Robert D. King is a professor who wrote "Should English Be The Law?". He uses many methods to get his point across. King is a strong believer in how the English language should be the national language in america. He has many facts and examples he uses in his essay. His three main points are what the "Official" English actually is, how nationality ties into this, and how other countries keep their official language while still having other languages used in that country. Should English be the official language of America?
--i know it needs revising so i will critique it soon
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
"On Self-Respect" by Joan Didion - Prompt #6
1) I think the allusions are somewhat good and some bad on the reader. A good bit of the analogies she uses are confusing, but others actually helped me understand he point better. With the harder to understand analogies it does seem a bit alienating, but the easier to understand ones made me feel more enlightened by what she wrote.
2) Her thoughts on self respect are mainly agreeable. Most of the things she said i believe most people would agree with. She states "one runs away to find oneself, but find no one at home" i believe that she is saying if you have no self respect you truly do not know who you are and you are at a lost. To be honest the commitment of adultery and the statements she said about "courage of their mistakes" and "character" confused me because if you were to commit adultery in the first place you have no respect for yourself and other.
3) The thought of self respect being a "discipline" is correct. You need to be able to maintain your self respect thought discipline. Self respect cannot be faked as she said, if you have no self respect it will show completely in your character and how you act. If you try and fake self respect it will be completely noticeable. The way these relate to writing is that face that you need to discipline youself to keep good writing skills as is needed to keep self respect. Having good writing skills is a state of mind and can not be faked just like self respect.
2) Her thoughts on self respect are mainly agreeable. Most of the things she said i believe most people would agree with. She states "one runs away to find oneself, but find no one at home" i believe that she is saying if you have no self respect you truly do not know who you are and you are at a lost. To be honest the commitment of adultery and the statements she said about "courage of their mistakes" and "character" confused me because if you were to commit adultery in the first place you have no respect for yourself and other.
3) The thought of self respect being a "discipline" is correct. You need to be able to maintain your self respect thought discipline. Self respect cannot be faked as she said, if you have no self respect it will show completely in your character and how you act. If you try and fake self respect it will be completely noticeable. The way these relate to writing is that face that you need to discipline youself to keep good writing skills as is needed to keep self respect. Having good writing skills is a state of mind and can not be faked just like self respect.
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