On Chapter 14

The meaning of the photograph can only be told by the photographer. When someone looks at a photo, they get an image of what the photo should be about, and in their mind, they are entirely correct. Every individual sees photographs differently. Because of people's backgrounds and experiences, they see things in different lights. One man might look at a picture of a family sitting down to eat as something he used to do and envision his own family within the picture. Another younger girl might see the same photo as old-style America. In her family, she has TV dinners with her single mother. She won't relate to the photo as well, and therefore only sees what she knows as the stereotypical American meal. So we can analyze photographs all we want, but everyone will see something different within its boarders and therefore we can never really know what the photographer was really trying to capture. We can only assume.

On Chapter 3 and 10

I think arrangement is a huge aspect to think about when trying to persuade someone to your viewpoint. If the harsh main point comes out first, the reader is more likely to back away from what you say. However, if you write something less bold as the beginning of the argument, the reader is more likely to want to read/watch more. The author has to fully capture the reader before he or she addresses his or her main argument. Also, people don't like disorder naturally. If the author's ideas are scattered, it can be hard to follow the main argument. Readers enjoy simplicity and not trying so hard to understand the themes and points. However, an author must know their audience above all else. This will help him with his stance and the way he forms his argument.

ch 1, 2 and 10's blog

Words are becoming less important for the lower classes and a distinct difference in eating has arisen. For example, when you walk into a higher end restaurant and sit down to read the menu, you see text, juicy descriptive text. One must read about 350 words in order to make a choice of what they want to eat. When another person enters a fast-food joint, they walk up to the menu on the wall and look at the pictures of what they are supposed to get. There are barely any words and little to no thought goes into the choice he is about to make. When ordering, the person doesn't even have to say what meal they are getting because the phrase, "#3" will suffice. Why is this so? Maybe society is becoming lazy. The higher end restaurants have flowing descriptions because they cater to people who have probably gone to more school and have the knowledge to actually read while fast food places serve people who might not have gone to school at all. Fast food places also employ people who might not be in the best schooling situation. It is just easier to persuade someone to buy a meal using a picture rather than to make them read about what they could be getting. The media today realized this and started creating commercials with flashy colors and bold short words to captivate their lazy audience. Society is becoming so lazy.