Write two different brief summaries that offer differing perspectives of
the article. Write the first one for an essay arguing that, contrary to
Lange's perspective, there actually is emotional significance in giving
your beloved a valentine made by someone
else, or even a digital valentine.
Write the second for an essay that questions whether all the
card-swapping of Valentine's Day is truly meaningful, rather than a
commercialized holiday that everyone takes part in simply because we're
"supposed to."
A.) Contrary to Lange's perspective there can be an emotional significance in giving your beloved a valentine made by someone else, or even a digital valentine. It all depends on the receiver of the valentine. In some circumstances you may not be able to get your beloved a physical one in time or have the money to send/make/buy one so you will need to resort to a digital one to show your beloved your feelings. You might also want to send them something more personal too though.
B.) I think card-swapping on Valentine's day is meaningful when you become the age to truly tell someone you love them or that you care. The commercialized holiday version of valentines day is for kids to learn that you should care about one another. This can be viewed as practice for when your older and can truly understand what love is. I understand that some people say you should love your special someone no matter what day it is and not just on valentines day. But it's one day a year to do something truly special to go farther out of your way to make that one person happy.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
What was the thesis?
What is Kwun's "thesis"?
Kwun's thesis is too describe Lady Gaga and her pop culture sensation. She talks about a lot of her crazy outfits. She proves her thesis by giving vivid descriptions of the outfits that she wore on specific occasions. Some of the descriptions were effective but a couple were ineffective in that they were so detailed that by the end of the description i had completely lost the visual image I was forming in my head. She also talks about how different Lady Gaga is to everyone else in her genre but contradicts herself on the first page saying that she has the same basic presence as her competitors.
What is Walker's?
Walker's thesis is saying that Marlboro's BLACK cigarette packaging is going back to how cigarettes used to show that they cause death right on the packaging. He gives the example of a previous Marlboro packaging with coffins and a skeleton. I disagree with this statement because this packaging is Marlboro's "spiced" cigarette. American Spirit has a black pack too which is their Peri-can blend. He also shows EU packaging which has only words on a white box with a bar-code. I think he is trying to prove a false statement. My friends and I smoke the black pack and before reading this article none of us have thought the black represented death, it is simply a special blend.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
1) Do the written descriptions of the physical subjects [Gaga's outfits,
Bauhaus architecture, cigarette packs, etc.] actually "show" them to
you? Or do you need visual images? If those descriptions fail, how do
they fail?
If they 'work', how so?
In Gaga's article they didn't and I ended up using Google images for a visual guide because the outfits were so crazy. The cigarette packs did show visuals of both Marlboro black and older versions of cigarette pack designs. I think it worked because the Marlboro Black shows everything they talk about in the article and the older packs show you what they used to look like in that they are advertising that cigarettes kill on the pack.
2) What concepts do the authors point out as being "behind" these subjects? Do the authors effectively prove their points about these concepts? How so?
Rob Walker points out that it is common knowledge that cigarettes are harmful. he talks about the branding of cigarettes and how the companies are required to have a warning on it saying "Nothing about this cigarette, packaging, or color should be interpreted to mean safer."
Aileen Kwun points out that Lady Gaga takes a lot of feedback from the press but she just ignores it and continues with her ambitious career. Kwun also points out that when she first started becoming popular in early 2008 she didn't seem that different from her pop competitors with her blond hair, pale skin and sex appeal. She quickly distinguished herself with her crazy get-ups and stage performances.
If they 'work', how so?
In Gaga's article they didn't and I ended up using Google images for a visual guide because the outfits were so crazy. The cigarette packs did show visuals of both Marlboro black and older versions of cigarette pack designs. I think it worked because the Marlboro Black shows everything they talk about in the article and the older packs show you what they used to look like in that they are advertising that cigarettes kill on the pack.
2) What concepts do the authors point out as being "behind" these subjects? Do the authors effectively prove their points about these concepts? How so?
Rob Walker points out that it is common knowledge that cigarettes are harmful. he talks about the branding of cigarettes and how the companies are required to have a warning on it saying "Nothing about this cigarette, packaging, or color should be interpreted to mean safer."
Aileen Kwun points out that Lady Gaga takes a lot of feedback from the press but she just ignores it and continues with her ambitious career. Kwun also points out that when she first started becoming popular in early 2008 she didn't seem that different from her pop competitors with her blond hair, pale skin and sex appeal. She quickly distinguished herself with her crazy get-ups and stage performances.
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