response to course materials

I am sorry that this late. Hopefully no one looses credit because of my stupidity. 
So far in APE 2011 we have talked about DIDLS. For me I think that diction or language is the easiest thing to find. Perhaps because I have learned about these two literary devices for a very long time. I beive that syntax is the hardest thing to wrap my brain around. I am not exactly sure what is coverd under the large umbrella of syntax. I have noticed that when I watch TV or read books, I have begun noticing these litterary devices. I have also begun getting a much deeper meaning from pop culture.

essay practice 9/16/2011

 2009, Form B. Many works of literature deal with political or social issues. Choose a novel or play that focuses on a political or social issue. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the author uses literary elements to explore this issue and explain how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

                 In the late 1800’s poverty was a big problem for many people. People who lived in poverty often faced cruelties such as work houses, living on the streets and constantly not having enough to eat. In Dickens  A Christmas Carol Dickens uses the varies characters such as Tiny  Tim his partner Jacob Marley and Scrooges   treatment of Bob Cratchit as implements to prove these cruelties.  Dickens uses Tiny Tim and other various characters to convince the upper classes of 19th century England that they should help the poor more.

                In Dickens A Christmas Carol Tiny Tim has a terrible medical problem. His father cannot afford to take care of him.  This is because Scrooge pays Cratchit a very minimum wage. Scrooge also treats Cratchit as if he does not matter.  Tiny Tim is used to show the upper class what happens when they do not treat the lower class with respect. The lower class suffers and they cannot fix their problems. When the ghost of Christmas present shows Scrooge the Cratchits Christmas it really affects him.   The fact that the Cratchits live in such squalor proves that Dickens believed that those in poverty should be treated fairly. 

                When the Ghost of Christmas past visits Scrooge the audience finds out that Scrooge was abandoned by his family.  Here Dickens argues that we should treat the abandoned with respect re because you never know who they will turn out to be or how they will turn out to be. The ghost of Christmas future shows a scene in which people are celebrating. Scrooge deduces that the party is for him but fails until later to realize that the people are celebrating his death. The ghost of Christmas future really drives home the point, for the audience, that the ways in which we treat people really affect them.

                In Dickens A Christmas carol Scrooge learns about caring for others. Dickens uses Scrooge to show what will happen to people if they do not treat other people in a good way. He uses Tiny Tim to demonstrate what will happen if we neglect others. He uses the ghosts to show what happens to people who neglect. Dickens social problem was that the upper classes did not treat the poor the way he thought that the poor should be treated.

9/9/11 Closed reading practice

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/09/09/american-jobs-act-is-just-another-washington-gimmick/

the American jobs act is just another "Washington Gimmeck" By Liz Peek published by foxnews.com
The Auther clearly does not agree with Obama's purposed Job Act.  She doesn't know how it will be payed for and she questions if tahat is mporall. She uses language that is fairl simple and easy to follow.

Lnguage- "Washington Gimmeck" the word Gimmeck shows how the auther believes that the job bill is unimportant

Language- "

Fans of President Obama cheered his jobs speech to Congress not so much on the substance but on the style." This is another example of Ms.Peek making the speech unimportant. She also says that their was no real sustanance to his speech on Thursday.

 

language-

"One of the most egregious failings of this administration has been the president’s refusal to embrace any long-term corrections to our spiraling debt – even those put forward by his own hand-picked committee." Refusal is a really harsh word. She almost uses this word to punish him and to acuse Obama of not doing enough. Spiraling is also sort of a harsh word. It makes the reader want to do something about it and makes the reader feel that the government is not doing enough

language-  'feistiness "

Syntax-

"I don’t blame them. They wanted feistiness and they got it. On innovative or inspiring job creation measures, not so much. "This comes after a rather long sentance. The fact it is so short shows frustration in the government and how democrates do not really care about what their leaders are up to.

 

Syntax

"The breathtaking aspect of Mr. Obama’s speech, if there was one.." The style of "If there was one." Shows her annoyance with Obama. You can almost see her rolling her eyes and sort of being sarcastic about this. 

 

syntax-"

I have no confidence at all -- none -- that this government (or possibly any other) will make the hard choices about future budget cuts," The way that she seperates none realy instills her disbelief in the government. She says "I have no confidence" Then she says "None." It really strenthens her annoyance and disbelief.

 

deatail- "

he utterly failed to propose how the nation will pay for the $450 billion program. " He never mentions payment plans

 

detail-"

In his jobs speech, President Obama again resorted to the notion that we can inflate our budget deficit today, to generate economic growth, and push off the day of reckoning into the future." She believes that we have no money and that Obama believes we have an unlimited found of money.

 

details- "

Encouraging public-private partnerships to build shipping terminals or bridges is actually a good idea, and I have written on that topic. I also embrace the idea that drastically cutting government spending today, and throwing thousands more onto unemployment, will not help our struggling recovery"