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How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers? https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/the-story-of-sabarimala-origin-beliefs-and-controversy-on-women-entry-1933477 Texts may be interpreted differently amongst variant audiences and this can be seen within the opinion column by Niranjana Jayakrishnan, entitled “ I am a Woman, from Kerala. Here’s Why I am Against the Sabarimala Verdict ”. Firstly, she instills her credibility as a woman by using ethos, regarding the ongoing issue of the Sabarimala Verdict from the High Court that declared the entrance of all females into the holy temple. She introduces her standpoint from the beginning itself through the use of bias by headline. By doing so, she promotes attention towards her column from the majority of the public who’s against the verdict. Her perspective, similar to the mass amount, is based upon religious ideology and the belief that women shouldn’t be allowed from ages 10 up until 50 because

1. How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers? The article titled " For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage ", is held accountable to multiple interpretations by readers. For some, the subtle evidences of bias within the text is prominent and would be found disturbing amidst the ongoing feminist movement while for others, these proofs are yet another reason to maintain patriarchal structures within society. As a result, text like the article for instance, can be interpreted by readers depending on their previous knowledge and values that form biases towards or against information presented in the article. 2. How and why is a social group represented in a particular way? In the article " For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage ", a negative spotlight is put upon single, unmarried mothers by incorporating the writer's personal ideology through the print media. In this case, the reasoni

Considering our discussion, how could Wallace’s theory apply to  Their Eyes Were Watching God ? In what ways could this novel specifically develop empathy and emotional intelligence, as well as contribute to the self-awareness of the reader? Challenge yourself to make connections to Hurston’s purpose in how she crafts Janie’s journey of self-discovery “tuh de horizon and back”. Wallace implies the impact of empathy on an individual’s surrounding members of society with just his grocery shopping scenario; which almost any human being would experience in their normal routine. This enables the reader of the commencement speech to gain an epiphany that they aren’t the only human beings going through the same corporate lifestyle and this was something I had realized too while reading both This is Water and Their Eyes Were Watching God. In terms of the novel, I personally connected with Janie’s relationship with her grandmother, Nanny and the protagonist’s change of be

Explain how the genre, narrative voice, and structure of Things Fall Apart are influenced by context. In Things Fall Apart, Achebe employs a third person omniscient narrative in order to provide different perspectives on British colonization in Africa and also, further broadens the outlook on Igbo culture by providing contrasting opinions through third person narration, in the form of opposing characters such as Okonkwo and Obierika. Furthermore, the whole novel seems like a story being told as the narration flows in such a way and in Igbo society, stories and fables are much embraced. This therefore present’s the author’s decision to base the novel on a third person omniscient narrative so that the audience is enabled to let their own judgement take over the unbiased interpretation of Things Fall Apart by Achebe. Furthermore, the structure of Thing Fall Apart is circular rather than liner as Igbo culture prefers to circle around a topic rather than directly convey it out loud sin

Chinua Achebe’s, Things Fall Apart, was influenced by his personal history to an extent, being an African who valued his traditional roots, but at the same time embraced Christianity as his religion. Written in 1958, Things Fall Apart has a combination of both the Igbo values, and the colonizers’ advancements in order to satisfy and advocate for both the sides of European colonization. Unlike Achebe, who tries to justify both sides, the protagonist Okonkwo is a stubborn character that is completely resistant towards the oppressors and cannot adjust and evolve to the change brought to his village. Furthermore, Achebe tries to highlight his own religion  in a more positive side, despite it being brought into Africa forcefully,  by including soft characters such as Mr. Brown to support Christianity, and contrast the Igbo values.

Okonkwo’s character gives insight to the reader’s understanding by revealing his disability to see the balance between man and woman, unlike the conventions of his Igbo culture. His stubborn support for an anarchical society, turns him to be hyper masculine and dominant over women. This can be seen in his household where he shows his dominance over his wives, as well as his children. Furthermore, he encourages his older son, Nwoye, to follow on his footpath of being more masculine by working hard and doing manly chores around the house, rather than sit and listen to his mother’s silly fables, which he actually prefers. This is because Okonkwo found characteristics of his own father (Unoka), in his son’s personality, which is idleness and laziness. To Okonkwo, he categorizes these signs as weakness and failure because his father, who shared the same negative qualities, was called Agbala – a word that meant “woman”. His father was a failure who left a lot of debt in his life and there

Okonkwo’s character is the main protagonist of the novel, Things Fall Apart. He is a character that despise any signs of weaknesses or feminine characteristics displayed, especially by a man. When his Ibo village decides to not go to war with the Christians, he was gravely disappointed and defined his people as weak and cowards like women. His hyper masculinity was one of his flaws that prevented this hero to end up being a tragic hero. Okonkwo’s character serves to be as a person who’s blind to new ideas and sticks to his routine. He doesn’t see the grey area in life but only sees the extremity of black and white. He’s not open- minded and doesn’t like the imbalance caused in his village by the colonizers. Even at this point, he wanted to wage war against them like they would usually do in order to display their masculinity and manliness but he was disappointed when this did not happen. He believed that the people had become too soft and that his chi isn’t supporting him even tho

#1 The Missionaries arrive In Abame and mass murdered the villagers by shooting them down. This was an important scene to be noted in the novel because the Britishers claim to be peaceful and God loving, therefore, it would be least expected that they go and bring down a whole village. This incident reveals the Britishers’ true nature and their immense power that they would use (weaponry) when they are stopped from getting what they want. #2 When Ikemefuna got killed by Okonkwo, the scene characterizes Okonkwo’s personality itself. Although he did seem fond of the boy, he was not hesitant to kill him (he didn’t have to) when the time arrived, suggesting that he’s prepared to do anything. Later on, he was restless following the killing. Okonkwo’s mind set could be claimed to be complex as he is burdened by the nature of his “bold” and strong character, which he tries to maintain in fronat of everyone, so that he’s no seen like his failed father. But on the other hand, the pai

Shakespeare’s Coriolanus is a political play that shows the early ages of transforming into a democracy after its monarchy style of ruling. Coriolanus in this play, symbolizes the old fashioned way of power, like the survival of the fittest. He believes that a person needs to strive and fight for himself, in order to go up the hierarchy. He is unable to adapt to the new democratic perspective, which, the Plebians represent. Rome now being a citizen driven country, enables the people to choose their government, which Coriolanus dislikes, since he thinks that the Plebians are too foolish and selfish to think of their State’s benefit and that they aren’t capable to recognize worthy people, nor their “defenders”. Aufidius, Rome’s enemy, on the other hand, adjusts to the situation and is an opportunist: taking advantage of every moment. This is seen when Coriolanus goes to him, accepting defeat, and Aufidius instead of killing him (like he previously said he would), he instead took him a

Caius Martius is thoroughly characterized throughout Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. In terms of Act 1, Martius begins out in Scene 1 to be depicted as a cruel and vicious character by the Plebians, thus projecting a negative first impression on Martius by the audience. Later on, when he goes to fight for the Romans, he is first seen as a strong leader and helps encourage his soldiers to fight for their state whereas later when he enters Corioles city alone, he is seen weak and foolish by the other soldiers. They believed that he was sure to be slain while he remained in Coriole’s territories but he proved them all wrong and came out as a brave warrior. Though he doesn’t have the rhetorical tactics to speak his way and motivate his subjects through words, he encourages them through his brave actions and fighting skills. Further on, after he returns after conquering Corioles, he expresses his disdain towards the cowardly soldiers that sent him alone to battle. Though, his pride filled self

These days, media messages are carefully constructed by the people behind screen. For instance, the artists or cast members of a show are only mediums through which authoritarians of power and money, would spread their message through lyrics or dialogues. This just results in financial benefit for the producers or even a positive image given to a political group that are masked through the show at certain points. Certain symbols or actions may represent them and thus, helps the audience recognize it and end up supporting this group just because this message is conveyed through the movie or show they watched. These processes lead to the construction of synth culture, making the original version of pop culture – an express of individuals – fall apart. The modern generation through their frequent use of technology, are obviously exposed to media, especially social media. Since social media is an open platform for people to express their opinions and feelings and also they’re personal

This specific advertisement that present the new Maybelline Mascara, targets women through the use of a decorative model. Specific characteristics from the visual ad, supports the intended target audience: women, and also touches upon the appeal to the need for attention. Firstly, the product is a feminine product that is used by women and this can be visualized by the model present in the picture. For obvious reasons, her eyes are the dominant focal point in order to highlight the change this product brings, since the rest of her face is bland (no lipstick or facial make up such as contouring is applicable to this figure). With the use of apparent emphasis on the eyelashes, the advertisement easily projects the aesthetic attention being grabbed by viewers and thus, persuades women to buy this mascara in order to bring out their eyes’ true potential. Secondly, the use of the personal pronoun, ‘she’ at the bottom left of the ad, leaves the audience to be females from the majority, rat

       In my opinion, yes, advertisers do have a moral duty to avoid stereotyping people as this causes a huge negative impact on the general audience that are exposed to these daily advertisements. This does not only impact adults, but also younger generation who unconsciously might come across these fake and unrealistic standards set up by ad promoters. This not only destroys the minds of people but also can break our foundational beliefs, into some image that these advertisers visualizes us with. Furthermore, the vast capability of advertisements being present everywhere: before a cinema, between TV shows, on magazine or newspaper pages, and so on, can lead to easy deception with us humans. First of all, most advertising companies do not just capture the images of dolled up people and put up for us to see, rather, they edit out every realistic aspect of the model with technology, in order to provide us with an appealing composition. This presents the ad viewers with a figure fille

Kinder Joy and Hersheys are both chocolate producing companies in which, gender presentation can be visible. Both of them are targeted at different genders (a boy or a girl) as they associate the colours blue to boys and pink to girls. Hershey’s are targeted to the gender revelation of new born babies whereas Kinder Joy is targeted towards young children with toys categorizing and differentiating between the two genders. The car toys are listed under the title “for boys” whereas the female figurines, cute animals and pretty bracelets are labeled under “for girls”. Although Cayton of Ferrero said that “we do not advocate or promote our products as gender specific” in 2013, Kinder Joy continues to produce gender specified toys with their packaging clearly identifying and separating young children’s gender (for boys or for girls). They seem to “understand” what young girls and boys would prefer to play with and thus, splits the two genders with “gender appropriate” toys. Though