Soapstone

- The subject of David Barry's Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out, is to show some key differences in males and females which can at times make life difficult. These differences are illustrated by anecdotal evidence. The stories he tells are funny, but clearly identify that women like things to be clean, and men like to watch sports.

O- Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out was written in the 2000's during modern time. This is exhibited because the guys go to watch television in one of his stories. This was probably written here in America, or possibly Australia, where David Barry is from

A- David Barry's intended audience is probably adult men and women. This is shown through his ability to highlight a few key differences between men and women. He tells his audience that women like things clean, and men like sports, and gives his opinion on what he thinks is wrong or justifiable with these. This audience appeals to mostly men, but involves women heavily as well.

P- The purpose of Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out is to entertain, but also inform. He presents the men vs. women argument in a light and funny new way, but also informs on these differences. He makes us laugh, but then describes these differences and gives his opinion on them. For example, he starts his first story off with, "The primary difference between men and women is that women can see extremely small quantities of dirt." This makes us laugh and wonder where he is going with this. He then goes on to explain that women like things to be a lot cleaner and neater than men. Barry's purpose is to inform on the differences, but entertain us with many giggles throughout.

S- David Barry believes women are too nit-picky. He shows this through his description and bias in saying that he doesn't like to clean and that things don't need to be as clean as his wife would like them to be. He expresses this by saying, "She is in there looking at the very walls I just Windexed, and she is seeing dirt! Everywhere!" This shows that he thinks it is clean, but clearly his wife disagrees.
    He also believes that it is acceptable to leave a party to go watch sports with the other guys. He displays his bias when he has to go to a party with his wife on a night when the World Series is on, and he hates it. He wants to watch, so he and the other guys skip out and go watch the game in another room. He thinks it is important, but his wife would not agree.
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T- The tone is funny, and somewhat incredulous. The way his wife acts, you would think he thinks she is from another planet. He disagrees with some of the things she does, and talks about her as if she is crazy. His incredulous tone makes for some funny jokes, and that is a big part of the tone as well. David Barry's Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out is funny, but as an incredulous tone as well.

sign language

the singleeffect is the optimism that comes from this film. The soft calming music and the personal camera views add to the effect and without these things the effect would be lost.

Kandinsky v. pollack

I like the Kandinsky painting better because of the use of the white space and geometric shapes. The use of color is interesting and the painting makes you think of what it could represent. Also, the pollack is interesting but it is not as good because Pollack was not a master of his craft and Kandinsky was.  However, I think the Pollack is more pleasing to look at because there are only three main colors: black, brown, and white. Also, the organic shapes flow together making it more visually pleasing. 

Good old desk

The subject of "Good Old Desk" is God. The occasion is after God has helped the artist in a realization and in any time period. The audience is to nonbelievers of God and also himself to persuade them to believe in God. The purpose is to express happiness and thankfulness for simple things. The speaker is a new believer in God. The tone is happy, thankful, and comforted.
Nilsson is talking about God and not a good old desk. This is shown in the quotes, "to keep my hopes alive," "such a comfort to know, it's got no place to go," and "its the one friend I've got, a giant of all times."

Soapstone

Soapstone for Shooting An Elephant

S.   This story is about a police officer in India. He explains some of his hardships from his childhodd and mostly  as a young man during bad political times, and how he deals with them. He then tells the story about how he was called upon to check on a rogue elephant, and how he came to the conclusion that it needed to be shot.

O.     This story, or article, is set sometime around the start of the 20^th century. It is during a time when the Europeans are hated in India, where the police officer is working. The political and cultural issues make are important in this story.

A     The audience is younger people, people in their late teens to their late 20’s who are going through some of the same troubles he was at this time. Orwell rights to this audience because that is the age group that he is in during the story. It appeals to this audience because they can relate to the feeling of conforming to people’s views to not look like a fool.

P     I think there are two purposes. The first is to entertain, to give a story that is interesting. But I think the real purpose is to inform. Orwell’s underlying message in this story is that we shouldn’t do things just to look good. The elephant could have lived, but instead was put through torture just so Orwell wouldn’t be mocked or ridiculed. This is what he informs the audience of through this story.

S.      The speaker is George Orwell, and he is also the main character of the story. He is a police officer living in India sometine around the early 1900’s.

T.     The tone is very thoughtful. He is reflecting back on himself and telling about himself as a younger man. He often questions his actions and wonders whether they were just. He never switches tones, even when he is describing the awful, gut-wrenching death of the elephant. He is constantly thoughtful and clear throughout his story.