Make A Wish

After viewing a variety of different websites, all in which were uniquely different, it was the Make a Wish Foundation website that really drew my attention. The bright colors, pictures and simple layout are all things that I considered when choosing to analyze this website.

The website was created by a member of the Make a Wish Foundation. After reviewing the website in greater detail, I found this foundation to be very creditable and reliable for what they say and believe. I myself have personal experience with this foundation. When my younger cousin was diagnosed with a brain tumor, Make a Wish Foundation was able to grant a wish for her. It was always Kendall's dream to go to Disneyland and it was the Make a Wish Foundation that made that dream possible. 

It is obvious to see just from the headline alone, "Make a Wish",  that this websites sole purpose is to raise money to be able to make sick children's dreams come true. Their goal and purpose is apparent through the pictures and stories told on the website and the mission statement that is displayed: "We grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy." The website allows you to read stories and the wishes of just a few of the children they have brought joy to.

The audience is targeted to anyone who is willing ot donate time and money to help make the dreams of a child come true. There have even been many celebrities that have donated their time and money for this cause including, Jennifer Garner, My Chemical Romance and Donald Trum, that's just to name a few. It is important for the audience to see that the organization they may choose to help and give money to is reliable. That is why it is important for the author to keep in mind how the layout and information is presented. 

You may expect a website that raises money for children with life-threatening medical conditions to be more somber but the tone for this website is full of hope and joy to show the audience that their organization brings happiness into a child's life.

This websites main appeal is pathos. By displaying pictures of young children with smiles and laughter I am able to observe the goodness this organization brings. These pictures also lead to how the author used ethos. The pictures show the audience and myself that this organization would be worth my time and money. This site contains pictures of celebrity supporters and large sponsors such as Delta Airlines and Disneyland. I am able to observe this through logos. By seeing a celebrity and large corporations involvement brings the reader to believe that this organization is real.

I think it is important for  a writer to take a critical approach when reading information on the internet to make sure that the source and author you are taking your information from is reliable. completing this assignment has shown me the importance of analyzing the information presented on a website and I am now able to see the purpose just by looking at the color, layout and headlines posted before even reading further into the articles. 

Blog Analysis

After reviewing a few of my classmates blogs, I decided to analyze Scott's. When viewing his blog the first thing that stands out to me are the pictures of the sharks. Right away I am able to see that he has some sort of interest in sharks and scuba diving. Even the name of his blog, "Shark Cage" gives you a greater understanding for his interest in sharks. His background colors consist of a few different shades of blues and some yellow. The color choices go very well and give a good representation of what kind of person Scott may be. Scott is a history major, and usually the impression I get from a history major is that they might be a little dry and not so interested in adventurous activities. But after reviewing his blog I can see that Scott is defiantly not a "dry" person and and has a great desire for adventure.

"Mother Tongue"

In "Mother Tongue", the author Amy Tan writes about her mothers broken English and the impact that it has had on her as a writer and as a person and how her mothers broken English has been perceived by others. The rhetorical triangle asks who the author is, who the audience is and what the purpose of the text is. In "Mother Tongue", Tan is writing to her mother but I also feel she is addressing  anyone who has emigrant parents. The purpose of Tans essay is to show that  even though one may speak "broken" English, it does not give people the right to look down upon that person or discriminate against them. Even though her mother speaks broke English, she is a very smart and professional woman but has struggled to gain respect because of how she speaks. Tan also wants to show that you can speak many different types of English with different audiences, just as you speak different to a group of adults then you do with your friends.

What is a blog?

I myself have never posted a blog and have read very few blogs posted by others, the few blogs that I have read are ones posted on Facebook or Myspace. Before reading the blog articles posted on Nick's page I had very little information about what a blog actually is and how it can be used in so many different ways. I learned that a blog is a way for a person or an organization to share their ideas, thoughts, music and even pictures with thousands of other people and networks. Posting a blog is much different then just writing in a private journal because it gives you the opportunity to receive feedback from other people and allow you to view an idea from a different point of view. Blogs can also be a useful resource when you are looking to buy a new product. You can use the blog created by the company of your product of interest to see how other consumers have liked the product. Though a blog is a place for you to express your thoughts and ideas, i do not find it appropriate to use it to express racial judgments on other peoples beliefs or religion. A blog should be a place where a person can feel no judgment for what they believe.

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