The first thing I notice when I look at this image is the pink bow tied around the girl’s mouth. This is not a normal spot for a bow to be, and this causes me to look closer at the image. The image portrays a pretty girl who is trying to defy the odds and avoid stereotypes. She is going against the odds by putting the bow around her mouth. A pretty girl like herself should stereotypically wear the bow in her hair. She is trying to show how you do not have to be like everyone else. This is an appeal to logos because it goes against what we consider logical. It is significant that she has the bow around her mouth. This means that she is not free to say what she wants to say. Her freedom of speech has been taken away. People look at her because she is beautiful, but people do not listen. Beauty is more than skin deep. What comes out of her mouth matters also.
It looks to me like she may have taken this picture herself. The angle and the way her shoulders are make me think this. She is trying to show the world that there is more to her than just a pretty face. Her thoughts, words, and actions matter too.
The only colors in the image are the pink of the bow and the blue of her eyes. Everything else is in black and white, and this causes the colors to really stand out. Both colors draw my attention to her natural beauty. A pretty girl like herself should stereotypically wear that pastel pink color. She is trying to show that you do not have to be just like everyone else. The color of the bow is pretty, and she is pretty. These two ideas coincide. The bow represents her pretty face, and it is keeping her voice from being heard.
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I used to think this was like the best song ever, and so I just had to use it!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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Amy Tan’s description of Christmas Eve dinner shows that any ethnic group can celebrate Christmas. When I think of celebrating Christmas, I usually do not think of Chinese food; but this is normal for Amy Tan’s family. We may not eat the same foods, but we are still celebrating and sharing a meal with family and friends. Amy was partly embarrassed of her family’s customs. She just wanted the boy to like her, and she thought she had to be like everyone else to be liked. She wanted to be assimilated into white American culture on the inside and on the outside.
“Goose-loose Blues for the Melting Pot” discusses more than just the assimilation of race and ethnicity. Stanley Crouch focuses mostly on the issue of race, but not completely. He also mentions the assimilation of women into American culture. He was born in a time when women only aspired to be teachers, nurses, and mothers. His daughter was born in a time when women can do anything men can do. His eyes are truly opened to this concept when his daughter talks about what she wants to be when she grows up. He talks about how races and ethnicities are already assimilated into American culture. He refers to them as an Oreo: colored on the outside and white on the inside. Although, different racial groups are sometimes segregated, they are still assimilated into American culture. When turning on the TV or looking at an advertisement, we see people of all cultures. This shows us how far America has come just during Stanley Crouch’s lifetime.
Amy Tan wants to be assimilated, and Stanley Crouch says that the different races already are assimilated. We know that Amy’s family is somewhat assimilated because they go to a church with a white preacher. We can also tell that they have not completely lost their heritage because of the mother’s accent and the foods they cook. Our nation is not completely free of prejudices, but we are close.
Amy Tan’s description of Christmas Eve dinner shows that any ethnic group can celebrate Christmas. When I think of celebrating Christmas, I usually do not think of Chinese food; but this is normal for Amy Tan’s family. We may not eat the same foods, but we are still celebrating and sharing a meal with family and friends. Amy was partly embarrassed of her family’s customs. She just wanted the boy to like her, and she thought she had to be like everyone else to be liked. She wanted to be assimilated into white American culture on the inside and on the outside.
“Goose-loose Blues for the Melting Pot” discusses more than just the assimilation of race and ethnicity. Stanley Crouch focuses mostly on the issue of race, but not completely. He also mentions the assimilation of women into American culture. He was born in a time when women only aspired to be teachers, nurses, and mothers. His daughter was born in a time when women can do anything men can do. His eyes are truly opened to this concept when his daughter talks about what she wants to be when she grows up. He talks about how races and ethnicities are already assimilated into American culture. He refers to them as an Oreo: colored on the outside and white on the inside. Although, different racial groups are sometimes segregated, they are still assimilated into American culture. When turning on the TV or looking at an advertisement, we see people of all cultures. This shows us how far America has come just during Stanley Crouch’s lifetime.
Amy Tan wants to be assimilated, and Stanley Crouch says that the different races already are assimilated. We know that Amy’s family is somewhat assimilated because they go to a church with a white preacher. We can also tell that they have not completely lost their heritage because of the mother’s accent and the foods they cook. Our nation is not completely free of prejudices, but we are close.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Dr. Jimmie Killingsworth is a professor and is the head of the Englsih Department at Texas A&M University. He has written at least eight books as well as a textbook. He won the JR Gould Award in 2007 given by technical communication. He was invited to UNC Wilmington to talk about animalism in Walt Whitman’s poetry for the 2010 Katherine K. Buckner Lecture series.
Dr. Killingsworth began his lecture by saying that he invites us all “to make movies in our heads” of what is going to speak about. Animality refers to the animal nature of human beings. There is clear animal existence in human nature, and animality refers to this instead of the spiritual side of man. Dr. Killingsworth explained animality in Walt Whitman’s poetry as people putting other people or animals into a category they want to master. Walt Whitman puts humans in nature and not above it.
Dr. Killingsworth mentioned Freud’s three pictures of the universe during his lecture. He sees the animism picture as basic living of beliefs. The religious picture is a disenfranchisement from nature, and the scientific picture denies the spirit altogether.
I had a very hard time understanding all of Dr. Jimmie Killingsworth’s thoughts and ideas. I tried to understand what he meant by animalism and animality, but it was all very complex to me. He seemed to speak about animals in Walt Whitman’s poetry as though they are eloquent, placid, and always satisfied. They are very different from humans in this way because humans are definitely not always satisfied. I think he meant that animalism flattens the hierarchy of animals and humans, but again, this was a very difficult concept for me to grasp. I understood him to say that animalism and animality gave a voice to the oppressed. The oppressed in this situation would be the animals. It was quite interesting to hear his point of view.
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Dr. Killingsworth began his lecture by saying that he invites us all “to make movies in our heads” of what is going to speak about. Animality refers to the animal nature of human beings. There is clear animal existence in human nature, and animality refers to this instead of the spiritual side of man. Dr. Killingsworth explained animality in Walt Whitman’s poetry as people putting other people or animals into a category they want to master. Walt Whitman puts humans in nature and not above it.
Dr. Killingsworth mentioned Freud’s three pictures of the universe during his lecture. He sees the animism picture as basic living of beliefs. The religious picture is a disenfranchisement from nature, and the scientific picture denies the spirit altogether.
I had a very hard time understanding all of Dr. Jimmie Killingsworth’s thoughts and ideas. I tried to understand what he meant by animalism and animality, but it was all very complex to me. He seemed to speak about animals in Walt Whitman’s poetry as though they are eloquent, placid, and always satisfied. They are very different from humans in this way because humans are definitely not always satisfied. I think he meant that animalism flattens the hierarchy of animals and humans, but again, this was a very difficult concept for me to grasp. I understood him to say that animalism and animality gave a voice to the oppressed. The oppressed in this situation would be the animals. It was quite interesting to hear his point of view.
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