Cowan Donovan Mrs. Poirier English 122 26 September 2014 “The large ant” and Formalism Formalism is a very harmonic style of literary criticism. To be a formalist is to believe that all parts to a story work together and follow a set line of criteria. Only what is on the page is taken into account. Although formalism is a well-known style, it is not appropriate for Howard Fast’s short story “The Large Ant”. Using Formalism to interpret cannot be effective because the readers need to understand the background information.
So, I should argue that Jacoby uses too many his own feelings about the dissatisfaction of imprisonment, which makes his claim weak and not credible. For instance, Jacoby states that “the criminal is out of control.” Yes, it might be a strong and persuasive way to get reader’s attention or even agreement, but it is not impersonal, and it is the claim based on his complaint, dissatisfaction and anger. It is inappropriate that reader can only feel his anger and dissatisfaction about the imprisonment. After all, Jacoby thinks “the criminal is out of control” is not a well-known fact. If
Imagery – The use of descriptions to make something deeper creates mental images. Irony: * Dramatic: the reader knows more than the characters. * Verbal: what the person says is different from what he actually means and the tone of voice indicates the contrast. * Situational: what happens is the opposite of what people expect. Logos – A logic argument that persuades the reader by reason; the logic used to support an argument.
Words, Words, Words "Don't judge a book by its cover" is a turn of phrase which cautions one to truly know and understand a person before passing judgment upon them. In literature, this is the duty of the author: to introduce his or her readers to the characters; to let the readers get inside the heads of the characters and see the world from their perspective. In the realtivism of the literary universe, only through empathy can character be judged. Some authors hold the reader's hand and tell them exactly what to think about a character; they spell out exactly what that character's motivations are and whether these are congruous with the morals of the world the author has crafted. Other authors, such as William Faulker, leave the challenge up to the reader.
About Object Relation Theory the psychoanalysts Joseph Sandler and Anne Marie Sandler, state in their paper ‘On the development of object relationships and affects’ that ‘The topic is not an easy one to discuss because the psychoanalytical theory of object Relationships is far from satisfactory, and our theory of affect is, at best, in a state of healthy and constructive chaos’. (Sandler, 1978, p. 285-96) Object relation theory is concerned with the consequences of an individual’s relationships with the external world through their internal psychic world. Klein believed that the psyche and personality of an individual develops as a direct result of the relationships made with people, which are then internalised unconsciously as ‘Object relationships’ or ‘Phantasies’ within the mind. ‘…the child’s earliest reality is wholly phantastical’. (Klein M , 1930 p.238) That is to say, it is a theory that explains why and how childhood experience and relationships affect all relationships in the present.
The authors did determine that the substance abusing individuals did not have a proper way of coping with their anger and determined that this was problematic; hence the need for the Forgiveness Therapy. The authors did determine that the lack of anger management skills and the previous used skills were inadequate and triggered further negative emotions such as depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and violence. In the article the authors did move from topic to topic and not just from one citation to another; the authors did rely on sound research in the field but did not overly rely on it to make their point. The authors were able to ascertain that individuals in the past have tried to rely on the techniques they have used in the past to avoid relapse, but these have remained to fail them in the end. Individual substance abuse clients have benefitted from the forgiveness therapy, the research shows.
By critiquing my ability to convey an effective structure in my piece, I have realised the lack of coherence and expansion of evidence that I have yet to acknowledge, creating an effect that is less attentive to readers. Similarly, I have also, in some instances, ignored the clarity that is needed in each paragraph by the simplicity of sign posting ideas that could have created a smoother flow through the structure. Part of the reason why I condemn this piece of writing as ‘ineffective’ has much to do with the lack of clarity in that which I defined as structure as opposed to what structure really consisted of. My inability to recognize the significance of structure in a piece of writing added to a loss of creativity and individuality. The idea of a structured essay, in my mind, solely consisted on five separate paragraphs, with the essentials of an introduction and conclusion.
Why or why not? In my honest opinion prejudice is hard to measure because it cannot accurately be predicted or judge by a test. I feel like prejudice cannot be measured accurately because the test shows the association between different groups. The only thing I can see the implicit association test is measured are the groups that I may belong to or fit in. People cannot show the result of being or prejudice because people are known to select things that they are more familiar with, things that they are more commutable with, and things that they see in their everyday environment.
People tend to interpret a person’s external appearance as a reflection of their inner-self disregarding the age-old saying of never judging a book by its cover. It is incontrovertible that one can tell a lot from another’s inner self from the physical appearance albeit the accuracy of the inference to be highly challenged and inaccurate. The habit of’ judging a book by its cover’ is credited to Heuristics – “rules of thumb”, educated guesses, intuitive judgments or simply common sense. A judgment in relation to the person may be influenced or even determined by the outward clues that the person reflected of their habits and personalities. One such clue would be the physical appearance of that person – one’s facial features, body structure and dressing.
Although, whenever an unusual cultural practice is encountered the first reaction is disbelief and rejection. Negative reactions like this mean we can not effectively understand what we are experiencing. Philosopher John Cook observed that cultural relativism "Is aimed at getting people to admit that although it may seem to them that their moral principles are self-evidently true, and hence seem to be grounds for passing judgement on other people, in fact, the self-evidence of these principles is a kind of illusion". Once it is realised