1. My essay is essentially a debate between Marilyn Manson, Mick LaSalle, and Quentin Tarantino. The ongoing debate within the essay is about violence in the media and where the responsibility of children viewing in light of recent tragedies lies. The primary questions I ask the guests is why they think they're being targeted as the responsible parties and who they think is ultimately responsible; the parent or the individual.
2. In my opinion, writing a dialogue was easier in some aspects but harder in others when comparing it to a traditional essay. It felt that speaking for them was and easier thing to do, however it became increasingly difficult to ask more questions as the essay went on and think of good responses for the individuals. The hard part in my case during traditional essays, is finding the right ways to tie things in. With dialogue, it was much easier to make transitions.
3. I used agree in my essay between Manson and Tarantino a lot because they are both artists and understand how their freedom of expression is always coming into question. I used disagree, somewhat easily with LaSalle. This too was easy because he speaks poorly of movies that aren't even necessarily violent. For bringing complication to the table, I basically put LaSalle vs. the world in my essay. He definitely was the only one having to fight in this essay. For his complication I had him ask the question of why it would fall to the parent/guardian in a society where it's harder and harder to monitor children's media influence.
4. The best advice for peer influence was to open up and have more fun with it. I definitely didn't look at this from an "excited" stand point at first, but after the feedback I definitely reproached this essay feeling more confident and just playing with it.
5. One strength of this essay would definitely be my ability to relate with the characters and have them give their own unique sound. As I progressed in this assignment, I felt my own personal bias change to almost the middle of the spectrum. It seems I would have no trouble actually arguing both sides of this topic.
6. An area that could be improved would definitely be my questioning. I felt as though it was increasingly difficult as I went on to not only come up with questions, but finding an appropriate answer. Another improvement would be my evidence. It's hard to think of what evidence these people would actually have and not just use their personal opinion.
7. Help me take a step back from an assignment so I know what questions I should ask (in this type of essay). I feel like I have so many great ideas floating around in my head, but when the words get put on the screen it's not the case. I like what I've written I just need tips on refining the craft I guess. As for comments I'd like to know if you think I should have left the "church/state" reference out in Manson's dialogue. It's just a question that's always bugged me. We say it's separated and you can practice any religion....but we have "in god we trust" on all our currency.
2. In my opinion, writing a dialogue was easier in some aspects but harder in others when comparing it to a traditional essay. It felt that speaking for them was and easier thing to do, however it became increasingly difficult to ask more questions as the essay went on and think of good responses for the individuals. The hard part in my case during traditional essays, is finding the right ways to tie things in. With dialogue, it was much easier to make transitions.
3. I used agree in my essay between Manson and Tarantino a lot because they are both artists and understand how their freedom of expression is always coming into question. I used disagree, somewhat easily with LaSalle. This too was easy because he speaks poorly of movies that aren't even necessarily violent. For bringing complication to the table, I basically put LaSalle vs. the world in my essay. He definitely was the only one having to fight in this essay. For his complication I had him ask the question of why it would fall to the parent/guardian in a society where it's harder and harder to monitor children's media influence.
4. The best advice for peer influence was to open up and have more fun with it. I definitely didn't look at this from an "excited" stand point at first, but after the feedback I definitely reproached this essay feeling more confident and just playing with it.
5. One strength of this essay would definitely be my ability to relate with the characters and have them give their own unique sound. As I progressed in this assignment, I felt my own personal bias change to almost the middle of the spectrum. It seems I would have no trouble actually arguing both sides of this topic.
6. An area that could be improved would definitely be my questioning. I felt as though it was increasingly difficult as I went on to not only come up with questions, but finding an appropriate answer. Another improvement would be my evidence. It's hard to think of what evidence these people would actually have and not just use their personal opinion.
7. Help me take a step back from an assignment so I know what questions I should ask (in this type of essay). I feel like I have so many great ideas floating around in my head, but when the words get put on the screen it's not the case. I like what I've written I just need tips on refining the craft I guess. As for comments I'd like to know if you think I should have left the "church/state" reference out in Manson's dialogue. It's just a question that's always bugged me. We say it's separated and you can practice any religion....but we have "in god we trust" on all our currency.
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