Rhetorical Analysis

For our rhetorical analysis we are to find a advertisement to appeal to a specific audience. Key things like images, font sizes, colors, placement of objects, characters, and messages creates a message in the advertisement. All advertisements have messages for an specific audience. Some are broad, and some are not. Advertisements such as McDonalds are directed to anyone basically. They advertise their food in order for people to buy it. Today in class we watch a short clip of an advertisement. It had us thinking and on the edge of our seats. We really thought the mother was going to stick the needle in her son. Instead, the needle was representing a burger comparing the bad outcomes of both. After we seen the end of the advertisement, the whole class was in awe. We had no idea what was going to happen. The ad was telling the people not to eat fast food because of the bad outcomes. The purpose was to compare both heroin and fast food. For my advertisement, I'm going to choose a advertisement about cigarettes.

Personal Text

My name is Malcolm Isaih Cherry and I am 18 years old. I am a freshman at Elizabeth State University. I am the youngest of the three children. My brother, Norman Cherry III is 20 years old and my sister, Shaniqua Cherry is 22 years old. My brother is a Junior at Christopher Newport University, and my sister is an senior here, at Elizabeth City State University. I am on a  full scholarship to play football for four years. I'm so excited to have the opportunity to play football in college. I have been dreaming about this moment for many years. God has blessed me to live my dream out. Luckily, I was able to get the number 12. That has always been my number every since the 9th grade. I enjoy spending times with family and friends and to go shopping. Being that I'm not too far from home, I am able to see family and friends on the regular. Being close to home has it's pros and cons but I try to enjoy every moment. I know I am making my family proud by being a college student-athlete.

Last Day!

This has been a very fun summer being in the Summer Scholars program. It was challenging, and also different. I had no idea that we would be constrained in our dorms but we still had fun. Classes were definitely different than my high school class because of the strict curriculum's. For one, my parents were not there to keep me on track. They weren't there to tell me what to do and what not to do. This little experience has matured me mentally and physically. It gave me the mentality to strive to do my best and make my parents proud. It was hard at times but it will only better me to become a successful young man that I will be in the fall. I am fortunate to be in this program and have Professor Wesley as my teacher because she forces us to work to our full capability. Some-days I feel like giving us but I know her challenges are for the better. At first I wanted to hurry home, but now that it's to the end, I'm not ready to leave. I miss my mother fortunately, and I am really ready to see her and my family.

    

Arguable Claims

In my essay I will be arguing about racism in America and how it effects the people. The Zimmerman case is a great topic to discuss about because of it's importance. Not only the Zimmerman case, but also many other cases. For instance, the Michael Vick case and many more other cases that dealt with racism. Issues of evaluation will be my arguable claim because some people may say the outcome was right. Others, may say it was wrong. I think it is wrong so I'll be on that side of the fence. Not because I'm black, but simply because I think Zimmerman should not have justice if Michael Vick was put in prison because of dogs. Do I think Zimmerman should be locked up just because of the Michael Vick case? No, not only that, but Zimmerman should be arrested because everyone should be treated equally no matter what the color of their skin is. I don't have any personal experience so I'll just elaborate on what the media has been exclaiming. I will persuade the readers to jump to my side of my fence, emotionally. I believe Zimmerman will be locked up eventually or something extremely bad is going to happen to him.

 

Argumentive Essay

Racism played a key role in Sula. Whites were superior to the blacks in the Bottom. It was a challenge to be employed as a African-American. Therefore, many blacks were unemployed because of the whites. I think I will enjoy writing about this topic because there is so much to elaborate on. There is a lot of background to this topic and how it all happened. Racism causes people to do negative things because white people build up so much hate in blacks. Blacks react, and release their anger on each other. Not all whites are racist, but in most cases they are. Where I'm from, racism isn't that much of a deal. Whites get along just fine with blacks. Well, at school for the most part. I'm sure it's not the same at home but they still respect the blacks. Maybe some whites think it still should be segregated, and others do not. That's an argument that will go for days. Even though it's illegal to segregate, I know there are still whites out there who wishes it still was segregation. Not only are whites racist to blacks, blacks are racist to whites as well.

Today's Generations

Many kids today are not getting their physical activity because of social networks. The video told us how some kids choose to stay in the house rather than participating in other activities. I can not relate because when I was younger, I always stayed outside. I had a game system, but I rarely played it because I loved to experience the outside. Also, the video enlightened us on how children reenacted what they saw on video games. For instance, kids playing violent video games tend to use violent actions on others. Violent games is one reason many young people use violence on one another. I believe it depend on the mindset on the child. In today's reading, the author lectured on ow many people use the web more than books. The author chose to put their exert on the web due to that reason. I can relate because I do the exact same. I would much rather use the internet to research things. I know I should read books more, rather than relying on the internet to gain knowledge.

   

1965 The End

I do not like the way the story ended at all. I really wish Sula did not die in the chapter before. I wanted her to continue her killing spree in order to keep the story interested. Being that Sula died, I was hoping Shadrack would of taken over Sula's mission. I was disappointed because the ending was boring. The only interesting event was Nel crying over Sula. Nel came to realization that she wasn't as good as she thought she was. Eva opened her eyes into a perspective that she was not a good girl. In fact, she was as evil as Sula. They were partners in crime with all the things that happened. Nel thinks it was all her fault that Chicken Little died. She was fascinated about the death. I didn't realize she was just like Sula until Eva pointed it out. Still, the ending did not value up to my expectations. I wanted a juicy ending that led to deaths and betrayal. I wanted Shadrack and Nel to do some evil, wicked activities. When they walked upon each other, I thought something interesting was going to happen. Unfortunately, Nel only cried over the deceased Sula. At of all people, I really thought Eva was going to die, being that she was so old with one leg.