First year English: Savanah

The process of writing essay 2 was not bad. I fairly enjoyed "reading a picture". We had to choose a photo in the novel A Path Appears and explain what we think it means. Thinking about the issue that my picture represented is something I am more curious about.     

Savanah Nguyen September 27, 2016 English 1030 Mr. Curtis-Cummins Analysis of a ‘Visual Text’ from A Path Appears In the novel A Path Appears, the authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn uses people’s personal experiences to send a message to their readers. One of the pictures that stood out to me in this novel was on page 20. The image shows an infant with clubfoot. The caption states, “ When children with clubfoot can’t get treatment, they may never walk or work as adults”(20). The story behind the photo is about how a girl in the West African country of Niger, Rashida Yaye, who was born with a common birth defect, clubfoot. Clubfoot is when both feet are pointing in the wrong direction.This defect happens to every 1 in a thousand babies. The treatment for this defect consists of the infant to wear a correcting series cast for a month. Many famous athletes were born with clubfoot, with the right type of treatment they were able to grow up and continue on with a no...

The photo I plan to use to analyze from the book A Path Appears is on page 20. This photo shows an infant born with clubfoot. Without the right kind of treatment they may never walk or work as adults. I personally don't have any connections to this photo, but i have seen this disease in a few children and it's very unfortunate.

Introduction/Main Ideas: How men and woman are culturally represented Publicity image and what tactics the image/creator uses in order to grasp its audiences attention   Though we may not notice it, in a split second our mind processes the entirety of the image and all of its components Quotes:  "A person may notice a particular image or piece of information because it corresponds to some particular interest he has" (4). : I agree with quote. I feel like people also remember information better when it either relates to them or they are actually interested in the topic.   "Publicity is the culture of the consumer society"(139).: This quote is correct. In order for people to want your product they would have to know about it first.  "Publicity images often use sculptures or paintings to lend allure or authority to their own message"(135).: Using images to create a message is a great way to capture people's attention. Often people rather loo...

Introductions/ Main Ideas: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos are tactics on arguments   Ethos: Character and authority  Logos: logic and facts  Pathos: emotion  Quotes:  "... visual images communicate and create an argument designed to move a specific audience to think or act in a specific way" (236).: I agree with this quote because as a visual learner it is helpful to see examples of what the author is really trying to portray to the audience.   "Translating the discrete images and text into a coherent argument requires inductive reasoning, moving from specific pieces of evidence to a major premise"(240).: Using an image to help support your argument is very clever. An image allows the reader to see an image, analyze and relate to it, and then read the writers argument to see whether they agree or not.   "Let's begin with the assumption that everything in an advertisement appears for a specific reason in a particular place to direct yo...

Introduction/main ideas: Personal experiences to send a message  People's sacrifice for a change  Quotes: "One reason many people feel poverty is a hopeless cause is that they think some parents are inevitably going to do a wretched job and that there is no way for outsiders or the government to make a difference"(60). : I agree with this quote because I do feel like the government isn't doing much to help the poor get the type of resources they need to better their chances of work.  “A $25 program can reach a pregnant American woman who smokes and explain how doing so puts her child at risk, leading 14 percent of those pregnant women to quit smoking” (11).: I thought this quote was interesting because a program as small as this already makes such an impact. Though 14% may not seem like a lot, 14% is the amount of child's life at risk.  "So how can you make a difference in this battle?" (82): I really enjoy this quote because it's like an ...