Assignment #3

The American Dream is dead to some, alive and well to others. It was born form the Manifest Destiny, the concept of going west and discovering freedom to achieve your goals of happiness.  The notion of the American Dream to people in the 1920’s compared to now has dramatically changed. Brandon King believes that the American Dream is still alive, however I believe that his main argument to the essay is the dream is  barely alive, and to fix it we will place upon it conservative American policies.  Brandon King is making the dream sound less like a dream but more of cold a reality

The reason that I chose this article is because, everyone has an American Dream. No matters what social class, or what status/race/religion, everyone is thought to hope for a greater “dream”. I was hoping that this essay went into detail why the American dream is fading away, however it went in another direction on how the government can step in to change it.

As an immigrant from Poland I am very aware of the American Dream. The idea of leaving your stable and familiar situation, and what you have known for years to chase the “dream” . Coming to America you are already picturing the great land of opportunity and freedom, since that’s what the dream was perceived as back then. The reality is that many immigrants come here and barely make enough to supply the necessities. The truth of the matter is that the gaps between social classes are getting bigger and the middle class is expanding, as both the rich and the poor classes are getting smaller. That means the ability to move up social classes and become “rich” in society’s point of view is not attainable. As for my dream I am perfectly content with owning a house with a white picket fence, a loving family, a stable job as a teacher, and the ability to be prepared for the future financially. :) 

           

Assignment #2

This ad is as simple as it gets, however is probably the hardest to analyze since there are only a couple of words on it. Kiss 97.7 made this campaign of "Do you remember" advertisements to send a message to the older crowd that was with them through the start of their business. This ad is subtle, yet makes a huge point. Choosing red as the background color of the ad automatically draws the audience in. Now that the attention is captured the cassette player that is not labeled is placed in the middle as a center point for the audience to look at. The words above “IPod… I’m your father.”  A simple well know sentenced revised to fit this advertisement. Then the company label to the far right bottom corner ties all the colors in together and also leaves the viewers with an afterthought.. “DO YOU REMEMBER?’

The designer of this ad had more in mind than just advertising the radio station. The key message of this ad is music is so technologically advanced, that we tend to forget the actually technology that has gotten us to this point. The cassette player, since it is unlabeled is representing every genre of music that available, which then unifies the audience.  The saying is showing us how a simple sentence can have such a huge impact on the viewers , knowing that the cassette was the actual “father” of the Ipod shocks the younger generation, since its not something that we think about. I believe that this advertisement show how quickly technology is advancing in this world and how little time we actually have to enjoy it, before a new advancement comes out and changes the way we think. This captures my theory perfectly.

Writing Assigment #1

I is taking Da English Class bcause… Just kidding!!! (:

I decided to take English 102 this semester because I feel like taking this class will further expand my abilities to become a better writer. Hopefully I can gain some tricks and tips that I can later use in my teaching career. The fact that it is a requirement to start my major is also a huge plus. Since English isn’t my first language, taking any class that can help me improve my skills in becoming a writer is definitely a good choice. Knowing that I’m going to be grading many essays in my future career, I would love to really get down to the core of writing. For example punctuation; at a college level I still struggle with simple mistakes like where to place the comma or which words have to be capitalized when writing a tittle of a book. By doing some peer editing last semester I know I’m not the only one with that problem. :) I also would like to become incredible at peer editing, its very significant that I develop good peer editing skills, knowing when words are spelled wrong, when the punctuation is used wrong, so I can help others with their papers.  

❤The main goal that I would like to reach is to have confidence in my writing. ❤