Questions:
1. Stein's emotions- What are they? How does she feel?
2. Genre: Academic Article--> Was she made to do it in this way? or did she chose it because she thought that it would be most effective?
3. What 'age level' or Audience is it intended for? and Why is it so difficult to work with and interpret?
Steins article begins as an in depth summary of the 1984 Macintosh Ad. She covers the article in extensive detail to give the readers background on the ad. After covering the ad as a whole she breaks it up and covers it in sections. She talks about which parts she thinks mean what. Stein choses to incorporate certain things that draw in readers or make it more personal to them such as using the Wizard of Oz idea, and bringing up Steve Jobs.
I don't really understand why Stein would have wanted to do an article on this ad. I feel as though it was an assignment because I don't see as how it would be interesting or be a choice article. I think instead of just explaining the article she choses to also give her interpretations on the ad. In doing so I think she wants us to form our own interpretations and by her givings us hers it makes us a little less scared to type ours out or same them out loud. We all have our own opinions but sometimes we chose to keep them in our head out of fear of embarrassment or what people may think.
I hope our class discussions have made the article a bit more approachable and easier to analyze. Sometimes when you can't understand a piece of writing or the purpose of the author it's good to google them--see what else they have written or what characterizes their writing. It might give you a way into their mindset.
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