Anzaldua

Anzaldua Reading-

Pre-reading:

3. I have never read or watched an interview from my favorite author or actor but I thought similar to this would be my favorite artist, Rihanna. I have always followed interviews that various websites and people have had with her and enjoy watching them so much. I bought Rihanna’s first album not really knowing much about her but immediately fell in love with her music. I think following her so closely and listening to all her interviews has helped me see a completely different side of her. It has helped me see past her specifically “pop” style and see who she really is. It lets you know where she comes from and what she has been through. I think interviews let you see inside the inspiration that comes behind their music or ideals. It helps you see their works in a completely different light because you might have thought the meaning behind their songs or writing or movies is one way when actually it could mean something completely else. Watching Rihanna’s interviews helped me see the pain but also strength that is behind her music and strong attitude.

Questions for Discussion and Journaling:

1.       I think it is definitely a big change from the readings we have read. Yes, we have read readings about other discourses and very specific language used in those discourses but this gives us an inside of her very specific language with no explanation. I think it confuses but at the same time it makes the piece more personal. I definitely think that it doesn’t take anything away from the reading! It adds something different and individual. It almost proves her point more because she shows she is not afraid to embrace her past and show the difference between the typical “white English”. She keeps her history and past with her throughout her whole life and is very proud of it. I think she made the choice to do this because of the reasons I have listened. So people can relate to her heritage and see what she is all about. She is showing her audience her heritage. She uses it to prove her point and it would also be cool for people that could actually read it. Then it would connect them to the reading that much more!

3 ) I do not think that to be a writer you have to trust and believe in yourself. I believe anyone can be a writer. I do believe to put your all into your writing and truly show you audience your whole self you have to trust and believe in yourself. You have to trust and believe in your writing and what you have to say. You have to trust in your thoughts and ideals that you will portray what you want to portray. You have to believe in your thoughts and not question what you believe in. You have to be confident in what you are bringing to your audience. I think personally, I do believe in my writing. Sometimes I don’t, for example when I write a paper. When I am forced to write a paper about something I don’t believe in I get anxiety and I am not so confident. I think that when I get to free write or creatively write I trust and believe in that writing.

Applying and Exploring Ideas:

2.       I think it would completely have made the writing 100% different. Like in the question above, the way she writes gives the reading so much character and all that would be gone if she wrote in the traditional academic format. The traditional format just seems so boring to me and if you read so much, I find myself losing interest very fast. You keep reading the same thing over and over again and it becomes very boring. You need a change to keep your mind wondering and going until the end. I think this helps the writing become more effective because it keeps the reader attentive and it connects you so much more to the writing. It helps you see inside of her history and show that she wants to keep the audience going. It shows her creative writing skills and care with her writing. To connect it with the last question, it shows her confidence in her writing.

3.       I think that this is very true. Like the famous quote “A picture’s worth a thousand words”, I truly believe it does. Images can say things that words can never say. They can show many things that words could never describe or show. It gives you a look into what is actually going on. Instead of having words trying to describe a picture, you actually see the picture! I think I would use pictures for a situation when I had to show somebody exactly what I mean. It is hard to describe a picture using words so showing a picture gets right to the point. You show and get your message across directly. Or if you want, you can actually provoke thought through a picture. You can display things that are not directly shown in the picture. You can get different thoughts and ideas through a picture. I think art is a huge example where my thoughts and emotions are provoked on a deeper level than words could ever do.