Hour Choice- Never Follows

The production of this ad shows that it was during the 21st century and is taking place in the modern age. It portrays a bride that is separating herself from the expectations of society. Too many people weddings are important it solidifies the bond between the two partners, so when she decided to separate herself from the expectation she was in many people's eyes was disrespecting the event. However, there is no code in which forces the bride to come in proper shoes. There for she kind of breaks that barrier of judgment and says that I don't follow rules hence the slogan "Never Follow." The ad had wordplay as "Hour Choice" can be read as "Our choice" so that word play contributes to the appeal of freedom choice as portrayed in this ad. The structure of this ad is very elegant and is very carefully put into place. Firstly the light is shining onto the character as she directly looks at the audience implying that someone is taking a picture of her and she is aware, she also seems a bit of guilt and relief implying she is a runaway bride as it may explain the person taking the picture could possibly be the person she is running away with. The bottom side there is a design of watches showing off the companies designs and is used to fill the free space on the bottom corner. The font size is carefully chosen as well as the slogan "Never Follow" is in a very thin font like it's a scribble this is intentional as it is trying to imitate graffiti to make it more appealing to a more to the more rebellious generation.

Pitch Reflection

What main appeals did you use in your pitch? Why did you decide they would be the most effective?

For my pitch, the main appeals were the specific techniques. I decided that would be the most effective way of persuading the committee to hire us.  

What were some specific persuasive techniques you used (include examples) why did you believe these would be effective?

We used 3 specific persuasive techniques that include celebrity, rhetorical question, Experts.

-Celebrity: example hiring Jackie Chan as a spokesperson in Hong Kong so it is more appealing to the general audience of Hong Kong

-Rhetorical question: By questioning the people's choice on their choice of diet with supporting fact that our product has just as much protein and is a healthier option rather than meat it will appeal to their personal diet and emotion.

-Experts: With experts, the same effect as the rhetorical question but will be supported by facts with experts, which will be working closely with us. This will appear as an ethos type of advertisement as it will tell people that since experts are using it then they should too.

How did an awareness of audience and context influence your overall approach to this activity? 

Due to the context of this, we had to adjust what is appealing to the context and the people that are living there.

If you were to complete this presentation again, what would you do differently in terms of content and preparation? 

We would have a lengthier presentation with more information and more content, also make it more presentable. 

Advertisement.

For this blog post, I have decided to break down advertisements. There are three aspects that are used in advertisements they include: ethos, pathos, logos.

The advertisement that will be used is
<<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAlyHUWjNjE>>


Ethos: The character is introduced as a very shady rebel/punk that vandalizing property, he comes home and finds his mom waiting for him disappointed with his little sister eating breakfast. He then proceeds to walk to a room with his other little sister hooked up to an IV (intravenous therapy.

Pathos: It then turns to the outside where it shows beautiful artwork that supposedly the main character has done deceiving the audience opinion on him and influences an emotional connection as shown between the bond of the main character and his sister.

The commercial is about promoting a pharmaceutical company named 'Pfizer'.

A letter to the editor.

Dear editor,
     
           I am writing to you about your article "The English language in peril?". I feel as if though brought up some good points it does not quite support you very well, saying that the English language is a fixed structure that needs to be followed objectifies language to one fixed type of direction and does not let it branch out to different accents and different ways of speaking. I do believe that having broken English is important as it shows the culture of the person as soon as you talk to them and I don't find it asinine that there English is equivalent, understood the point where you have stated that "they are uneducated" but the key problem with this is that a person does not need to know the basic structure of English to be educated there are multiple fields in which people are considered educated that do not require English.

        The statement "It’s like saying that any interpretation of history is correct. Facts are facts and words have meaning!". This to me makes no sense as history can not be compared to English. English is more flexible and over time has proven that there are variations that people live by, it is a matter of perspective if you ask someone their perspective on a certain event it might not be completely different to someone else but it won't be the same as everyone else will it. Same for English if you question someone on the way they speak he won't find fault, ignorant as it is his perspective on English as his culture may have been robbed from him.

    This has been my perspective on this topic as, with all due respect, infuriates me to see such ignorance.


    Thank you,
           Hasan Khan

(Article "The English language in peril": https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3739-the-english-language-in-peril)

Source:  
          "The English Language in Peril?" Yale Alumni Magazine. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2016.

An interview with Bob Marley.

        An interview was conducted in The Rolling Stones headquarters with Bob Marley being interviewed for his new song "Redemption Song" and his album "Uprising", The song is widespread and is spreading peace around many African-American Communities, our interview is based on what he thinks of this situation.

 The interview is being conducted by Vince blake in The Rolling Stones headquarters with Bob Marley being interviewed for his effect on the recent widespread of peace in many African-American Communities. (This interview has been modified for better understanding due to Bob Marley's thick Jamaican accent).

Vince Blake: Before we get started I want to thank you on behalf of Rolling Stones for this gracious devotion of time to come and meet with me for this interview.

Bob Marley: No problem man, I am glad to talk about the peace in the world.

Vince Blake: Right, your new song "Redemption Song" talks about "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery". What do you mean when you say this?

Bob Marley: Well I see many politicians talk about improving the world and it's all seems fake to me so what I mean when I say "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery" I mean to set yourself free the oppression because we have been oppressed for many generations and now seeing all my brothers and sisters uniting, makes me proud.

Vince Blake: It very much should, was the song originally intended the African-American community or was its purpose for every community seeking freedom?

Bob Marley: I was mainly meant for African-American community as they are constantly being attacked and having racism thrown at them. But I feel that we are rising above the hate and uprising.

Vince Blake: Speaking of an uprising, the new album "Uprising" is a big hit how do you feel about that and What do you think that the African-American community looks up to you as a source of guidance and leader?

Bob Marley: Success is not what I seek, I seek freedom and liberty for my people, success means nothing to me. for your other question of being a leader,  I don't want to be a leader, I am just a man trying to spread peace around the world.

Vince Blake: Alright, another line in your song "Redemption song" the line "None but ourselves can free our mind. Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy". What do you mean by setting ourselves free and having no fear of atomic energy?

Bob Marley: What I mean by it, I mean you are the only one that can free yourself no one in the world can do that for you, the other line "Have no fear for atomic energy" I mean that no one should fear the war and stand up for yourself as that is what is important. The whole purpose was for this song to become an inspiration for my community.

Vince Blake: I see, well thank you for your time again Bob Marley.

Bob Marley: No problem, thanks for having me.

Agree to disagree

"Language shapes our identity, but doesn’t define who we are."


              The definition of identity "is the condition of being oneself or itself, and not another". So when someone tells me that the way I articulate my words that I must be from this region annoys me. I very much agree with that statement as the better you get with a certain language the way you speak and the way you act while using that type of language shapes you into a different type of person. For example, Amy Tan wrote an article named "Mother Tongue" which a memoir based on her experience with the way she talks to different people, in that article she talks about how when she is talking with her mother she uses broken English and when talking to her friends and husband she uses proper English in a sense that it is grammatically correct. Now Amy Tan knows how to speak proper English but that is not what defines her as a whole, but the English she speaks are her a key factor in her identity and how she learned to excel at English. Thus the misconception of her being defined by the way she speaks shows how quickly someone might assume she was surrounded by grammatically correct English and not broken English, which was not the case. In the article, she would consistently remind us how bad her mother's English was. Another example from the same article can be seen when she talks about how the school's influence the decision making of the students based what they think is more suited to him (I have talked about this topic in my previous blog post). This shows how language can impact the way of seeing that person. There have been many intelligent people in this world that do not know how to speak grammatically correct English that is judged by the way they speak. I do agree with this quote as it shows how most people judge a person by the way they speak as seen from the examples I have given this is clearly not the case. A person is defined as how he represents himself with his identity, agreed that language does shape identity but it is not the biggest part of one's identity.


Citation:

"The Definition of Identity." Dictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2016. <http://www.dictionary.com/browse/identity>.

"Teachers choosing there students future" argument

        The story of Amy Tan is a delightfully engaging story of "Broken English" and her encounter with it. However, there is a point which is made in the story about the dilemma of schools directing students into subjects based on their ethnicity and partially on their desired subjects. This infuriates me to see how some schools will manipulate their students to choose a certain  path for their student to pursue because the teachers  think that the student will not be able to cope with the subject the students truly might desire. Schools should give students numerous opportunities and different paths instead of what they think is the best fitting for them, agreed on that schools are doing this for their own benefit but it raises the question can the teachers deliberately sabotage a student based on their ethnicity or even mental capability.

     A major eye raiser is that will teacher deliberately sabotage the student because what they believe is that they are not capable. If due to ethnicity this might lead  cultural bias from the teacher and can stereotype the foundation of their culture to think that they were made for one particular path and not numerous different paths.

    In the story by Amy Tan, she discusses how there are not enough Asian Americans writers in the world, and most Asian Americans mostly pursue in engineering or science, she then stated that she was being pushed to a different path in her school years, but she opposed and decided to continue her path in literacy. This clearly shows how one of the most well-known writers in the world may have never existed due to what her school believed was "best for her". This kind of push can result in many students that may have made a bigger impact in the world in their desired courses rather than them being manipulated to take courses that their teachers believe were the right path to pursue in for them. 

    My argument is simply that it is not right for the school to think they know what's best for the students and not actually help them see and explore the different paths that they can pursue and most probably  succeed in which is most likely since most of the students will enjoy what they are doing knowing that they choose this because they like this field of knowledge and not be manipulated into a field in which they might know a lot about but they do not enjoy it. Amy Tan knew what she could attribute to the world and that was literacy and has broken the stereotype that was set for her to become an engineer and not a writer.