Genre: This was written to persuade the reader. The writer of this wants us to follow along with him and agree with him. He shows us things that, as humans, we tend to disagree with. By doing this, he is trying to persuade us to follow what he is saying.
Purpose: He wants to inform of us of what the veil is all about. Most people are ignorant to why women wear these veils in the Middle East; thus, people make assumptions that are not true. Because of this, he wants to tell the true meaning of the veil. He doesn’t believe that the veil that women wear is not bad. It is tradition and customary for them to wear it, so he tries to convince us to accept it.
View of the World: Throughout the story, Kurtz talks about family. He writes “ life in the Muslim Middle East has long revolved around family and tribe” (230). People all over can connect to what family means. This is good to write about because the majority of people won’t be offended by mentioning family and won’t feel isolated while reading.
Tools used: Kurtz is very careful to pick his words. He doesn’t pick any words that could isolate anyone that is reading. His purpose is to persuade, so if he were to isolate a group, his purpose for writing this is lost. He also doesn’t use harsh language or assume his readers are stupid. He really just wants us, as readers, to hear him out and think of the veil in a different way.
I am proud that you did the assignment. Unfortunately it is very difficult to comment on this particular assignment because we all did the same thing. Thank you for your input. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeletedefinitely agree with you steven... this is super hard to post on... but i found it interesting how all of us had a different input to the central message of the story. i also found that the use of tools was great and the paper was overall very well done. thanks for sharing your info! hope you enjoyed this story!
ReplyDeleteOnce again I am just going to have to agree with what Steven and Mackenzie have said. I should just comment on these things first so I do not sound so redundant or that I’m copying those before me. I appreciated that you noticed how he does not isolate anyone by his word choice or assume his reader is stupid. I think that is an invaluable tool as a writer. Kurtz really wrote for his audience and made the subject relatable and easy to understand. This essay was interesting to read; it gave me a new perspective about the use of veils in the Middle East and helped me understand their purpose there.
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