The Creations myths response

Briana Weems
6-7th Period
The Creation Stories
The Iroquois Creation Story and The Story of the Creation are both mythical stories. Their writers wrote alike in some aspects but differently in others. They both dealt with how the earth was created and who created it. They both deal with two different societies and their cultural beliefs.
Both myths appealed to the same audience but different cultures. They both deal with writing to these two different races, the Iroquois and the Pimas, who believe that the earth was created by gods. They both appeal to the idea that the world was created by “man” and done only by “man.” They also appeal to the facts they believed in spiritual beings and an after life. They also appeal to people that work towards perfection seeing as how both “creators” did so in both myths.
The purposes of these stories were to inform. They talked about how these gods made the earth and what it entailed. They used detail and diction to do so but in different areas. In the first myth, it talked about two twin brothers who were the complete opposite of each other and wanted the world to be two different ways. This author became detailed when he talked about how the “good mind” created all the people and the animals and the food. In the second myth it talked about a man who created everything by himself. This author became detailed when he talked about how the “doctor of the earth” created the sky, the moon, and the stars and how he wanted the world to be perfect. For instance, he talked about how he continuingly kept destroying the earth until he got the people to be how he wanted them to be. And how he wouldn’t give up until he got exactly what he wanted.

Both myths appeal to pathos in different aspects. The first myth appeals to pathos in how the “good mind” believed in good and wanted the earth to be made of good things and good people just as in the second myth. The “doctor of the earth” strived to make things right and he continuously did so until it was the way he wanted things to be. They both did things to make things right. They appealed to emotions because these two races believed so strongly in these “creators” and what they did for them.
Both myths also appealed to ethos. As far as most people believe they value and respect good and genuine people. Their character and how they treated people and wanted things to be appeals to their audience. It also makes people respect them and appreciate what these “creators” did for them, especially after all the trials and tribulations that they had to go through to get to the point that we are at. They also made strong decisions and stood up for what they believed in.
Both myths are based off of beliefs and faiths of two different types of races with different backgrounds. However these authors wrote their stories so similarly that it would be hard to debate that they weren’t talking to the same audience. They both appealed to their audience logically, and as far as ethos and pathos.

Assignment 2- Political Cartoon

I think that the cartoon's audience is African Americans because it has to do with Rosa Parks and racism. I think the purpose of this cartoon was to show that there has been change in America and that is for the better and not worse of the country. I think that the cartoon was logical because it appealed to people's belief that was Rosa Parks did was right and that she deserves to be in heaven for it. It definitely appealed to emotions because people always get emotional when they think about that time period in America and how African Americans were treated back then. I think it appealed to character as well because what person that isn't racist who feel like what Rosa Parks did wasn't something good and she should be rewarded for it in her after life.

Albert Einstein's respone- 1st section

I dont think that Albert Einstein answered the question at all. He forgot he was talking to a 6th grader and used big words and logic that even I didnt understand. He didnt really give an answer and went all around the subject. Most of the things he said were not necessary to say back in his response to this 6th grader. The point of him writing this letter was to answer this little girl's question which he did not.

Is Google Making Us Stupid Paper

Briana Weems
6-7th period
Google paper
Nicholas Carr wrote an article describing what exactly the internet is doing to our brains. Not only are our brains changing our thought process but it is also changing the way we read. He goes into great details about the affects and damage that the internet is doing to everyone. He talks to professional writers and psychologists about the affects of continuously using the internet.
Nicholas Carr talked to a friend who stated that the internet has definitely changed the way he reads. He was stated saying that “I’m just seeking convenience.” A lot of readers look for a easier way out and the internet definitely makes it easier. Instead of searching through books and spending ours at the library, you can talk 15 minutes in your home to go on a search engine like Google and type in exactly what you are looking for. You no longer have to ask a librarian or somebody else for help because the internet does it for you.
A study that Nicholas wrote about in his article talked about how people don’t read as much as they use to. They found that people used the sites as “a form of skimming activity”, meaning they browsed through to get exactly what they needed. Carr talked to another one of his friends who said that “even a blog that consists of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it.”Before the internet you had to get the book or paper and read all of it until you found what you needed. Now days you can skim the article online until you find exactly what you are looking for and then be done with it. The internet makes it very easy where there is no longer the need to do all of that reading. However Carr is pointing out that now we are missing out on that extra knowledge we were getting before from reading the whole book or the whole newspaper.
Nicholas Carr also talked to a psychologist who agrees with him that the internet is not helping us. “Our ability to interpret text, to make sure the rich mental connections that form when we read deeply and without distraction remains largely disengaged.” While reading anything on the internet a lot of things pop up. Pop ups about getting new emails, celebrity gossip, sales at stores, and others are a few examples. While our mind was on what we were reading, it is now completely distracted by this pop up and what it is talking about. Our concentration on one thing is completely gone and on to something else. This distraction is taking us away from learning something and on to spending something or helping consumers make more money.
Throughout Nicholas Carr’s article he talked about reading that’s convenient and straight to the point. He talked about how he himself hated reading long things and could tell that he was becoming a product of what the internet is making us to be. However he stuck to what he believed in and didn’t conform like the internet. His article was not just a couple paragraphs but 6 pages long. He stuck to his point that reading is fundamental and gave us all the evidence and proof that we needed to push that point across. We should all watch what he read and how much we read on the internet because reading is fundamental and that is the only way that our knowledge will grow.

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