Jennifer Egan’s “Great Rock and Roll Pauses” has a very interesting format to the story. Unlike traditional stories that are written in an essay format, it utilizes power point and different types of slides to represent what the character is trying to transfer. This is an analysis of young Alison Blake’s power point diary of her family and their difficulty with communication. What were some of the strengths of using the power point system, specifics on various graphics of slides, and how the family’s communication is viewed differently due to the power point format?
We begin with the analysis of the benefits of power point slides. The point of a power point slide is to accelerate information absorption by making a clean cut easy to read, very linear, presentation. The use of the power point system allows a better understanding of the conversation; you are able to easily differentiate between two speakers, you can easily understand who is speaking and in what order they spoke. Most of the conversations held in the reading are linear, beginning with Speaker A, and transitioning back and fourth between Speaker A and B as they argue or converse. You are not left wondering who is speaking at which point. There is a superb example of this on page 253 where Sasha is nagging Alison to write journals rather than make slides. As the reader you can easily navigate though the argument and understand who is speaking and what the argument is pertaining to.
Conversations are not the only benefit of a power point story; transitions are another confusing and often, difficult factor of writing. Transitions with a power point story are easy; they can be as simple as a new slide. It is now unnecessary to use terms like “the next day” or transitiona...
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...s to linear arguments and simple distinct transitions like when Sasha and Alison are arguing over writing or creating slides for a journal. Additionally a reader can understand sublet tones or slight hints toward a speaker’s tone by the use of specific slides such as the scale or the situation with the wall divider slide. And finally the use of a power point presentation allows the reader to fully understand how poorly the family communicated with one another. Every family member argues with one another at one point or another, especially Lincoln and his father. Unlike traditional stories that are written in an essay format, Jennifer Egan’s “Great Rock and Roll Pauses” utilizes power point method and different types of slides to represent what the character is trying to transfer. Creating a fantastically interesting story that is easy to read, accessible, and clean.
Walker, Alice. "Everyday Use." Literature for Composition. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, William Burto, and William E. Cain. 10th ed. New York: Pearson, 2014. 1125-1131. Print.
As people age they will often still recall a good childhood story. A well told, meaningful story can go a long way when attempting to argue a point or convey information. In the essays, ''The Myth of The Latin Women: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Gains and Losses" by Richard Rodriquez, and "Piecing It All Together" by bell hooks, the authors connect to the reader and create a better audience through their writing. Through the portrayal of a story the authors help the reader understand their point of view, they transfer information to the reader with better ease, and keep the reader engaged the authors argue a point or convey information more efficiently.
When looking into works of literature, some stories seem to be similar to others. They can have a similar setting, point of view, theme, or sense of language and style. However, all of these points could be very different as well and could cover different theme or style. Flannery O’Conner’s “Good Country People” and Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” have some contrasting elements, such as their points of view and use of symbolism, but their similarities in the underlying theme, language, and the setting of these stories reveal how these two stories are impacted by education on both the individual and their family.
She then shifts to discussing TV shows that bring family members together such as Sally Jesse Raphael or Oprah. As the mother imagines what it will be like when her daughter comes home, she brings out the imagery of tears and wrapped arms, and since we have all seen these shows, the reader can see the stage set up with four chairs and the daughter waiting for the parents to come out on stage. We can see the look of surprise on the daughter's face as they come out onto the stage. She has not seen her daughter, Dee, for a while and imagines b...
Talk Cards: During my speech I plan to use my student and gun advocate cards. By using these cards, I will be able to relate to the audience and create a connection. As a result, I will be able to increase the audience’s interest in my speech.
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"The role of the narrator influences the type of relationship we have not only with him or her but also with the story" (Landy 75). This quote was taken from our Literary Studies book in which we have read several stories concerning different styles of narration. Narration is one of the most important components of a story. The characters, plot, setting, and theme are also significant, however the narrator sets the mood and also the pace of the story. Two good examples of narration is the short tale The Zebra Storyteller by Spencer Holst and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. These are stories in which the narrators retain certain styles of narration. An outside book that we have not read is the fairy tale Cinderella. In these three works, the narrators have specific functions or duties to carry throughout the story.
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...xcess. Pauses and silences encourage others to fill in the gaps, but at the same time they also suggest the possibility of something very different being said. Hence, silence can operate in many levels: as a means of omitting information that might make the characters vulnerable, as a means of challenging the other characters in a struggle for power, as a defence mechanism, or as a means of hiding what really means to be said. A significant instance of silence and pauses occurs in American Buffalo, when Teach argues that his only way to teach Grace and Ruthie about how they should behave is by killing them:
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