Performance Final
Collections of Hanson's Smores
#1
Well in order to understand Media literacy, we should first break it down into two portions that are easily understandable. First of all, Media is the mean mains for mass communication. It comes in various forms that each bring a different experience. An example of one would be definitely be television as it’s a form of mass media that represents information in a visual manner. Media such as the internet is another form that is rapidly becoming popular as news can be spread around the world in a mere instant. However, not all forms are portrayed in a screen. Reading and writing can convey their information as well and did so throughout most of recorded human history.
Speaking of reading and writing, this is essentially what literacy means, the ability to read or write in a clear and coherent manner. An important for one to have as it correlates to wealth, intelligence, and prosperity of an individual. Countries with higher literacy rate are often better off than ones who are fairly low and take many measures to maintain that percentage through various programs. Of course we would all know how important it is to be literate since I’m expecting most of you reading this live in a first world country, but you never know.
Putting everything of what we know about Media and literacy together , it can be easier for me to explain what media literacy is. It’s basically how well you analyze and perceive a certain media form. Now what does that mean? Well, let’s take a look at the internet, a great source for find factual information but also filled with a cesspool of lies and just utter crap. How can we tell the difference? Being Media literate would help to begin with. Knowing what is factual or what is false is absolutely essential as not everything in media is true. Those who can differentiate the two are media literate. Now why does this matter? To answer that, it’s because media is everywhere and we are constantly exposed to it on a regular basis. Learn it as it’s a valuable life skill that hopefully will make you not a mindless zombie that believes all of the media in the near future. (351)
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#3
A great example of an Anti-Hero is from a book me and my twelfth grade class had recently read over by Shakespeare. It was the famous story of Macbeth that was used to please a Scottish soon to be King of England and much more. Macbeth, the main character had some heroic qualities at the beginning, but do to ambition, overall, the story represented him as a selfish individual who lust for power and sought to maintain it. His fate near the end was truly justifiable as it shows those who are over ambitious will have their heads slice from their neck!!!
Of course my experience with an anti-hero did not originate from school. Believe it or not, it was from an outstanding anime that I watched a while back that had an excellent one. Code Geass it was called where a man named Lelouch plans to take over a corrupt Government and ultimately become a ruler of the whole world by using his special powers that allowed him to manipulate the minds of others with just a stare of the eye. The more I think about, the more this makes me realize this story borrows elements from the Macbeth such as over ambition truly getting the
#4
In this quote, What O'Brien was referring to Winston that will meet him eventually in the ministry of love. Of course, what he said was meant to be ambiguous in order to trick Winston into thinking that he was on his side, but in actual reality, it was really a trap. Overall, this line from the book reflects the tonal shift that happened in about the last third of the story where we realize that there is no rebellion and that the party cannot be stopped in which Winston grew to realize.