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Kayla Dekoekkoek

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Response 6

Proposal Questions:

1.  That we should recruit a medical staff that is trained when we have medical outbreaks throughout the world. 

2.  It validates its proposal through the Ebola crisis right now, it shows that right now we don't have enough medical staff to stop the outbreak of Ebola. They want to change this. 

3.  The audience knows about the Ebola issue in Africa, and I'm sure some of the readers care about the people getting medical attention.

4.  The author states if we make these reforms then we can help world-wide epidemics. 

5. Yes, it will be easier for people to receive help in the case of a mass medical emergency.

6.  The most effective strategy they use is pathos. The author makes us feel for the people who are struggling in Africa and brings up a great solution for us to help them.

 

 

 

 

 

Project 3 Rough Draft 

http://eng1020wayne.pbworks.com/w/page/88827119/Project%203%20%28Kayla%29 Third Response

 

     The topic of drug legalization is very popular in today’s society. Many, such as Gore Vidal, had the idea as early as 1970 when he wrote an article which was featured in “The New York Times” explaining his opinion on legalizing all drugs and making them available for purchase to adult citizens in the United States. I found his logic somewhat persuasive and to a certain point, I agree with him. But, his argument included enthymemes, invoked stasis claims, and recourse to the three artistic appeals which I found effective in disproving his point throughout the entire article.

     One of the main enthymemes that Vidal used in his paper was when he stated that ‘because he had experience with doing almost every drug it disproves the Fu Manchu theory’. This is not entirely accurate. Maybe for Vidal, who may not have the genetic qualities to become a drug addict, this theory that “a single whiff of opium will enslave the mind” proves false, but that does not mean that it necessarily means the theory doesn't apply to everyone, as Vidal hastily states with his article. Just because Vidal did not like and become addicted to any of the mind-altering drugs of today’s society, does not mean that others do not.

     Vidal’s article also invoked many stasis claims. Some of the claims that arise from the reading are: should drugs be legalized? Would we see a difference in the activity of cartels? Will crime rates increase or decrease once we legalize all drugs? All of these claims are very valid considering the argument Vidal is making towards the legalization of all drugs. The reader must consider these claims when reading the article to provide the skepticism needed to form an opinion on the subject. Based on the article, one could form the opinion that cartels could possibly become angry with their slow of business and start to try to take over the American regulation of drugs, making the whole measure very dangerous to various American citizens. If this was a result, maybe we should not legalize drugs, and that is something that the audience should take into consideration.

      Recourse to the three artistic appeals also must be reviewed in the case of Vidal. Vidal’s ethos was that he was an established American writer who claimed to have tried almost every drug and liked none. Vidal does not seem very credible when he single-handedly tried to disprove the Fu Manchu theory based off of his own personal experience. He fails to provide any researched evidence that any of his claims will be valid at all. His logos was also indecent. His logic that adult citizens in America should be able to make decisions for their selves as long as they do not affect the lives of others was valid until I read Don’t Legalize Drugs by Theodore Dalrymple. In Dalrymple’s article he stated the valid point that drugs do not affect only the person that is using them but also everyone who is involved in that person’s life, which directly contradicts what Vidal says in his article, and in my opinion, lays it to rest. The pathos of Vidal was very cold. He did not pay much attention at all to all of the emotional ties that drugs would bring unto our society. People who got hooked on drugs naturally spark the emotions of the ones that love them because they are putting themselves in danger. I assume that no one wants to see their loved one struggle with something that could potentially end their life.

     In conclusion, as I suggested earlier, Vidal has a lot going against him with this article. Enthymemes, invoked stasis claims, and recourse to the three artistic appeals are just some of the techniques that can be used to disprove Vidal’s argument. So, why do I still sort of agree with his viewpoint? It is the simple notion of the place we live and the way that our government is set up. In America, drugs do not violate the constitution in any way more than alcohol does, and alcohol is legal. It seems unfair to ban one and not the other when they have a multitude of the same characteristics and effects. Alcohol in many cases has led to death in the same way that a drug could. It is when Vidal brings up the comparison to the prohibition that I begin to see his point in legalizing all drugs. If it were made available in its purest form, then maybe we can prevent the deaths caused when people use an impure form of a substance. Blaming the United States government for the deaths of kids who were hooked on heroin because of the Fed's regulation of foreign drugs might be a little bit of stretch, but either way you cannot deny the possibility that making drugs legal and regulated here could possibly end the heinous crimes committed by cartels, ultimately making America a safer environment for everyone. 

 

 

Meme Project Opening Paragraph

 

 

 

The Meme Revolution (Beginning Paragraph)

Memes are becoming more and more prevalent in today’s society. They persistently invade your social media life. It is almost impossible to go at most 3 posts on Facebook without seeing a picture with an edgy little comment plastered onto it.  It is no secret that memes are becoming a more popular way for those in the technology scene to express their opinions. I am analyzing the "too damn high" meme. This meme begins with an issue usually followed by the famous line, “[is] too damn high”. The purpose of the meme is to express the opinion of people who thing that a particular subject thing is just too much. In the background is an African American preacher raising his arm as if to insinuate that something is simply “too damn   high”.

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/cringepics/comments/1cjmgh/another_shitty_facebook_memeand_they_were_so_close/

 

OUTLINE:

Meme Revolution Outline

  1. Introduction
    1.  
  2. Expression of Opinion
    1. Structure of meme
      1. Picture symbolism
      2. Text
    2. Text
      1. Analyzing the words
      2. Looking at diction/language
  3. Conclusion
    1. Review Thesis
    2. Closing statements

 

Rough Draft 

 

 

Memes are becoming more and more prevalent in today’s society. They persistently invade your social media life. It is almost impossible to go at most 3 posts on Facebook without seeing a picture with an edgy little comment plastered onto it.  It is no secret that memes are becoming a more popular way for those in the technology scene to express their opinions. I am analyzing the "too damn high" meme. This meme begins with an issue usually followed by the famous line, “[is] too damn high”. The purpose of the meme is to express the opinion of people who believe that a particular subject thing is just too much. In the background is an African American preacher raising his arm as if to insinuate that something is simply “too damn high”.

Memes are simply an expression of opinion. The meme’s source is expressing their opinion through many different aspects of the memes. Memes are undeniably more complex than the humorous picture images that invade our Facebook and Twitter pages. There is a lot of structure that goes into a meme.

The first part of structure of a meme is the picture symbolism. In the “too damn high” meme, the famous image of an African American preacher is repeated. The picture quite simply symbolizes the topic that is being brought up for discussion as, “too damn high” or otherwise just over the top. Depending on how you look at the meme, you could look at the context as somewhat racy. “Too damn high” being represented by a black preacher could spark some controversy among black church-goers. It could be considered a slur towards the black church in general, noting that the saying “too damn high” along with the man’s particularly southern facial hair is definitely attached to a southern dialect in which many African Americans carry in their speech. If you decide to not look at this from a racial perspective, you can simply note the meme as moderately funny, and continue to scroll down your Facebook page. Either way, picture symbolism is definitely an important part of expression within the meme.

The second part of the structure of a meme is simply the text itself. The text placement in a meme is very important. First, at the top, it hits you with the topic. The topic simply discusses the subject at hand, for example, gas prices. Now gas prices becomes the subject of the joke. Second, it hits you with the punch line, which in this case is, “too damn high”. This part of the text just states something that seems obvious about the subject. Altogether we get, “gas prices… are too damn high”, and a pretty obvious and generally agreeable statement that officially does its job of expressing the opinion of a certain individual.  The placement of these parts of the meme are important because of the pause in between where the subject is brought up and the punch line is given. It is made to simulate someone telling you a joke in person, but instead the pause before the punchline is automatically said by the voice in your head when the text breaks.

The second way that memes are used as an expression of opinion is though the text itself.  This is done through both analysis of the words, and looking at the language and diction of the dialogue.

In a deeper analysis of the words of a meme we can find a lot of characteristics we may have not noticed before. In the “too damn high” meme we must look at the words beyond the words. We must analyze the real issues behind the joke. Let us go back to the “gas prices… are too damn high” example. When you see this, you may laugh, but in reality this is a real issue. Gas prices have escalated in recent years. The prices of gas have effected millions of households nationwide, and it can even financially cripple some. Gas prices are a real and current problem in the United States, so why are we joking about it? It seems that memes have turned into a sort of coping device; we choose to laugh instead of cry.

            Overall, memes are just an expression of opinion. This is done through the structure of a meme with picture symbolism and text, and also through analyzing the language and diction. Basically memes are just a way to laugh at our insecurities and get your point across in a straight forward and intentionally humorous fashion. Memes are this era’s new coping mechanism, and before we know it there will be a new mechanism used to deal with the many issues we deal with on a daily basis.

 

 

FINAL DRAFT

     Memes are becoming more and more prevalent in today’s society. They persistently invade your social media life.  It is no secret that memes are becoming a more popular way for those in the technology scene to express their opinions. I am analyzing the "too damn high" meme specifically to look at its unique expression of opinion through the structure of the text as well as the actual text itself. The meme begins with an issue usually followed by the famous line, “[is] too damn high”. The purpose of the meme is to express the opinion of people who believe that a particular subject thing is just too domineering. In the background is an African American preacher raising his arm as if to insinuate that something is simply “too damn high”.

     Memes are simply an expression of opinion. The meme’s source is expressing their opinion through many different aspects of the memes. Memes are undeniably more complex than the humorous picture images that invade our Facebook and Twitter pages. There is a lot of structure that goes into a meme.

     The first part of structure of a meme is the picture symbolism. In the “too damn high” meme, the famous image of an African American preacher is repeated. The picture quite simply symbolizes the topic that is being brought up for discussion as, “too damn high” or otherwise just over the top. Depending on how you look at the meme, you could look at the context as somewhat racy. “Too damn high” being represented by a black preacher could spark some controversy among black church-goers. It could be considered a slur towards the black church in general, noting that the saying “too damn high” along with the man’s particularly southern facial hair is definitely attached to a southern dialect in which many African Americans carry in their speech. If you decide to not look at this from a racial perspective, you can simply note the meme as moderately funny, and continue to scroll down your Facebook page. Either way, picture symbolism is definitely an important part of expression within the meme.

     The second part of the structure of a meme is simply the text itself. The text placement in a meme is very important. First, at the top, it hits you with the topic. The topic simply discusses the subject at hand, for example, gas prices. Now gas prices becomes the subject of the joke. Second, it hits you with the punch line, which in this case is, “too damn high”. This part of the text just states something that seems obvious about the subject. Altogether we get, “gas prices… are too damn high”. According to the person who made the meme, this is a pretty obvious and generally agreeable statement that officially does its job of expressing the opinion of a certain individual. This example meme about gas prices is considered under the requirements of a “too damn high” meme because it includes the image of the African American preacher, it begins with a topic and ends with the punchline “too damn much”, and overall just states that the topic is simply overbearing. The placement of these parts of the meme are important also because of the pause in between where the subject is brought up and the punch line is given. It is made to simulate someone telling you a joke in person, but instead the pause before the punchline is automatically said by the voice in your head when the text breaks.

     The second way that memes are used as an expression of opinion is though the text itself.  This is done through both analysis of the words, and looking at the language and diction of the dialogue.

In a deeper analysis of the words of a meme we can find a lot of characteristics we may have not noticed before. In the “too damn high” meme we must look at the words beyond the words. We must analyze the real issues behind the joke. Let us go back to the “gas prices… are too damn high” example. When you see this, you may laugh, but in reality this is a real issue. Considering the nearly $2.00 spike in the average cost of a gallon of gas in the United States now when compared to in September of 2004, as stated by gasbuddy.com, gas prices have escalated in recent years. The prices of gas have effected millions of households nationwide, and it can even financially cripple some. Gas prices are a real and current problem in the United States, so why are we joking about it? It seems that memes have turned into a sort of coping device; we choose to laugh instead of cry.

     Overall, memes are just an expression of opinion. This is done through the structure of a meme with picture symbolism and text, and also through analyzing the language and diction. Basically, memes are just a way to laugh at our insecurities and get your point across in a straight forward and intentionally humorous fashion. Memes are this era’s new coping mechanism, and before we know it there will be a new mechanism used to deal with the many issues we deal with on a daily basis.

 

 

 

Project 2 Rough Draft 

 

 

Comments (1)

Eric Chang said

at 5:42 pm on Sep 21, 2014

1. I understand that your claim is to analyze the "its too damn high meme". However, you need to state more than just analyzing it. What are you analyzing it for? Is it unique? It should then have reasons following it.
2. Your paper has a clear purpose in identifying your sub-genre. However, you fail to make your own meme and connect it to the sub-genre. Otherwise you always remain on task.
3. Your paper is fairly organized. However, you did not follow the outline. You forgot to explain your meme and its connection to the sub-genre. This is important as you will miss a lot of points.
4. I do not believe that you were extreme in any part of the essay. The only thing that could possibly be problem is when you stated that gas prices are rising is an obvious thing. Maybe you could state there has been evidence by giving a statistic. Otherwise it is fine.
5. The strongest part of this paper is explaining the text of the sub-genre. You explain this really well and really define what this sub-genre is.
6. The weakest part of this essay is that you lack your meme and its connection to the sub-genre. This is important as the rubric requires you to make your own meme.
7. You convince me what defines this meme. However you need to include your meme and its connection to show that you truly understand this sub-genre.
8. There are a few grammar mistakes here and there. However, it was relatively well written. Just look through it carefully and you should be fine.
9. I would give this a B-. This is mainly due to not including your own meme and its connection to sub-genre.

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