"Luckily, both my parents grew up in exasperationg households where children were considered puppets and/or slaves".
This statement of Sarah's about her dad and mom tells the reader a lot about Sarah's relationship with her parents. When reading this essay, at first, it seemed that her dad and she were at odds with one another. Reading more closely I see where even though her dad was adament about how he felt about guns and his own political views, he gave Sarah and her sister the choice to explore their own set of beliefs and values. Certainly this was how Sarah developed her independence from her parents and becomes her own individual with a strong personality. Sound familiar?
Sarah, while growing up, I'm sure had some frustration as all children do in adolescence, with their parents, but we see in her essay how much she and her dad are alike, even with their differences. She even tells us that when older she decided to try "to figure out the whole gun thing". From her written essay and the audio, the love she has for her dad comes through and she respected his views and beliefs. At the end she wanted to light the canon and blow her dad's ashes into the hillside but this time she would not wear the earplugs because she wanted the noise to hurt her ears. I think Sarah wanted to feel and hear her dad's voice for the last time.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Week 6 Dialogue; Coming Home Again
The importance of food in this essay is the beautiful memory his mother left Chang-Rae-Lee. I read Chang-Rae-Lees's memoir of his mother, the time they spent together in the kitchen preparing food for the family meal, and thought, how respectful and warm this memory of his mother is.
Food was very important, but, more than that was what it represented for Chang. He gives the reader this descriptive narration of watching his mother prepare food and describes her hands and how they move when cutting the meat from the bone and the chit chat that goes on between mother and son. This was revealing of what he felt for her and how he wanted his reader to visualize her in real life as he did. The surprise was the basketball scene where she made shot after shot. Chang's mother amazed him in many ways other than food.
Food is central and cultural for many families, it brings them together at the end of the day so they can center themselves as a unit again after all the days twists and turns. Food conjurs up fond memories of good times and also gives us a history.
Chang's mother gave him more than the ability to create food, she gave him part of her that lives on within him.
Food was very important, but, more than that was what it represented for Chang. He gives the reader this descriptive narration of watching his mother prepare food and describes her hands and how they move when cutting the meat from the bone and the chit chat that goes on between mother and son. This was revealing of what he felt for her and how he wanted his reader to visualize her in real life as he did. The surprise was the basketball scene where she made shot after shot. Chang's mother amazed him in many ways other than food.
Food is central and cultural for many families, it brings them together at the end of the day so they can center themselves as a unit again after all the days twists and turns. Food conjurs up fond memories of good times and also gives us a history.
Chang's mother gave him more than the ability to create food, she gave him part of her that lives on within him.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Chapter 47 Summary
Rules for Writers, Chapter 47 discusses how what is written will be recieved and discussed. It talks about social and intellectual contexts as having many sides. This brings to light the many opinions and also contributors of these texts. Making sure the information gathering process is done well and be ready for challenges. Readers will make up their own minds as to what side of the argument they will be on. Do not take for granted the audience agrees.
As in chapter 47c the introduction is a powerful tool and can set the tone of the paper. gathering facts and credible information from sources that are reliable builds on the idea you are knowledgeable and find your audience to be knowledgeable also. This will help bring them over to your side.
Making an outline of persuavive arguments that give two sides is another way of creating the thesis and any supporting information that backs it up. Facts, statistics, examples and illustrations also are great documentation for your thesis. This helps the reader to follow up on any further information.
This chapter also talk about opposing arguments and readers that do not agree with the same view as the author. Giving the reader a chance to see both sides of the argument tells them that the author is treating them with respect to their views which helps to persuade them to the author's side.
This chapter has building blocks that I can implement in my own writings by concentrating on giving the audience a strong thesis. I also like the idea of showing both sides of an argument and being able to win the reader over by examples and facts. Clearly, writing is a process that does not come together without researching information and making sure that information is factual.
As in chapter 47c the introduction is a powerful tool and can set the tone of the paper. gathering facts and credible information from sources that are reliable builds on the idea you are knowledgeable and find your audience to be knowledgeable also. This will help bring them over to your side.
Making an outline of persuavive arguments that give two sides is another way of creating the thesis and any supporting information that backs it up. Facts, statistics, examples and illustrations also are great documentation for your thesis. This helps the reader to follow up on any further information.
This chapter also talk about opposing arguments and readers that do not agree with the same view as the author. Giving the reader a chance to see both sides of the argument tells them that the author is treating them with respect to their views which helps to persuade them to the author's side.
This chapter has building blocks that I can implement in my own writings by concentrating on giving the audience a strong thesis. I also like the idea of showing both sides of an argument and being able to win the reader over by examples and facts. Clearly, writing is a process that does not come together without researching information and making sure that information is factual.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Week 5 Summary; Rules for Writers, Chapter 46
Rules for Writers, chapter 46, gives information on writing texts and how to actively read keeping in mind the four main points to do this. These four points are texts themselves, the details in the texts, rereading the text, and critical thinking. These are very important because these text structures ask revealing questions, for example, the type of essay that is written, the audience it is written for, and evidence to support the text. Some of this comes in the details of the text and by reading it several times and putting critical thinking to use about the facts, and visual images. Using outlines are also a way to lay out information of key points in a text. This is where reading several times you can ask the questions needed to support the central idea and identify arguments for or against.
I have used outlines on my own essays and have found them very useful in helping me to narrow down the key elements of what I am trying to get across in my paper. Reading and rereading helps eliminate sentences that are just filling in and not really stating any new facts. My goal is to discipline myself to establish a habit of making key lists of major points I am trying get across and write about them separately then bring them together and edit as a whole.
I have used outlines on my own essays and have found them very useful in helping me to narrow down the key elements of what I am trying to get across in my paper. Reading and rereading helps eliminate sentences that are just filling in and not really stating any new facts. My goal is to discipline myself to establish a habit of making key lists of major points I am trying get across and write about them separately then bring them together and edit as a whole.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Week 4 Essay Dialogue
Slow Food International
Torino, Italy 2010
This poster is of the slow food festival in Torino, Italy in 2010 which is held every other year. Slow food began years ago in 1989 when Carlo Petrini heard McDonald’s wanted to open one of its fast food restaurants in Rome. He gathered together a group of like minded people and they drove from Bra, Italy to Rome to protest. McDonald’s won of course and put its fast food restaurant near the famous Spanish Steps and The Trevi Fountain in Rome.
Carlo decided he would start a movement opposite fast food and called it “Slow Food”. Now, this festival is the largest in the world, people from all over the world come and participate as vendors and visitors. The motto of “Slow Food” is good, clean and fair. Slow Food International is committed to protecting the traditional ways of farming and sustainable quality foods. The ideal is agriculture that can offer the poorest area of the world development prospects that are based on wisdom of communities in harmony with the environment around them. Food heritage, that is historic, artistic or of social value is protected.
The philosophy states, “Eating is an agriculture act, and informed, discriminating consumers become co-producers. For them, food should be good, clean, and fair”. Good; as in tasty, flavorful and satisfying. Clean; Food produced in balance with the earth’s resources. Fair; respectful of social justice and concern from commercialism to consumer.
There are many networks around the world that believe in the Slow Food Ideal and have worked to help connect us globally. Italy and America have the largest amount following with France, Germany, Japan and so on. These networks of people are food producers, food communities, cooks and academics. They believe education and biodiversity is the path in which slow food distributes its messages to help stem the tide of junk, fast, and standardized food, so that endangered local cuisines, traditional products, vegetable species and animal breeds may be saved.
Slow food promotes many different projects including the Ark of Taste, which preserves and catalogues and draws public awareness to food products from around the world. Presidia, which engages small projects to help artisan food producers. Slow Food helps to conserve food heritage.
I will be going for the first time, I am excited to be a part of this worldwide event and I hope to bring many ideas home that I may share with the community and implement on my own. I love the idea of a world coming together in such a forum that is so simple and yet complex because of the world we now live in. I am passionate about food and believe we all deserve to know where our food comes from, how it is cultivated, raised, processed, and presented to the consumer. Food, clean environment and fairness are a right for all people and not a few. As you are reading this I would like for you to take away with you, a new view of where your food comes from, who produced it and was there an impact on the environment because of it.
“If we train our senses to understand and appreciate the pleasure of food; we also open our eyes to the world”.
Torino, Italy 2010
This poster is of the slow food festival in Torino, Italy in 2010 which is held every other year. Slow food began years ago in 1989 when Carlo Petrini heard McDonald’s wanted to open one of its fast food restaurants in Rome. He gathered together a group of like minded people and they drove from Bra, Italy to Rome to protest. McDonald’s won of course and put its fast food restaurant near the famous Spanish Steps and The Trevi Fountain in Rome.
Carlo decided he would start a movement opposite fast food and called it “Slow Food”. Now, this festival is the largest in the world, people from all over the world come and participate as vendors and visitors. The motto of “Slow Food” is good, clean and fair. Slow Food International is committed to protecting the traditional ways of farming and sustainable quality foods. The ideal is agriculture that can offer the poorest area of the world development prospects that are based on wisdom of communities in harmony with the environment around them. Food heritage, that is historic, artistic or of social value is protected.
The philosophy states, “Eating is an agriculture act, and informed, discriminating consumers become co-producers. For them, food should be good, clean, and fair”. Good; as in tasty, flavorful and satisfying. Clean; Food produced in balance with the earth’s resources. Fair; respectful of social justice and concern from commercialism to consumer.
There are many networks around the world that believe in the Slow Food Ideal and have worked to help connect us globally. Italy and America have the largest amount following with France, Germany, Japan and so on. These networks of people are food producers, food communities, cooks and academics. They believe education and biodiversity is the path in which slow food distributes its messages to help stem the tide of junk, fast, and standardized food, so that endangered local cuisines, traditional products, vegetable species and animal breeds may be saved.
Slow food promotes many different projects including the Ark of Taste, which preserves and catalogues and draws public awareness to food products from around the world. Presidia, which engages small projects to help artisan food producers. Slow Food helps to conserve food heritage.
I will be going for the first time, I am excited to be a part of this worldwide event and I hope to bring many ideas home that I may share with the community and implement on my own. I love the idea of a world coming together in such a forum that is so simple and yet complex because of the world we now live in. I am passionate about food and believe we all deserve to know where our food comes from, how it is cultivated, raised, processed, and presented to the consumer. Food, clean environment and fairness are a right for all people and not a few. As you are reading this I would like for you to take away with you, a new view of where your food comes from, who produced it and was there an impact on the environment because of it.
“If we train our senses to understand and appreciate the pleasure of food; we also open our eyes to the world”.
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