The Girl Who Wanted to Go to School

As I began reading Basharat Peer’s The Girl Who Wanted to Go to School, I originally started forming ideas in my head of how I could annotate for modes of discourse.  Peer uses narration as the main mode of discourse because he gives factual evidence of Malala Yousafzai’s life and how the Taliban came to … Continue reading →

Prescription for Addiction

Thomas Catan, Devlin Barret, and Timothy W. Martin pulled their efforts together to write a compelling article about the rise of abuse of pain killers in the article Prescription for Addiction.  Not only did they explore the shocking facts about addiction to prescription pills in America, but they also utilized emotional appeal by including a … Continue reading →

Supreme Court Faces Another High-Profile Term

The main focus of American politics is presently on the 2012 Presidential Campaign.  While that is important, Robert Barnes takes a look at another of the governmental branches in his article Supreme Court Faces Another High-Profile Term.  The highest court in the United States is no stranger to difficult and controversial court cases, but Barnes … Continue reading →

An Opera Better Heard Than Seen

In Zachary Woolfe’s opinion piece, “An Opera Better Heard Than Seen“, he dissects the true meaning of an opera and the importance of the staging and the music.  The opera “Einstein in the Beach” is his target in the article.  Woolfe compared and contrasted the opera when heard and when seen and heard.  Most people … Continue reading →