Anzaldua

pre-reading

Ethnocentrism is the tendsmcy to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of ones own superior ethnic group or culture. No I have never heard of this term before. However I think you could say that it was Hitler's objective.

Questions for Discussion and Journaling

1) By not cluing us in, she is not allowing us to become part of that community. Therefore you cannot get a clear understanding of the community due to her vagueness. She is somewhat leaving us in the dark so to speak.

3) Yes, people need to have confidence in their writing to express emotion about what they are writing about. If one is not confident in their writing that can be felt by the audience.It can make what one is writing about very dry and not interesting.

Sure, because having confidence in myself and what I am writing allows me to express a deeper involvement in what I am writing therefore making it  more interesting to those who are reading it. If i am confident and interested in what I am writing others will be while reading it.

Applying and Exploring

2) No, In my opinion this writing was interesting to me because it kept my attention. I feel that if it was in the traditional format it would have been boring and harder to follow and understand.

3) Yes I agree, I think it takes us back to the  Mcloud reading about images, as it would make a lot of things easier for some people to understand.

An example I can think of is of the civil war, when you just read something about it. You get an idea of what happened, but when you see pictures with the text it really hits home about what they went through.

Yes, I think if you are working with kids is a time when you would do this.