“C” is for letter writing because it is complex. Letter writing was the main source of communication before advances in technology. Letters were used by many people in the 1800s for various reasons. Letter writing was the key to communication in 1800s and had a large impact in England. Many people had to communicate with family members, and the only way to communicate was through letter. This caused the rise of letter writing in the 1800s. To understand the true meaning of letter writing, one must understand the importance of letter writing, how it was used in the 1800s, and why it was used in the 1800s.
The first category of letter writing one must understand is its important to society and its necessity. Family was huge in England during
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Letters were used in so many ways that they had to be divided in different genres due to the different type of context in each letter, which goes back to how complex letter writing is. In the article “Letter Writing As a Social Practice” the author highlights the diversity of letters, “The letter as an object of literacy practice is peculiarly versatile and diverse” (Barton, 2). As one can see, letters were used and written in many different ways, which makes understanding the context of letters in the 1800s extremely important. Letters had many types of forms regarding how they were written. Letters could be written as: memos dialogue journals, postcard, etc. The most common used letter in the 1800s is the personal letter. Most personal letters included family news, local news, and even expressions of how someone felt. Personal letters were mostly used between two people that knew each other. The other genre of letters that were found to be used a lot were classified as official letters. Official letters were primarily written on a nice sheet of paper, official and personal letters were usually always written differently in regards to correct grammar and organization. These two groups of letters, also contain different type of information. In the article “Letter Writing As a Social Practice” the author explains “The two sorts had different purposes and there were different practices surrounding them: for example, they were written on different sorts of paper, they followed different generic conventions and they were often written by different people within the household” (Barton,
Writing is important because it enables a community to create symbols and signs understandable. The society must have a stable food supply in order to keep its people alive,
Although many students born in the twenty-first century complain about school being very boring, children in the Victorian Era had a much duller education. The teachers were much stricter ( The Victorian School Day 1), the punishments much harsher (Victorian Schools 1), and the classes consisted of mostly copying and reciting (Nick P. 2). In fact, many children didn’t go to school until a law passed in 1880 that made school mandatory (Schools During the Victorian Times 1). During the Victorian Era, more children began to go to school because of school codes and more schools, and teachers taught students a variety of subjects using many different methods.
I also noticed a subheading; this is extremely unusual in a letter. However, this a clever presentational device because it immediately catches our eye and which tells us what the next couple of paragraphs are about, it also insures the letter is well structured and will be quite lengthy. Furthermore, the persuasive language is amazing: “Gift” they have used this word to make us feel good about ourselves: like we’re giving a present.
Kutcher claims, “We haven’t lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it, in doing so, acquainted art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It’s personal and deliberate and means more than e-mail or text ever will. ’’(96)Handwriting is different and unique for each individual. You can look at the letter and judge how much effort a person put into writing it.
The Lost Letters of Pergamum by Bruce W. Longenecker begins with an interesting author’s preface that explains the book. In the preface, Longenecker explains that this book is about Antipas, who is mentioned once in the book of revelations of the bible, and that this work is fictional. He also illustrates that this story is a reconstruction of Antipas’ life in his final years. It is also explained how Antipas got his name from Herod Antipas. The preface goes on to explain that although this work is fiction, it is based upon extensive research of the author about the time period in which he is writing and has historical merit with regards to the Roman Empire and Jesus’ teachings. Longenecker notes in his introduction that the editor’s preface is also fictional. The editor’s preface is constructed in a very compelling manner that makes it seem almost real. It discusses discoveries of ancient cities of Ephesus and Pergamum and their temples and houses. The architects dug up Pergamum and there they discovered the letters of Antipas.
In 1839, Lin Zexu wrote The letter to Queen Victoria, in attempt to stop the evolving addiction to opium in China. The letter expressed China's desire for a peaceful resolution to the opium trade. He the limited and quite incorrect knowledge he had on the issue in hopes to gain sympathic understanding. Lin used Confucian teachings, historical events, plus forceful reasoning on moral grounds in order to persuade the English monarch that he would not ask of them anything he would not be comfortable doing himself. The letter created an ultimatum made by Commissioner Lin on behalf of the Qing Emperor to the English monarch, delivering the clear message that he and the Qing government were determined to ban the selling and smoking of opium once and for all at any cost.
“We all know what this is about. The British have no right to tax us directly, especially since we have no representatives in Parliament!” This was my father. He tended to be loud, with a great booming voice, especially about things like politics.
... in London and it was read out aloud. Then they would prepare the letters to print in the journal. The typewriter had not been invented during this time, so the letters were handwritten. Gutenberg had already invented the printing press a few centuries before, so the Royal Society was able to use the nice print to put the letters in.
They would send their mail by private courier. It was cheaper and this would avoid the payment of postage in the British-run system. There were also stagecoaches that got paid on the side to transport mail between towns. They would carry and hide the mail on them, making the mail undetectable. Another way that colonists sent mail was by favor.
The 1880s in the United States was a time where immigration patterns drastically changed. More foreigners were pouring into the nation at a more rapid rate than ever before. These immigrants were met with mixed bag of responses, from militant anti-immigrant groups to welfare groups that met immigrants with relatively open arms. The response of the American public and government to new immigrants is exemplified in the minimal government checking, the exploitation of new immigrants, and the social reform characteristic of the time period.
The years of 1865 to 1920 showed no growth, intellectual, political, or personal growth in US society. Individuals sought after themselves, with no thought for the next man. They brutalized “fringe” elements of society, and chastised anyone who did not
articles we read, it seemed to me as if none of our letters had been
82).” According to Walter Ong, the act of communication through writing heightens ones consciousness and begins to change the way in which the writer thinks. This in turn facilitates the development of increasingly sophisticated technological advancements. Early pictographs were typically monotone and very simplistic in nature. However, as the technology evolved, humankind developed multi-hued writing media that improved the visual accuracy of the images created and subsequently improved the complexity of the message delivered. Essentially more visual detail equals a more complex symbology and abstraction. Some major milestones in the evolution of communication technology include the simplification of earlier literal depictions in the late Paleolithic era, the development of the first “alphabets” as quasi-abstract symbols representing the basic sounds of spoken language. These early alphabets were extremely complex and cumbersome until the Phoenicians developed a “totally abstract and alphabetical system of twenty-two simple phonetic signs, replacing the formidable complexity of cuneiform and hieroglyphs (Higgins, 2003).” The inhabitants of Greece and Rome adopted this system of writing which was in effect by 1500 B.C. and later developed what we know as the
It was no longer enough for the 26 letters of the alphabet to function only as phonetic symbols. The industrial age transformed these signs into abstract visual forms projecting a variety of shapes to be consumed by the public eye.
The Roaring 1920s was a time where people were living the American dream. Many people called it the “age of excess” because it was the first time in American history that people could afford to buy in abundance and anything they pleased. The 20’s was affected by many inventions and new entertainment that American’s were adapting to. The movies and radio were some of the most influential industries of the twenties. They helped spread information faster, inspire people’s fashion and aspirations, and were they kickstarter for the entertainment and media industries today.