Question 1:
The article uses trick description well. “Place” by Lynn Staeheli literally uses every analysis o fhte word “place” in her article. She used a very effective graph on pg. 82 that shows five conceptualizations of place. The chart shows how “place” is used as a physical location. Staeheli uses this first because eit is the most common perception of the word. It is also used to describe how cultures or societies live together. For example Jerusalem is a “place” of worship both physically and metaphorically. Staeteli also continues to explain that “place” is used in context and process. The article goes on to say “it becomees inpossible to think of interactions between the geographical and physical characteristics of place (Staeheli, pg. 84).” This shows how people view the word and meaning of “place.” “The difference in definitions of place, then, reflects polotical strateges and goals (Staeheli, pg.85).” No matter what the topic is there will always be supporters and critics. So in the end, its up to you to decide what the correct defintion of “place” is for your context.
Question 2:
In the article by Ian McGuiness called “the Church Uptown” uses interesting tequiches to capture the readers attention. McGuiness starts the article by first criticizing the church, that then later becomes his place of refuge. “ Ablast from its battlements every hour surel does the trick (McGuiness, pg 40).” That quotet tells the reader that the church is not looked upon nicely by the auther. At the same time, one would see the article is extremely biased. McGuiness goes on to explain why he is biased. Hisexperience at Miami so far has not been good, which he goes on to take his frustration out on the first draft of his article. The writeer does a good job linking religion to his writing of the article. McGuiness talk s about how his friends all view the church differently. That is extremely effective because ehe asked about five or six people.His friend described the church as “non-modern (McGuiness, pg 42).” Well, not alll things are ment to be modern because age is a fact of life. The buildings that we have today will be looked at in fifty years as old anf ugly, but life will go on.
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I like your point about how his frustration with the school can be seen through his initial criticism of the church. Also, using direct quotes from other students was a good tool to strengthen his work.
I thought it was cool how you analyzed the different explainations of place that the author used. I didn't really see this as description before but after reading your review I can see that the author uses description well.
Your point about the definition of "place" was interesting in that a place can be both physical and metaphorical...context and an idea.
I did not understand what would make him start out criticizing the church and then finding solace and peace there. I also liked that you mentioned how all of his friends felt differently about the church.
Good job writing thorough blog responses so far. Check The Everyday Writer for MLA rules on parenthetical citations. Also, watch the its / it's thing.
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