American Tongues

1. The way the writer speaks, his/her opinion and other thoughts.
2. They state their opinion and what they think. Also it is the way that they write. It's both because you can mean to have a certain voice sometimes, and unintentionally do it other times.
3. So they can figure out what is going on with the other person and it's in their culture. The way the person speaks.
4. Because it makes the writing unique and one of a kind.

SOAPST Dave Barry

 The subject of Dave Barry's "Batting Clean Up and Striking out" is that men and women are sensitive about things that the other sex may not care about. Ignorance of the others 'obsession' with the given subject is illustrated when the lady invites people to her house to talk when the men want to watch the World Series game.

 "Batting Clean Up and Striking Out" was written during 1988. The essays time of creation is displayed underneath the title. The probable place of the essay's creation is somewhere in suburbs of the United States. You can tell that from the tone and voice of the author, and when he mentions the World Series. The time and place of the essay's creation influenced the essay by the sarcasm and humor he put in the essay.

 Dave Barry's specific audience for "Batting Clean Up and Striking Out" is men all across America. The author's target audience is revealed through his sarcasm of what the women think are important, and the urgency he shows when he wants to watch the World Series game. The author's general audience for the essay is men and women across the U.S. The author's general audience is shown by his comparison of what women care about and what men care about.

 Dave Barry's purpose in "Batting Clean Up and Striking Out" is to show that men care about sports a lot more than women do while women care about cleanliness a lot more than men do. Men and women's sensitivities to different things is revealed with the quote "...women that enables them to see dirt that men cannot see, whereas men don't usually notice dirt until it forms clumps large enough to support agriculture." The quote proves my claim by saying that women notice dirt when men cannot, so they are sensitive to things that men aren't.

 Dave Barry, the author, believes that women will not get the importance of sports. This value is illustrated by when he says that women are very callous about sports and that his friend, Maddy, invited him over during a World Series game to have a stimulating conversation. Then all the men went to watch the World Series and the women kept on talking.

 Dave Barry exhibits a humorous and happy attitude about the differences in sensitivities that men and women display. The attitudes are expressed with jokes such as "The men hadn't even noticed the ash until it had for most part covered their children." That shows that he is taking a light hearted and humorous stance on his opinion. The tone serves the essay's purpose because it makes you laugh and chuckle while agreeing with him.

PAIN vs Beatles

1. I liked the second song more because it is the original song that I am used to hearing and the singer is not screaming, he's singing.
2. The second song because its not as loud and the singer is singing not screaming.

Kandinsky vs. Pollack

1. I liked Pollack's painting more because it looks like camouflage, it feels soothing, relaxing and reminds me of a forest. Also it is all organic shapes.
2. Kandinsky's painting because it has bright colors that make it exciting and happy. It makes you feel happy when you look at it.

Short Film

1. The single effect you get from this short film is to be optimistic and hopeful.
2. 1.The guy was cheerful through it all.
    2. He says there are many opportunities out there.
    3. At the end he packs up with a smile on his face and he is optimistic about what is to come.
3. If  I could change one aspect of the film it would be to take away the music. That would make a change for the worst because the music was upbeat, cheery and made the busy street seem happy. If you take the music away it would make the film sad and dreary.

Good Old Desk

1. S-His desk, something thats allways there. O-1970s. A-People who may not believe in god or someone who needs something to lean on. P-To talk about someting thats always there for him. S-Harry Nilsson. T-Joyful, happy.
2. He is talking about someone or something that is always there for him and how much he loves, appreciates, and depends on it. It could be a family member, friend, pet or god.
3. 1. "It's always there"
    2. "My old desk never needs a rest"
    3. "to keep my hopes alive"
   

SOAPST George Orwell "Shooting an Elephant"

 The subject of George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is that the tyrant is actually the one being controlled, not the subject. Subjects control the tyrants by pressuring them into doing things that the subjects expect, so the tyrants don't lose face. George Orwell did not want to shoot the elephant, but because all of the Burmans were watching him expecting him to, he did.
 "Shooting an Elephant" was written during the 1930s. The essay's time of creation is conveyed when Orwell said that the British still ruled Burma The latest the British ruled Burma was in the 1930s until they gave the Burmese their freedom. The probable place of the essay's creation is Burma because Orwell tells you this in the beginning of the essay.
 George Orwell's specific audience for "Shooting an Elephant" is the monarch of England when the essay was written. The author's target audience is revealed when he brings up tyrants being ruled by the population. The author's general audience for the essay is the people who lived in England when the essay was written. The general audience is shown when it seems that Orwell is trying to say that they should not rule the Burmese anymore.
 George Orwell's purpose in "Shooting an Elephant" is to show that even though you may be the ruler you will succumb to the expectations of the people you are ruling so you can impress them and seem like you are in control. The ruler try to impress the people is illustrated by "For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the ‘natives." The quote supports my claim because it tells what Orwell is feeling and what happens. The purpose is further revealed by "...so in every crisis he has got to do what the ‘natives’ expect of him." This quote validates my claim by saying the ruler does what the people expect of him.
 George Orwell, the main character in "Shooting an Elephant", believes that he only shot the elephant so that he would not look like a fool. This value is illustrated by the quote, "I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool." Orwell is talking about he shot the elephant only to avoid looking like a fool. 
 George Orwell shows a regretful and strong tone about the tyrant as the one being controlled in "Shooting an Elephant." These attitudes are expressed with "In the end I could not stand it any longer and went away" he is regretful about shooting the elephant when he knows that he did not have to. The tone serves the purpose of the essay because it shows that he is regretting succumbing to the pressure and expectations of the people.

Intro Paragraph

Rockwell shows in the painting the picture-perfect, how things were, mindset of some people in the 1950s. He shows that by having the all American picture, a cop talking to a kid at a lunch counter. Instead of taking the kid home or trying to see what the problem was, the cop and waiter are just trying to make things better and tell him things are safe when the kid is with them. I think that Rockwell is making a picture of what everyone wanted to remeber the 1950s by.

Across The Universe

1. Three images that pop into my head during this song are images of broken light, waves of joy and shades of life.
2. In the song light is a symbol for happiness.
3. I know that light is a symbol and not just an image because light is a universal symbol for happiness.