i believe that although the language is offensive it should be kept inside of literary text to keep the authenticity due to historical context. The language is offensive and harmful but depending on the context, it is a reminder of history and why these terms shouldn’t be used now. i also think that keeping these slurs in literary texts helps individuals have the uncomfortable but important conversation about issues related to hate, prejudice, and discrimination. i also understand people wont agree but i believe hiding the offense langue does not change the fact that it was said. i politically believe that the censorship is a way to hide and not acknowledge the harm that was done in the past. The more we censor and hide, the more we forget.
Tianna Gonzalez
I overall really enjoy reading poems. I enjoyed the poems assigned to us and getting a deeper understanding of the types of poems and how they should be read. Being that i’ve already had plenty of experience with poetry, i believe that reading “Oedipus the King” took me a little longer to understand, a frequent problem i have with plays. I agree with my colleagues i think the poem “The Last Duchess” has the most connection with “Oedipus the King” because of it being very archaic.
To my understanding the prewriting assignment in week 1’s activity 10 is to familiarize ourselves with Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ tale for children “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” and Dean Raders “overview of ‘The Most Handsome Drowned Man’” that provides his understanding of Marquez’ tale for children, which is step 1 and 2. Whereas, Step 3 helps us get an understanding of what’s expected in our essays also giving a refresher/reminder of what was previously taught in English 101 such as citations, thesis statements and formats. With the slides provided individuals can begin outlining or making a ruff draft with the information provided. in step 4 and 5 individuals get a better understand of the expectations of a general essay.Although it may be hard to make a thesis statement right now, I believe the purpose of the prewriting assignment is to help you build a rough draft to help alleviate some of the stress of writing an essay when it is actually assigned.
