After analyzing the provided audiotape between Gramma and Sissy, it becomes evident that Gramma faces a communicative dilemma involving confronting Sissy, her granddaughter, about her eating disorder. A communicative dilemma is when two desired identities, within the same person, implicate conflicting discourse practices (Esch 2016). In the data provided it is apparent that Gramma wants to be loving and supportive of her granddaughter, but at the same time addresses the issue in a stern and forbidding manner, in order give the issue at hand the seriousness it deserves. In order to illustrate this communicative dilemma Gramma is confronted with, the following class concepts and discourse practices will be defined in how they relate to the transcript, …show more content…
In retaliation, Gramma explains, “Well I’ll tell ya I am I’m well prepared to take care of the expense I’m taking ya to the doctor” (Lines 142-143). Here Gramma’s loving and supportive identity is apparent, not only is she continuing to endure Sissy’s harsh remarks towards her but she also offers to pay for Sissy to visit a doctor and to recieve the help she so evidently needs. When Sissy still is not convinced that she requires professional help and believes that she is battling an eating disorder, Gramma again shifts identities back into a more stern personage. She begins to argue you Sissy and attacks her stating, “When I’m around you every so often get this this little aroma of vomitus. I honest to god do Sissy” (Lines 114-115). Gramma additionally states, “Don’t you realize what it can do to you? It can ruin your whole life. Your health, your teeth. You haven't been keeping up with the news? All the things that’ s written and published?” (Lines 72-74). Both of these direct quotes support Gramma attacking Sissy. Gramma uses a scare tactic technique in order to help Sissy understand what she is doing to her body and how harmful it is. Sissy is preparing for her wedding and cares what she looks like. By Gramma stating that she look …show more content…
Gramma states in response to Sissy worries, “I will not tell anyone. Believe me, I would not betray your confidence in any respect” (Line 149). Gramma even goes as far as promising Sissy that she will not even tell Sissy’s own mother. Here Gramma is doing discursive work in order for Sissy to feel safe and confront her problems head on. Though, prior to this interaction, Gramma threatens to notify Bill, Sissy’s fiance, about her bulimic tendencies. Gramma utters, “I’m gonna do something desperate about it, I‘m gonna talk to Bill. If Bill would know this (...), I really believe that he would break off this engagement with you, he wouldn’t want to marry a girl like that” (Lines 118-120). Here Gramma’s stern identity is apparent. It is interesting to see how Gramma’s two identity, supportive and loving versus stern and condemning, can conflict each other in the same interaction. Gramma leads with first threatening to inform Sissy’s finance Bill of her unhealthy habits, but when that makes Sissy more disagreeable, Gramma results to promising Sissy that she will not tell anyone as long as she does get help. Additionally, at the end of the last sentence, Gramma, utilizes uptalk, a quality of speech where intonation rises at the end of utterances (Tracey & Robles,
Even though their children had gone through such harassment, both Rex and Rose Mary completely disregarded the situations they experienced. At times, both parents even enforced such acts in order to avoid trouble and to avoid being moved out into another place. After Rose Mary was aware of the incident with Uncle Stanley sexually assaulting Jeannette, Jeannette states, “[Mom] said that sexual assault was a crime of perception” (184). Posterior to the incident of Erma sexually assaulting Brian, Jeannette’s father also states, “I don’t care what happened!” (147). These two quotations clearly shows the harassment Brian and Jeannette suffered; moreover, it evidently shows the parents’ negligence towards the children. They both completely disregarded what had happened to both Brian and Jeannette solely for their defective idealism and to avoid confrontation with the individuals involved; therefor, Rex and Rose Mary were inadequate to raise their
To begin, Cecilia is resistant to abandoning her class trip to help her grandmother after her surgery. Once they had arrived at grandma’s house, they check on grandma and Cecilia soon realizes that “Grandma looked tired, but she was so happy to see them Cecilia felt a little better” (1). Cecilia is not happy about skipping the trip but seeing her grandma made her happy. You can tell that family is getting through to her. Altogether, Cecilia is beginning
The narrator is forbidden from work and confined to rest and leisure in the text because she is supposedly stricken with, "…temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency," that is diagnosed by both her husband and her brother, who is also a doctor (1).
Viorst opens her article by explaining social lies. She describes these as lies to avoid hurt, such as lying to a cousin by pretending to enjoy dinner. Judith believes they are necessary and acceptable; without them, relationships would be icky and short. By being honest and not telling white lies a person can come off harsh. Furthermore, Viorst thinks that not telling social lies is arrogant.
Appiah states although it's well to be concerned in family issues, going behind their back isn't going to solve the problem. The ethicist agreed that allergies are a serious medical condition, as he gives statistics of the number of Americans that die annually from food allergies. Appiah mentions a possible mental disorder, called Munchausen Syndrome that the sister in law may have to explain her controlling behavior as a parent. However, he dismisses the possibility that a “factitious disorder imposed on another” because it's not common in our society. Hence, Appiah concludes since there's nothing to support their hypothesis, therefore, the family member shouldn't expose the sister in law. Appiah encourages the family member to help the niece by offering advice when she's older and to communicate with the father about the concerns regarding the claim. An issue with exposing the fake food allergy is presented by the ethicist that the allergist may not discuss any medical information due to patient confidentiality. Furthermore, the ethicist points out that unless there is serious mental abuse occurring to the daughter, the family member needs to step back and reassess the
He illustrates the agony of thinking and the burden it places on him. Through his self-reflection, Douglass explains the pain and discomfort his expanding knowledge bears upon him, a young boy exploring his present world to discover that maybe ignorance really is bliss. Through the use of several literary devices such as specified diction, irony, and parallelism, the speaker relays a desperate tone throughout this section of his narrative elaborating on the torment
Williams claims that errors of grammar and usage are the most complex topics, which have been easily misunderstood by many people in our world today. Whether the grammar has to do specifically with literature or not, it has always obtained errors. William notably supports his claim by giving specific examples of professionals who have stated grammatical errors according to what they think is “right.” William also provided some personal experience and textual evidence to express credibility and accuracy of his argument. William’s argument is effective because the main points he focused on with evidence were powerful and stood out to the audience. The real life examples that William demonstrated to the audience gave a strong base to his argument because he showed how grammar errors actually exist in our society. He made it evident that the audience had their eyes opened to topic that had been ignored in the past. William achieved his argument by providing real life situations and by looking at various researches that analyzed the existence of errors in grammar. However, the ways that William could have made his argument more effective is by not having comments that seemed too self- indulgencing. Also he could have taken out evidence like the graphs that didn’t make
Previously, the narrator has intimated, “She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves. They had never taken the form of struggles. They belonged to her and were her own.” Her thoughts and emotions engulf her, but she does not “struggle” with them. They “belonged to her and were her own.” She does not have to share them with anyone; conversely, she must share her life and her money with her husband and children and with the many social organizations and functions her role demands.
The AP Language and Composition course is purely designed to help students excel in their own stories, but more importantly, become more attentive to their surroundings. A conscientious goal, that would properly be attained through the collection of nonfiction paperbacks. Because of the purpose of this course and the current state of today’s children, one must undeniably agree that in selecting the “perfect book”, the overall idea of self-reliance would hold a prominent factor. This curriculum not only focuses on the rhetorical analysis of nonfiction texts, but it attempts to make students distinguish how the world plays with the dialectic of persuasion, also known as the art of rhetoric. In doing so, this course aims at making students aware
She puts comments in the passage like, “if you are reading this and looking at your own life, you may be experiencing uneasiness and even sudden fear. She continues if you start to cry you might be in denial and been the victim of incest. This passage isn’t supposed to convince people that they were victims but try and help those who were actual victims and I don’t think Sue Blume does a very good job of it, she undermines those who are trying to help and kind of makes it seem as if their lives are over, and I don’t agree with
Her family life is depicted with contradictions of order and chaos, love and animosity, conventionality and avant-garde. Although the underlying story of her father’s dark secret was troubling, it lends itself to a better understanding of the family dynamics and what was normal for her family. The author doesn’t seem to suggest that her father’s behavior was acceptable or even tolerable. However, the ending of this excerpt leaves the reader with an undeniable sense that the author felt a connection to her father even if it wasn’t one that was desirable. This is best understood with her reaction to his suicide when she states, “But his absence resonated retroactively, echoing back through all the time I knew him. Maybe it was the converse of the way amputees feel pain in a missing limb.” (pg. 399)
introduced us to the two different kinds of exposition ;( Moon & Birdboot and Simon & Mrs Drudge). Our aim for this exercise was to understand the different uses of exposition; the very easy, flowing. subtle exposition of Moon and Birdboot compared to the "in your face" comic exposition of Mrs. Drudge. To do this we first read through the text in our for, this had already been read thought to us although it became clear we had little understanding of it, by acting the scenes. we were bringing them to life, therefore increasing our understanding.
Her character is portrayed as being anxious through the author’s choice of dialogue in the form of diction, which is “waves of her [the mother] anxiety sink down into my belly”. The effect of this is to allow the readers to establish the emotions of the narrator, as well as establish an the uneasy tone of the passage, and how stressful and important the event of selling tobacco bales for her family is. Additionally, the narrator is seen to be uncomfortable in the setting she is present in. This is seen through the many dashes and pauses within her thoughts because she has no dialogue within this passage, “wishing- we- weren’t- here”, the dashes show her discomfort because the thought is extended, and thus more intense and heavy, wishing they could be somewhere else. The effect of the narrator’s comfort establishes her role within the family, the reason she and her sister does not have dialogue symbolizes that she has no voice within the family, as well as establishing hierarchy. The authors use dictation and writing conventions to develop the character of the narrator herself, as well as the mother. The narrator’s focus on each of her parents is additionally highlighted through
MK Asante memoir Buck contains a massive deal of miscommunication on personal feelings. To hold onto personal feelings inside can tear a person down. MK’s mother Amina, never spoke on how she felt, she just wrote what she felt in a journal that no one looked in until she presented herself to the Philadelphia Psychiatric Center. Mk chooses to peruse her journal and found out some of her feelings towards situations and why she reacted the way she did to understand the breakdown in communication. The effect of lack of communication causes unresolved conflict, misconception, and decomposition in a relationship.
The last part of section two, which also contrasts with the first section, consists of what may be an overheard conversation in a pub. Two speakers discuss a conversation that one of them previously had, in which this speaker remonstrates anot...