Julius Caesar

Brutus and Antony both give public addresses to the Romans about Caesar's death. They both heavily rely on ethos support to make their claims about the death. Brutus aims his speech to the people making them think about themselves and where their loyalty lies, in the state. He makes sure to show his love for Caesar. He asks the people if they would rather have died in Caesar's place, making the assertion that his death was for the good of the nation. This makes the crowd go crazy. They then want to crown Brutus as king. Then Antony comes up while the crowd is wanting to take Brutus away to become king. Brutus makes then stop and listen to what Antony has to say like any fair politician he wants them to make a fair judgement on both parties.

Antony shifts the focus from the crowds to Caesar. He speaks about all the sacrifice Caesar endured and the ultimate sacrifice that he made for them. He makes sure to mention that Caesar was killed by his best friend, Brutus. This makes the crowd forget how loyal they are to Brutus and begin to hate him for his personal attacks on this great leader.

Both speakers did an excellent job of conveying their message to the public and convincing them of their opinion on the situation.

English 103 Lab

Currently, I am enrolled in the English 103 Lab. During this semester I would like to accomplish many things. I know that English 103 teaches us to write using argumentative support. I hope that lab will be a fun tool using the ideas and techniques that I will lean in English to be used in new and creative ways. I am not a fan of writing so I hope that English Lab will not be much writing but fun creative projects.
From reading the syllabus, there will be a photo essay and a sounds track to our lives project. I am so excited about these. These projects sound like great ways to incorporate what we have learned in English and putting our knowledge into something other than a paper. I am also so excited about using technology! I think that the projects will be a great way to utilize the media that is available to us. I hope that this lab will teach me how to become more computer savvy and that I will be able to better prepare myself for the technology needs of my other classes. Also, through this class I hope that I will gain great knowledge from my classmates in peer evaluation. I know that if I am going over someone else’s paper I will be extra careful and really think about what I am doing. Overall I am very excited about English 103 Lab!

Punctuation

I feel that punctuation is the glue that holds together any language. Without punctuation all there would be were meaningless words run together. I completely agree with Lynne Truss's argument about what punctuation means and how important it is to language. I quote, "The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning. Punctuation herds words together, keeps others apart." She refers to punctuation as the stitching of language and the traffic signals of a sentences. This is so true!

"Language: The Power We Love to Hate"

Lakoff, Robin. "Language: The Power We Love to Hate." The Language War.

"I am suggesting, then, that language not only has the ability to allocate political power for all of us as a society, but also is the means and the medium by which we construct and understand ourselves as individuals, as coherent creatures, and also as members of a culture, a cohesive unit."

This quote says it all about what language means and its infamous ways to be studied and interpreted. Language is what defines our lives, without it we would not be able to function. Our souls would have a huge void if there were no language in the world. It is true that because of language all of our thoughts and ideas are formed and constructed. Some people have abused the beauty of language and have turned it against our own good. Language has the power to change the world and everything in it. Without language the world would be meaningless.