Discussion Post:

I read Kate Zamos discussion post. Both Kate and I talked about the main point of the article being cultural identity. The main character is struggling to figure out how to blend all her cultures into one due to the fact she is multicultural.  We also both talked about the isolation and feelings of loneliness that come with this identity struggle.  Next Kate talked about her own struggles with fitting in with her family which was very interesting and nice to hear a real life example. I should of put a real life experience into my discussion too.

Essay #2:

When looking into the comments on my essay I figured out that I supported the argument more than analyzing it. This is something I will work on through my future essays. Another key thing I need to work on is APA formatting. I have been conditioned to always write in MLA so I am very used to that. I recently just learned APA and need to review it and practice more with it so my essays are better formatted. Overall though I am proud of my essay for its context and just need to focus on formatting more.

The blog post I read was Emily’s. We both started off by saying the cultural and language was a barrier but they came together to make it through it. We both also summarized the main points of the story. Emily used a quote in hers to show how difficult it is hard for someone not in their native speaking land. This just proves that they have to work harder to achieve their full potential and excel. Emily’s last paragraph was very interesting to me because she brought up the point of what the world would be like without cultural barriers.

 

 

 

For Essay #3 I am really excited for this problem solving essay. I plan to choose something I am very passionate about and then go in depth to this topic and then research and solve the issue. I am thinking about doing something about human right or political issues currently happening in the world would be very interesting to research.

My Current topic ideas are something to do with public schools, climate change and/or global warming issues, or healthcare.

Addressing free public health care would be very interesting to research and try to problem solve.

I also might write about state marijuana legalization would be very interesting and fun to research.

When reading Henry and Olivia’s posts I can tell that we all got similar information out of the book. Henry and I both discussed how the use of images and text size and fonts can help put out a message or advertisement. We all talked about how technology advancements have led us into it being easier for visual media to present ads.

Both Olivia and I discussed the use of how images can trigger pathos emotion from the audience, this making the ad more reliable. Olivia used a very good example of a drinking and driving image. When you see a car flipped over it makes you want to know what happened and it uses emotions to do so.

Henry and I’s where very similar in the aspect that we used specific descriptions of how ads can be formatted.

 

For this assignment I decided to choose Kendall Jenner’s Instagram. Due to the fact that Kendall is so popular in Social media she tends to post mostly for the public and not just for personal use. Kendal uses her platform to advertise things such as Chanel and magazines. Kendall also posts her modeling phots and everyday life pictures too. She posts when she travels, has a lake day, or when she atte3nds events.

Recently many people on social media have been using their platforms to educate young voters. Recently she posted about early voting to raise awareness to others. I believe Kendall is who she shows the media but she is also a normal person outside of the spotlight. What she shows is her public life not her private.

Her character development over the years can be shown through her photos. You can see her modeling career grow through her photos and how she has matured. Also she is more into posting what she wants now not just what she is paid to post.

https://www.instagram.com/kendalljenner/?hl=en