Anzaldúa

Anzaldúa

Pre Reading:

Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture. I have never heard of this term before.

QFD&J

1. Keeping her language, makes it the piece personal and it may also keep the reader engaged in the piece because they want to find out what the piece is about and also because it is different to what they have read before.

3. Yes I believe writers have to believe in themselves, because I believe that if you cant believe in yourself then there is no way others can.  Therefore in order to write a good piece the writer has to believe in it so that the piece is as believable as possible. When I write about a topic I find interesting, I find it easy to believe in myself because I have knowledge and interest in what I am writing. However I find it harder when I have little knowledge on the topic and do not find it interesting to write about.

A&EI

2. I believe she was right to write in the way she did because this is how she writes best so it becomes more affective and believable. It also makes the piece personal to her which really helps showing her views to the reader. I also believe it is effective because it is different from writing in a traditional way so it keeps the reader engaged.

3. I believe that is correct to a certain extent. Words can really get in to the mind of a reader, going into great detail and creating not only one image but many different views of one image. However if you are a reader who finds it hard to use imagery whilst reading, an image would be more affective than words. An actual image may be the most affective for a reader because they can actually see the detail in front of them which makes it more believable. For example if I were to see pictures of people in pain and being hurt this would have a deeper affect on me than words would. To communicate with someone about experiences I have had, I think a picture would be more affective because it would show exactly what im talking about rather than having to imagine what I experienced.