Monthly Archives: November 2017

Was Police Brutality Actually The Meaning of The Statue?

In the podcast, “The Foot Solider” by Malcom Gladwell the civil rights act is discussed and Birmingham’s events are mentioned. What was mainly discussed was a sculpture made by Ronald S McDowell. It was called Foot Solider because that was … Continue reading

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Can You Trust a Terrorist?

 Malcom Gladwell discusses the book written by John Rizzo which is an autobiography. They mainly talked about a terrorist that he discussed which was an asset when Rizzo was part of the CIA. They said that the terrorist was highly … Continue reading

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Why California Should Tax Country Clubs

Like Malcom Gladwell I also hate golf and he has increased my hate of golf. It is the least productive thing rich people can do. What Malcom explained from the amount of money and the number of rounds they play … Continue reading

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Musical Depression

While researching different advertisements and visuals I came across an ad that peaked my interest that was about a suicide hotline. I then looked for other ads while listening to music. After listening to the album “A Man on The … Continue reading

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They say I say part 3

“As A Result”: In this chapter Graff and Birkenstein focus on talking about establishing connections in your writing and being able to have a good flow to your sentences. By flow they talked about someone named Bill who has sentences … Continue reading

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Visual Text Analysis

  Ethos: http://www.CVV.org.br is a suicide hotline that  carries out emotional support and suicide prevention. It is completely free of charge and they provide someone to communicate to. It is under full confidentiality by phone, email, chat and voip 24 … Continue reading

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Having It His Way

In the reading “Having It His Way” by Carrie Packwood Freeman and Debra Merskin the authors talk about the media and how masculinity is communicated through advertising. They made a point that “meat is a masculine food” and they gave … Continue reading

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