Sunday, February 17, 2008

Megan Aragon: Spectacle

I enjoyed the reading and had no problem with the reading, but when it came to doing a collage report, I struggled. I struggled to the point where I had tears rolling down my cheeks. I came to dislike this chapter... I thought it was self-explantory, and I felt there wasn't really much to do research on... nor was I interested in anything... I cannot wait until we are done with this chapter, it is a nightmare and I dont think I have ever cried over an assignment! (Sorry Freddie! I know this is your favorite chapter!)

I agree that rationality isn't the same as truth. It is possible for an arguement to be completely rational and be completely wrong. So who's arguement is correct: the Modernists' arguement, or the postmodernists' arguement about spectacle? McKee says that both responses are correct, and frankly I agree with him, they are both correct because one or the other works for somebody. Not everyone learns the same as the educated culture. Some people rely on visual like the African-Americans have done: oral, performative, and forms of communications. However, I do not believe in allowing all different kinds of communications. I believe we should have some kind of conformed communication so we have the ability to have a slight understanding in each other, rather than having no understanding in the people of the same society we live in. To have acceptance in our cultural difference, we need to have some kind of common in order to understand and accept one another.

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