Rhetorical Analysis

Book

The book that i read showed the ethical implications of cloning. The book used two sheeps as its visual on the title page to show animals cloned. The book showed many different ways why cloning can be ethical and unethical. It seems as if the book would be for ages twenty and older because of the way the book gives it examples. Both males and females can read this book and not get offended. Also professors would most lkley use this text.

The book soucre used regular people as their examples of people getting affected. The book argues about the implications and explains that people can clone for the wrong reasons. This book can be used to show why cloning is unethical and it shows how middle class can be affected.

Film

The film used clone armies as thier visual toto show that clones can bring huge changes to a place. Textual elements would be at the beginning of the movie when they show the story of the clone army. It shows that these armies are very strong. People fron the age of 10 and up can watch this movie and the movie shows the how clones can change the world.

They used regular people such as luke skywalker to portray the regular people that will be effected on earth. The movie showed why the clones attacked and how they got so strong. Emotion that was shown in the film was when darth vader said "luke i am your father". The film is basically showing the implications of what will happen to people if clones are made.

Song

This was very interesting because the song was by one of my favorite artists. Eminem with his crazy lyrics and thoughts made this song show how clone would not seem like real people.He uses visuals of himself and many clones that are trying to look like him. his text says that no one can be the real slim shady. Also he argues that no clone can match him. This song is very explicit and should only be heard by age 18 and up. no grandparents though.

In this song slim shady shows that no one can be close to the real him. His crazy lyrics show how emotional he is about the subject. He shows alot of clone look alikes but they still cant be like him. this type of reasoning shows that a clone cannot be a regular person. Thats what its implying. Slim shady make sure he shows that by being vulgar.

Image

in the image the visual is of many clones Mr. smiths from the matrix movie. There is no textual information but the arguement is that power can come with numbers. This is shown because there is many evil faces on one picture and it is all of many clones

The many clones show appeal to the amount of clones that could possible be in the world. The clones in the picture show no emotion. all the faces are the same. They all have the same attributes which make all the clones seem unchangeable. They all seem to have to be the same person.

4/19 response

This weeks posting is about an interview with toni morrison. She is a famous writer who wrote the books beloved and loved. She is an author that has gone through many things in her life and she writes her lines with Love. She thinks she has not written her best work and she thinks when you keep writing over and over your writing will get better. She also has alot to say about life and she uses these ideas to write the characters in her books.

My reaction to this interview made me view thing alot different in life. She had many things that i have went through in my life written in her book. She also said that you should do the things that you need to do in life. she takes these ideas and writes about it in her book. i think that the ideas that she has in her life reflect to my life. she onbly does what she loves. Thats exactly what i want. people try to hold me back because they think i make stupid decisions. And i got myself to college in the first place.

This interview reflects many peoples lives. I think that her book loved show that people need real love in there life. She said one line that really stuck in my head. Two nights stand trying to last a season. Sex the clown of love. thes two lines reflected how i feel about relationships. although people are suppose to live a "college life" it doesnt mean you have to go crazy and have sex with everyone. im different cause im actually in a relationship. i watch as everyone has such a different life style. Sometimes people dont understand me. Just because i dont have sex with the whole world. lol

1. Have you ever been in real love?
2. What do you think college life should be like.
3. What is your definition of love?

4/13 Response (ALSO 19TH BDAY!!!!!)

Well in this weeks reading we went away from voglers hero journey once again. We actually focused on an article about the simpsons and it value on televsion. In the reading it talked about how the show was a bif risk for Fox's television company. This was because the simpsons played with many American Values that citizens deal with everyday. The Simpsons show played with many of those elements and actually made everything that might have been seriously in our american econmy very humorous. This show was criticized on many different ways for is lack of discpiline and respect for the American culture.

My reaction to this peice was positive. Atlhough i knew the simpsons was very funny i still believe that it is quite wrong to destroy American values. People that are living well in life may watch the show in laugh because they dont have almost any of the problems a regular middle class family would. They laugh because they never see them sleves in such bad situatution. On the other hand people that are lower class will look at this and not find this as humorous. They see these hardships and they see themselves struggling everyday.

This article reflected to many tv shows that are on tv today. Alot of the shows on tv reflect the same values as the show the simpsons. These shows show life in a different perspective of life. These shows stretch out American values to the fullest and they destroy them. This might be funny to people that dont have these problems. but people with these problems may see this as disrespect.

1. Are you discrimnated against in the Simpsons?
2. Do you find the simpsons harm American values?
3. What shows on tv reflect the simpsons?

Knowledge Nugget

TAKE LIFE ONE STEP AT A TIME






THE WORLD IS A CRAZY PLACE






LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES

4/6 response

This weeks reading we switched it up a little bit. We threw vogler to the curb and started read The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir. This book was actually about females. I find this very interesting because females are an important part of this earth. In this book she explains that women are basically charcterized by men. Women have always been judged and til this day are still judged. She finds that she should not even have to talk about this anymore because the topic has been drug around for many years. In this book she asks many questions about women. she really gets deep into the topic of women to try to explain why they have been oppressed for many years.

I think this reading can pretty much match my life. I am a black college student. Although slavery has been out of power for many years i still sometimes feel like i am opressed and catogorized as other. Women , even white women have been opressed for years and havent been giving the priveleges that they need and want. i think the same thing goes for me. Sometimes i feel like i am not apart of a "white" society and i feel like people are privleged when it comes to their color. i still think people are racist and doubtful of "black" people and althoughthey might not think they are they look down on us. Ive ran into many situations that have made me un comfortable and that is why to this day i still think blacks are opressed just like women.

I also so can reflect this to playing basketball. There are so many players around the world. Only those few players get their shots to play bvasketball and the big leagues. Alot of players are the same buyt the ones who mo ve forward are the players who have been on the big scene since they were young. If you have not been doin that then you really dont get a chance at playing on high named teams . i think this is kind of how women get oppressed. The kids who doont get much exposure are the ones who hardly get a shot at doing anything.

1. Have you ever been opressed?
2.Do you feel that women are still less priveleged.
3. Are women capable of doing the same things a man can do in any situations?

3/29 Response

This weeks reading of volger had two sections that furthered the journey of a hero. The first section was called Approach to The Inmost Cave. This section basically explained a hero after making their adjustment to the special world. When the hero approaches the inmost cave they approach something that They are not familiar with. They approach wonder and terror as they are about to fall into the supreme ordeal. This runs right into the next chapter which is The Ordeal. This is when The Hero runs into his worse fear or enemy. this is where they must face the real monster!

These to chapters wwere very similar to my life. I reacted to these as if this was the story of my life. As i played basketball i approached my inmost cave when i started to become good. I became good and got used to being good which was the special world. As i did this i started to approach the inmost cave of high level compettition. This was hard because i was not used to that talent yet although i was good. Next i went through and Ordeal in my life. i had to face the SAT which was very difficult. I hated standardized tests and it was the monster of my life. I still conquered it though so i was happy.

Last but not least these to chapters can be relfected to school life at eckerd. Its pretty easy when you think about it. In class my inmost cave was when i came to school and actually took my first test. i got used to doing reading in class for the first weeks then that inmost cave of a test came. it hit pretty hard. The ordeal in class was actually writing essays. Those essays can take days of slaving over. and i think that is really scary

1.What is your inmost cave?
2.What is your Ordeal?
3.What movie can you find both of these situations in?

3/9 Response

This weeks Vogler reading has two sections that are apart of the important hero's journey. The first section is about crossing the first threshold. Vogler explains that this is the point in which a character comes to a problem or change in the story that makes the hero have to make a tough decsion. This is were the hero runs into a villian or does somethin that will change there lives. The next section is about test, allies, and enemies. This section jus show that a hero will run inton these different types of people. The tests help the hero learn from there mistakes or move on in the story. Allies can stay with the hero along there journey's and enemies are there in the story to give the hero conflict . some enemies can even turn into allies.

As i read vogler i reacted postively toward it because it related to basketball. In basketball i had to cross the firsat threshold by actually playing in my first organized game. i didnt really know how to dribble and shoot but my dad put me out there and i found a way. As i went on to play in middle shool, high school, and now college i have been through many tests, and met many allies and enemies. I had to put myself through tests by playing in championship games. and along the way i met many allies which are still friends today. on the court i also have many enemies. actually everyone is my enemy if they are my opponent.

As i read i found many ways to reflect on Voglers reading. In class i think we have to cross the first threshold by doing our first essay. Because the first essay is the hardest because you dont feel like writing a 100pages about a stupid topic. Also we do tests which in writing is our knowledge nuggets. i have also become friends with the allies and my knowledge circle. they help me when i need it. Enemies? that the only thing i dont really have. Enemies might be the short readings that are actually very long. they are pretty tricky. it kind of

1. What tests do u have in life?
2. How has an allie helped you through life?
3.What was your first Threshold crossing?

3/2 Response

This weeks Vogler reading was very interesting and it continues with the hero's journey. There were many parts of the reading that seemed like key points but the two sections were mainly on The Refusal To The Call and Meeting the Mentor. In the refusal to the call section it explained how hero's recieve the call to adventure but deny it. They can deny it more then once but this shows that the hero is reluctant to tak the call because the hero is aware of the unknown that lies ahead of them. The second section of the reading is about meeting the mentor. This section explains that once the the hero refuses a mentor can give them all of the skills, weapons, and knowledge they need in order to conquer th unknown. The mentor serves as somewhat of a herald (which is an archetype that brings a message to the hero to kick off the adventure).

The way i reacted to this reading was very interesting. As i read the sections i basically added my life to all of the situations that were going on. In my life i have refused many calls. One major one i can remeber is the story i used for my paper in Persuasive writing. I refused a call to run track because i thought i would look like a nerd. When i read the section of the refusal i could almost see myself as a hero refusing the unknown; in my case known cuz i didnt want to look like a fool. Furthermore, i met my mentor which was my track coach. he taught me the ropes and showed me techniques i would need in order to succeed in my adventure of running track.

The reading also reflected many things that i see in class discussions and the class as a whole. In class we always get assignments that we dont like to do because it takes up some of the time that we need to have fun. Alot of students will refuse the call to adventure or not do there work because they know its not going to be fun. This is why students have mentors or teachers. The teachers will enforce knowledge into you showing you that if you do not do work you will automatically fail, thus not get credit in college, thus waste your parents money, thus get beat. lol. But this example is shown in many stories such as the wiazrd of oz and evan all mighty . In both stories charcters refuse to take the call. They also run into mentors that help them succeed in what they are set out to do.

1. Think of three movies where there are mentors. Now expand on how they help the hero succeed.

2. Have you ever refused a call to adventure? If so what ?

3.Who is the mentor in your life?

2/23 RESPONSE

This weeks vogler reading was only about to main parts of the heroes journey. It focused on The Ordinary World and The Call to Adventure. These two parts of the heroes story were very important because they help most stories roll into there adventures. The Ordinary World is wheere the hero starts off and where the hero feels the most comfortable. In most stories the hero starts here in many different ways. SOme stories the hero is just an opening imagine and in some there is a prologue before it begins. The call to adventure is another attachment to the ordinary world because this is what gets the character out of the ordinary world and allows the heros journey to begin. The call to adventure can come in many ways. Usually they come from heralds and sometimes they even come nfrom the hero not having any choice at all.

As i was reading these two sections i seen these to parts of a heroes journey as apart of situations in my life. and one major situation i had to figure out if i wanted to transfer my last year of high school. I was always in the ordinary world of public school. It was prodminatly black and spanish and there were not many whites. This school wasnt your typical GOOD school. I had a call to adventure to change to a private christain school when a teacher actually seen my grades and wanted to take me out of this bad environment. I took this call and ended up being the minority in this predomintly whtie school . there were only 4 black males including me in my senior class out of 150.

Also i think these readings reflect to some class situations and assignments. I have never been in a real writing class. my ordinary world in comfort zone was always like a reading or english class. It was never all about writing and the call to adventure was being a communications major. In the movie that we watched in class about the women i think that they were out of there ordinary world once the men left for war. They started to be a bit rebellious , showing that they could smoke and do things that men could do. although thier ordinary world was given to them by a system they came out of it in order to be seen as equal.

1. What is a situation that you have came out of your ordinary world?
2. Can a story exist without some kind of call to adventure?
3. What is an ideal place for the call?

STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES

STRENGTH
-Using parts of the heroes journey chart.
-Explaining in detail what happens.

Using parts of the hero's journey made my paper structured and turned it into an actually story and explaining in detail makes the reader understand the story a lot clearer.

WEAKNESS
-Story is all over the place and jumps from situation to situation.
-I could of expanded on my ideas.

It seemed like i jumped around with my story fairly quick which throws the reader off. I also could have expanded on ideas and cut out some of the ideas that were not important. In order to make this better im going to have to get rid of some of the less important parts of the story and further expand on the parts of the story that i find to interest the reader.

2/15 RESPONSE

This weeks reading continued to describe more of the archetypes that were found in a hero's journey. It explained that a threshold guardian was a archetype that held the hero in the story from moving forward. They usually tested the heroes. Threshold guardians were either enemies of the hero or they are allies which the hero decides to make them. Next was a herald which always brought a message to a hero to show a change that was about to occur in the story. One of the most hard acrchetypes to distinguish was the shape shifter which was found in many romantic stories. they can be either people or ideas who change to extremes in the story. Further on in the reading vogler explained the shadow, which was deep secrets that are brought to light in a story. these are usually built up inside of the hero and may hold them back or actually may make a hero stronger. The last three were allies, tricksters and sidekicks. Allies in sidekicks can basically be in the same category. they both stay on the heroes side trying to make them succeed. The trickster is thrown in the mix of a story for comic relief.

This reading had shown a lot of keys points that could relate to my life. When i started to read the chapters these archetypes became so familiar. As i been living i have had many threshold guardians which have brought challenges to my school, basketball and social life. some became allies and some i had to handle in some kind of conflict. i over came most of them. Also Ive had a herald come to me and bring me a message that would change my life, like when i was accepted into college. i have also came across many shape shifters which have gave me some problem. these consisted of girlfriends, friends, and people that i have met throughout my life. There have been many shady characters that were out for me and gave me problems.I have also had allies and sidekicks since i was young. they have always been there for my well being and are still a big part of my life today. those are my real friends that i know have my back.

Voglers reading have shown me many things that connect to our writing class. I think that as students we have threshold guardians that come from actually finishing are homework and reading what is assigned in class. sometimes we get lazy and outside sources prevent us from focusing but we still have to find a way to get through it or we will fail. Also i think that in class as students we have became allies to each other. as we discuss the assigned reading we try to help each other further understand what the author is explaining in their texts. we are discussing in order to make the student next to you succeed. We also have a few tricksters in class who provide comic relief because sometimes class can get a bit to serious.

1. Of all the archetypes that we have read about which archetype shows up the most in today's world wars.
2. What was your worst threshold guardian in your life?
3. Who or what was your most important herald in life?
4. How can any of these archetypes connect to our class as a whole.

2/8 vOgLeR

In the pages that we have read this week Vogler has started to actually go into the types of characters that appear in many of the hero's journeys. He started off by opening with a chapter called archetypes. This explained how there are many recurring characters that run around in a hero's journey. The next chapter was about the an actually archetype of a hero. It showed many different types of heroes such as a tragic hero and a catalyst hero.This chapter also showed the dramatic functions of a hero which were functions that helped stories become hero stories. Last but not least they showed the archetype of a mentor. This showed the different types of mentors.

As i read these chapters i thought about the different types of archetypes in my life. It was so easy to see how people came up with these archetypes because they were apart of everyday life. Even in ancient times they were there because these ideas obviously came from back then. In my life there have been many recurring archetypes such as mentors. Over and over i have had father figures like my real father, basketball coaches, track coaches, teachers, peers, cousins, uncles, grandparents and even people that i meet on the street. All of these people have put there in put in my life to give me a positive outlook On things. these people have been there for me when i needed that extra push. I have also had many heroes in my life, people i look up too. These heroes have had similar dramatic functions that helped them with their life stories. and that is why i admired them in their hardships.

In class we have many different archetypes sitting around in our circle. First of all the most important one would be my teacher. She is the mentor to all of the students thats she teaches. In Vogler's reading it showed that these mentors are wise women, which she is. Mentors give knowledge to the heroes that the are teaching so they can move forward in their lives and succeed. That is exactly what are teacher is doing in class everyday. She is giving us the gift and tools of learning in order for us to succeed in her class. IN ORDER TO SURVIVE!

1. Can you think of a story that doesn't have a hero or a mentor? Explain why.
2. What archetypes live in your life?
3. How can a hero be an anti-hero? aren't all heroes supposed to be good?

CHARACTER(SPIDER-MAN)

Ive seen many heros and the one im most like is Spiderman. The main reasons are because he is caring, strong, and still can fight when he needs too. First of all spiderman was caring and used to run around saving citizens and fighting off evil guys. I think i do the same the same thing but i dont actually look for people to save. When i do see someone in trouble or in need of assistance, i help. Another thing is he is very strong! He lifts cars and punches through walls to ward of evil doers. I mean i cant do none of that but i do go to the weight room to get BUFF so i can handle the guys on the basketball floor. Last but not least he fights the opposition because they are always doing the wrong things. i am the same way. Well i dont actually go around looking for fights but if i feel like something is very wrong i will dish out a BUTT whipping. lol. Well me and spidey are pretty similar and its pretty obvious to see that we are one in the same.

2/2 monday response

The practical guide was a great way to start off the reading. It talked about Joseph Campbell and his book The Hero with a thousand Faces. In this book his ideas are about the main points of heros in an adventure. The practical guide explains that a heros journey has traditional points that are used in almost every hero story. He uses many examples such as star wars and beverly hills cop. There are twelve main points which are consistant throughout all of the stories and movies that are popular in todays culture. The book explains each of the twelve of the parts and shows its importance.

Many of the key points related to my life. When i went off to college i encountered many of the twelve parts of a heros journey. At first i started in my ORDINARY WORLD, which most heros start in. This was me being at home. Then i was CALLED TO MY ADVENTURE, which was around the time school was beginning. I REFUSED THE CALL but after meeting with MY MENTOR aka parents i was ready to CROSS THE FIRST THRESHOLD. This was very difficult for such a hero like me because by the time this was happening i had to start a whole new life in my new dorm. I had to go through TESTS and meet new ALLIES and even ENEMIES. So this points definitly find a way to correlate with my life.

Reading this book helped me see that this can connect to the first week of class. Although we didnt have many disscussions i can see that some of the points in a heros journey reflect my encounters with people and my professor in class. I had to meet new allies jus like a hero would do after they crossed thier first threshold. Meeting K. Robinson also made me realize that i have found a mentor that i can talk to if i needed help with writing. I actually hit an inmost cave just like a hero. I was going to drop the class for an easier one but by goin in i faced my fear and realized i had a professor that was willing to work with her students.

1. Do all hero stories have at least 10 0f the 12 points in thier journeys?
2.Can a hero story be made without these key points?
3.Are all hero stories basically the same pattern of events?