What was my favorite ELA novel

3) What was your favorite text that we read this year in ELA. Why? Please fully explain your answers.

My favorite text of the year was Persepolis. I have rarely taken a graphic novel completly seriously. They have never been able to paint as beautiful a picture as a regular novel could, despite the plethora of amazing artworks on each and every page. Yet, Persepolis has been one of the few series of graphic novels that I could really enjoy on a serious level. It was depressing, educational, and mildly humorous. This blend of traits boosted this book to a higher level in my opinion with graphic novels, and has gotten me thinking about looking in to others like it.

Brothers Grimm conflict

1) Describe the primary conflict in your novel. Who (or what) is the conflict between (think man vs. self, man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. machine, etc.)?

A little bit of each example of conflict is used in the Brothers Grimm stories. First example, man vs self, the story of Little Red Riding Hood, a little girl is torn between the decision to stop, talk, and trust the stranger in the forest, or continue her walk over to her grandmother's house. Man vs man is shown in at least two stories. These main two are from Cinderella, in which she is being forced into a type of slavery by her stepfamily, which thwarts her opportunity to marry someone who could rescue her from her "kitchen maid" lifestyle. The other, being Rapunzel. Rapunzel is locked away by an evil enchantress and is forbidden from seeing the world, but, when a prince finds her, she has to either risk falling into a forbidden relationship with the prince, or continue living as a captive. Man vs nature was a main form of conflict in the Grimm tales. At the end of Cinderella, Cinderella's bird companions swoop down and attack the stepsisters when they come to the marriage of Cinderella and the prince. The birds then claw the sisters' eyes from their sockets, leaving them blind. Two stories, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, involve the main characters, which are both protagonists, involved in some battle with nature. In Snow White, the princess has to brave the dark forests until she finds shelter in the dwarve's house. Simmilar situations happen in Hansel and Gretel, when the siblings travel through the forest after being ditched by their stepmother, and find the witche's gingerbread house. In Sleeping Beauty, the princess pricks her finger on the spinning wheel spindle, and falls into a deep sleep. This somehow causes a multitude of briar branches to wrap around the palace which prevents her hero to come rescue her. The princes try to slash through the briars, but end up getting stuck, and dying an agonizing death. Lastly, there is man vs machine. The machines one may think people refer to in stories are not the ones in this book. This is only because this book was written in a time where electronic anythings did not exist. So, fathering the technology of the time, which mainly consisted of carts, dangled, and cottages, this is what I have come up with. In Rapunzel, the prince has to climb up a tower to get to the beautiful woman that lives inside. The tower old, and dangerously high off of the ground. The story of Sleeping Beauty involves a prince trying to get passed all of the shut parts of the castle to get to his bride as well. 

Pharmacy ad

What rhetorical appeal is the ad using (ethos, pathos, logos)? Explain your answer.

This advertisement is appealing to ethos because it is trying to sell itself to the general female population whom enjoys dying their hair.

What is the argument that this ad is making (premises and conclusion)?

This ad is saying that the dye not only colors, but softens the hair in a cleansing manner, and, it is also permanent! This would obviously attract more customers because of the duel purpose.

Can you spot any logical fallacies in this ad? If so, what are they?

The logical fallacy in this is a "false cause". A "false cause" is when something says what the outcome will be if you do something else, this prediction is usually false. What this image is implying is that if you use this hair dye/ moisturizer, you will look as beautiful as the woman in the picture.

What is the source of the ad (who is paying for it)?



1. What is the purpose of the ad?

The main purpose of the ad is to get women to buy this sort of hair dye.

2. Who is the target audience and how do you know this?

Women would pay for this because of the female image on the front of the box and the word use like "gorgeous" and "superior".

3. What is the subtext of this ad?

The part at the bottom in small print that reads: 100% grey coverage! permanent, 1application.

4. What part of the story is not being told?

It hasn't told the buyer about any after effects.

5Is there a group that is empowered and/or disempowered by this ad? How can you tell?

Women would probably be empowered here because there is no sign of putting down any type of person (weight -wise, ethnicity, class), but it is simply an ad that's purpose is to get any type of woman to buy their product.