds out Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has
Also, numerous other facts scattered throughout the article, demonstrate the importance placed on increasing consumption by modern societies and economies. David uses these facts combined with quotes from several personalities in an attempt to shine an objective light into an otherwise subjective argument. The integration of facts and statistics into the article, help David downplay his obvious bias towards the issue. He is successful in steering the reader directly into agreement with his own personal opinions. Through a short article, Suzuki is able to influence someone who is oblivious into his cause.
In order to competently grapple with the works of Karl Marx, it becomes necessary to understand his core philosophies, foundations, and the historical, social, and economical climates of his time. During the course of this paper it is my aim to briefly explain these foundations and conditions, as well as put into plain words chosen selections from the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts and the Communist Manifesto. Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts One of the largest influences on Marxian thought was Georg Hegel’s concept of human history from a teleological point of view. Just as an acorn has a predefined telos (becoming a mature oak), Hegel believed that humans, too, had a destined end (a form of earthly utopia). Furthermore, Hegel believed that this end could be achieved by the human species being over generational periods.
He uses the lists to compare the difference of people’s points of view about the field that he was in, with his own. This is so he can explain his theory to the reader, and it also shows his logical and organised thought process. In addition, it shows the reader that his point of view is much more defined and accurate. There are a few words that have been formatted in bold, such as “Shakespeare’s Globe” and “CROW APTOK” so that Christopher can get across to the audience that these words are important. Christopher also writes his first joke, despite the fact that he said he doesn’t like jokes in chapter thirteen.