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Autumn 2007: The dawn of a new school year brings 44 students together to explore unknown territory--English I Pre-IB. Together, they discuss themes of distant worlds and techniques of masters in certain crafts to ensure the survival of their colony. They build a trusting community through reading ancient texts and by documenting their own expeditions. Here stand their struggles, comtemplations, nuances, and legacies--both individual and collective. Read, respect and reflect!
8 comments:
I think that the "What's So Funny" cartoon is a good example of reversal. It shows a reversal of the ususal order of how workers are fired. Usually, they work until not needed or wanted. In the cartoon, the boss is firing him first, then encouraging him to keep working, a reversal of the common order of events.
I agree with hephaestus. The boss has it backwards. Tell him to keep up the good work after he is tell him he is fired. That is deffinately a reversal in the order of events. I found that article a little crazy when i saw it first because when in the quote at the bottom the boss contradicted himself and it was truly a reversal.
I totally agree with Hephaestus as well as Perseus. I believe that the "What's So Funny?" comic has to be an expample of reversal. The boss says he is going to fire his employee at noon, but then he tells the man to "keep up the good work" until then. This is a clear exapmle of reversal because it switches the order of events, as Perseus says. The reader of the comic knows that a boss normally fires his employee, and then the employee is dismissed. In this comic, the order of events is clearly switched, adding satire.
I think that the cartoon, "Pop Quiz" is an example of reversal and parody. It is an example of reversal because before the technology we have today, all of the answers that weren't circled would have been the more logical answers because times have changed. It is a parody because all of the answers that were circled are basically the answer to the last question.
I agree with zeus that 'Pop Quiz" cartoon is an example of reversal, but i don't agree that is an example of parody. The cartoon shows how we have moved away from moral values and success and have moved to a society which wants intstant gratification, approval from our peers, and wants the easiest way possible to complete tasks. The test taker circled the non moral answers and circled the ones which mainly apply to todays society. I disagree with zeus that the essay question is parody, because the essay question continues using reversal.
In regards to the "What's So Funny" comic:
This is an exaggeration. It is an exaggeration of a boss or teacher giving us contradictory orders. The boss told Pendleton he's fired. Then he tells Pendleton to keep up the good work. This is an extreme case of contradictory orders. Talk about mixed messages.
Let me begin by saying that it took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to figure out that this said reversal... I completely agree with everyone on saying that "What's So Funny" is an example of "lasrever." As Hephaestus says, the comic reverses the order of events by which the man's boss fires him and then lets him know that he's doing a good job.
In addition, I can see where Orpheus is coming from by saying the cartoon is exaggeration and I see a little parody in "What's So Funny." I believe that it is exaggerating the corrupt and confusing American business world. It exaggerates how in political America someone's "services can no longer be required" but they may still keep their job. The parody comes in at this point, because you would only understand this mockery if you knew about our corrupt American government.
I completely agree with leto in saying that the "What's So Funny" comic is reversal and exaggeration. The contradition between what the boss said about firing him and keeping up the good work is meant to confuse the reader at first, but then make the connection to the confusing work force today. This is why it leads into exaggeration because even though a boss may not be this extreme in contrasting messages, the work force in American society today is very confusing.
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