In her article, “Regarding the Pain of Others”, Susan Sontag makes the argument that television is characterized by it’s role of deciding what aspects of war the public is exposed to. Sontag supports this view when saying, “In the era of tele-controlled warfare…Television news producers and newspaper and magazine photo editors make decisions everyday..about the … More Writing Tast #6: Regarding the Pain of Others
In her article “Apocalypse: What disasters reveal”, Junot Diaz claims that natural disasters are really “social disasters” by arguing that “disasters don’t just happen, They are always made possible by a series of often invisible societal choices….This is why we call them social disasters.” (Diaz 4). In the article Diaz discusses different social issues that … More An Apocalyptic Event is Revelatory
What She Really Looks Like For this assignment, I decided to use two pictures. One of me with no makeup at all (the photo on the left, Photo A) and the other me wearing my average amount of makeup (the photo on the right, Photo B). In this paper I want to examine the reasons … More Writing Tast #4: What She Really Looks Like
In his scholarly article,“Soldier photography: visualizing the war in Iraq,” author Liam Kennedy makes a strong claim about the functions of soldier photography. Kennedy uses his own opinions as well as primary source evidence, like blogs and online diaries, to support his thesis. His thesis is stated at the end of the introduction when he … More Writing Tast #3: Liam Kennedy’s “Soldier Photography: visualizing the war in Iraq”
In chapter 1 of Ways of Seeing, author John Berger claims that the way we see things, specifically art, is affected by what we know, how we relate to it, the person/photographer producing the image, and the monetary value of said image. Berger argues that “The bogus religiosity which now surrounds original works of art… … More Writing Tast #2, “Ways of Seeing”
In “Wheels of Freedom: Bicycles in China”, author Fred Strebeigh argues that bicycles are a symbol for freedom. In this story he uses investigative strategies, like interviewing, to develop his point. The story takes place in Beijing during the Spring of 1989. During this time thousands of Chinese students were protesting, calling for a greater … More Writing Task #1- The Wheels of Freedom: Bicycles in China
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