In-class lab

The stories or narratives that I tell on a day-to-day basis involve sea stories from when I was at my last command on how it that experience can be applied to what the topic of the day is. Another topic, would be retelling the funny stuff that happened the previous day to those who weren't there to appreciate it. I listen to music all day at work and each song has it's own narrative. 

After watching three videos, one with Zachary Quinto, another with Sarah Silverman and the last with two University of Oklahoma students, I found that these three are powerful because in the first two videos, the two celebrities talk about the senseless bullying attacks on young children. Mr. Quinto briefly talks about the the Trevor project and Ms. Silverman talks about how not to act surprised when the actions of adults have far reaching affects on our children. The last video is very moving because it involves two students, who grew up in different areas of the country, but have very similar family background. They talk about how about difficult it was, but once they found their voice, they found how many more people have similar stories and they have peer group supporting them. 

Differences/ similarities:

Many differences were found in the first question where some of us thought people find strength between themselves, some viewed that you don’t understand the severity of a situation until you experience it first hand, and then some thought that you have to listen and learn from those around you no matter who it is. Also differences were found in the second question whether it was first or third person view. Similarities were found in the third question where we all talked roughly about the same diction used to describe the scene. And last of all very differently wrote was the question about who the target audience was and the tone. One view was that it was a human interest piece of that it was intended for fellow doctors to read upon and share. Another view was that it was intended as a hopeful piece to get people involved in the hurricane efforts.

Connections:

With Lydia’s story it really emphasizes the point in chapter two of audience and tone. Specifically Brideau writes to a specific audience and uses specific diction to persuade the audience to see the horrors Lydia went through but the hope she held to the end.

Think about discussion:

Many narratives are found in songs and work stories we have decided.

Think Beyond Words:

It helped us watching the videos because you can first hand see the emotion being portrayed in the personas story. Not saying that it could not be seen in the writings but it was just easier for us to see through a video.

Compare Narratives:

Different narratives we are interested are songs like the hills from the weekend. Also news stories we have heard lately like the most recent shooting in Oregon. All of the stories we have heard are all important whether it may seem relevant or not.