Williams has read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and where Julius Lester does not understand the novel, Williams does. He begins bye recapping the book’s long, history of censorship. “The earliest censors… believed the novel would corrupt the young” (Williams 98). In the story, Huck would spit and do rude things that were believed to be unsuitable for young readers at the time. These opinions have, however, changed.
In this passage George Orwell makes the assertion that amongst the confusion of long literary or political critiques, the writing often becomes meaningless as a result of improper language and jargon. The use of such “meaningless” words allows them to be openly interpreted and often abused in political writing. What one might regard as Democracy, another would describe as Fascism, but neither carries a definition in this instance, but merely a positive or negative connotation. Consequently, these meaningless words often allow the reader to be deceived by the author. Orwell’s Six Rules 1) Do not use metaphors that you are use to reading in other texts.
Nonetheless, both articles are idealistic. In another phrase, they are morally wrong. To get a true understanding of what an essay is saying we must concern ourselves with is what the author is truly trying to convey. There are often hidden messages in writing that inexperienced readers often look over and take for granted. This is the issue that is at stake with both readings of “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift and Garret Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics.” Hardin’s essay that is serious in tone, while Swift’s offers similar views appears to be poking fun by starting at in a serious tone at first glance but in reality is far from it.
No one true resource can be used without doubt coming from it because of the greed of the Spaniards or the sympathy of scholars for the Mayans that might have been used in the sources. The “confusion of tongues” then can not only come from the actual misinterpretation of the languages, but from the classes, genders and religion aspects as well. This book was a really interesting read from a historian point of view even with the author sometimes making it clear she favors one side over the other. Even with that in mind, she does bring across to the reader the problems from the beginning the Spaniards had with this particular area to conquer, unlike Mexico, Peru and other places in the Caribbean. It all eventually became the same, disease killing off the natives, Spaniards using slaves and mixing of castes with them taking native wives, and how the indigenous people tried to cling onto their beliefs and ways even knowing the harsh punishments that would come to them if found out.
It is through these ideas that composers convey the growing complacency of those who receive the truth as the value of truth is diminishing behind the shadow of personal opinion. The subjectivity of the truth is explored in Geoffrey Robertson’s “Oz” as individuals are seen to have differing interpretations of the truth. The multiple versions of the truth make it indefinite and undefined, contributing to the complexity of truth. This is reflected in the slightly different definitions of ‘obscene’ as Judge Argyle “…read to them from the Oxford English Dictionary, which said it meant… ‘indecent’. In law, that is precisely what obscene does not mean”.
Patrick’s College use a first-person view, showing us the subjective views of the poet. Similarly, in Looking for Alibrandi, the story also uses a first-person perspective, showing us Josie’s subjective thoughts; however, they can be prejudiced at times. She longs to be a part of a world with “sleek haircuts and upper-class privileges”. “A world where I can be accepted. Please God, let me be accepted by someone other than the underdog.” In Feliks Skrzynecki, the poet does not feel that he has a sense of belonging mainly due to his cultural heritage, while in St. Patrick’s College, the persona struggles to have a sense of belonging in his new, unfamiliar school.
For example: "I believe that calling Asians "Oriental" is wrong because ... " - Use of examples, evidence, or other information to support argument: Back up your argument. For example, "According to Robert Lee, 'Oriental' was a term ..." - Coherence and clarity: I will not grade by how much or how little you write, but by how well you relate the thesis statement to the rest of your paper. For example, if your thesis statement is about the term "Oriental," but you lose focus and start talking about other things in your paper that have little relevance to your thesis statement, you will have points
I am simply attempting to imitate the actions of a “SNOOT” that David Foster Wallace has attempted to incorporate into the English language. At the same time, I am unlike David Foster Wallace in that his made up word essentially represents his literary virtuosity and intellect. Although I display prowess in the kinesthetic world, I struggle to produce exceptional work in my writing. Because Wallace presents himself and his intelligence in such a confident way, it appears that writing flows effortlessly from his fingers. Even reading the work he has produced is intimidating in itself.
Nicole Brouwer 2nd hour Honors English Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover “The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.” -Arthur Schopenhauer Stereotyping, superstitions, and being prejudice are all components that lead to misjudging others. Many myths have been associated with different ethnic groups, and it leads to ethnic segregation. An understanding about other cultures may help decrease the negativity and overcomes prejudice. What does being prejudice mean? Why do societies leap at the chance to judge others?
Ingraham then proceeds to conclude the literature review by stating that there is no conclusive agreement in the body of literature dealing with the impact of race on consulting. The conclusion produced about the literature dealing with MSC is so that the body of knowledge is too small and that there is a need to produce a framework and conduct empirical research. Although the previous conclusion could be taken as a truism and a catch phrase. Also the fact that the article is very well supported except for its main area of focus leads to the conclusion that more research is needed (the author referencing her own older works shows that the body of knowledge is indeed small). As for the procedures in the article itself, there seems to be an over-reliance on anecdotal evidence, with the argument being supported with stories about one person or with hypothetical situation.