Francine Prose: " I why the caged bird cannot read"
Speaker- Francine Pose
Occasion- The occasion is Francine Prose feels that today's students are not taught the value and comprehension of literature but feels its shown more as a chore.
Audience- Concerned Parents, Teachers and students are who the author is trying to grab the attention of, she is trying to prove a point on how today's system on literature is failing.
Purpose- Francine Prose wants the audience to understand her concerns with today's young generation of students not grasping the concepts of exceptionally renowned pieces of literature due to the way it is imposed by teachers and how only certain pieces are repeatedly given all across the country.
Subject- Literature is not about boring a student to death, but needs to be taught and revised so it does not seem so incompetent and but enjoyable
Tone- The author uses the Tone of disappointment , and how flabbergasted she is of how her students of college level are incompetent of basic literature, but also a Tone of showing awareness of other amazing authors that do not get attention for masterpieces that students should be reading in their curriculum.
Brock Read: "Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?"
Speaker- Brock Read , is a journalist and editor who manages for The Chronicles of Higher Education
Occasion- Read describes how now Wikipedia is a re known source for how students and people use it as an online encyclopedia should it be validated as a source or not
Audience- Professors, and editors who want to write their own entries on Wikipedia or Professors who students use Wikipedia as a source of valid information. There concerns are if entries are edited or proofed over.
Purpose- Read wants to implore how the information we receive through Wikipedia is acceptable and if it should be conceited a valid source, his examples of how the e experiment went successfully could show that he is bias towards the question of validation?
Subject- As a quotes stated by Roy Rosenzweig, the way you assess Wikipedia is by which part you look at such the Wikipedia on science has the most accurate and is the most edited part of Wikipedia
Tone- Read uses the tone of reason, and states quotes , he also uses informative ways of showing how Wikipedia can be source of facts and misgiving information.
Mona Simpson: " A sister's eulogy for "Steve Jobs"
Speaker- Mona Simpson the sister of Steve jobs
Occasion- On the event of the Steve Jobs death , Simpson describes how she built a relationship with her brother and his overall personality and his perspectives on life.
Audience- People who mourn the death of Steve Jobs or anyone curious on what he was like or who she is and their relationship
Purpose- To show the reader or the audience an inside perspective on the attitude of Steve Jobs, and how he was as a person or maybe a tribute for him in a way which she thought was best.
Subject- Steve Jobs was very into his work and his family meant a lot to him and his overall experiences made him to the legacy he is known as
Tone- Simpson uses a more informative tone on showing her background and on who she is is and how she realized she had a long lost brother,but also tone of remorse for what Steve's sickness led to , both positive and negative things.
Reflection : "I know why the caged bird cannot read "
The author determines exigency through exposing that today's
students are not comprehending literature or seeing the value in it, due to the
setback college level students are incompetent to basic pieces of literature.
This is impacts my life how? Well Advanced placement in high school is college
level supposedly, and I can relate to this by knowing how it is to read long
essays and pieces of writing and not being able to comprehend it or just feel
incompetent. Over my high school years I have read How to Kill a Mockingbird,
and Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet).Agreeing with the author I already knew i
was going to be reading that before even being told since classes before me
read the same thing, no new literature was introduced. Comprehension of what
your reading is important you cannot build skills if not. Most basic literature
even too me seems difficult words, or the way the text is organized can easily
confuse me but if you have someone to show teach you step by step , line by
line you can grasp the meaning of what you are reading. In order for this to
happen teachers need to understand that the way they show their perspectives on
literature is how we will perceive literature itself, so if they say "well
here's long boring Shakespeare play, you know you have to read to pass, so get
to it" instead of "Today we will be reading exceptional work done by
Shakespeare and I can’t wait to get started", obviously will want the
student to read more and want to actually understand the piece you have given them.
Literature is can be a very enjoyable piece of art, but not all students are big
“readers” and care, I personally love reading but writing skills are not as
good but literature in English class should tie in together in one way or
another. There should be more literature choices to choose from not how everyone
has to read the same thing and not gain any knowledge from it, but more variety
and changes like this may cause students to actually enjoy what they are
reading but want to enjoy it.
