Thursday, September 5, 2013
Respond To A Reading
My favorite reading that we have done in Unit 1 so far has been "Why I Blog" by Andrew Sullivan. The part that really hit home for me was when he said, "On my blog, my readers and I experienced 9/11 together, in real time. I can look back and see not just how I responded to the event, but how I responded to it at 3:47 that afternoon. And at 9:46 that night. There is a vividness to this immediacy that cannot be rivaled by print. The same goes for the 2000 recount, the Iraq War, the revelations of Abu Ghraib, the death of John Paul II, or any of the other history-making events of the past decade. There is simply no way to write about them in real time without revealing a huge amount about yourself." This quote just made me realize how feelings are truly expressed in blogs. I guess it appealed to me so much because my cousin was killed on 9/11 so hearing him refer to that made me realize how blogging is so much more than just writing online. It's raw material that can't be expressed in any other way. I also liked how he specified the exact time he reacted to all of those situations. It marks true emotions on what happened on those days. That's something that nobody else can write except for you. It would be interesting to go and find those posts to see how others felt that day.
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I really like how you pulled an experience from your own life to relate to this writing. The same way we read each other blogs we get a sense of closeness to understand what other people thing on a certain writing. I agree with you about wanting to find out what other people think on a certain subject or a certain moment in time that the whole world experiences.
ReplyDeleteI agree that blogging can be much more than writing online. We put much more emotion and opinion into free writing than we do in an objective essay. I would relate it to being attached to a book series that you feel passionately about, that can effect your emotions, except in this case it's nonfiction.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you tied in what he said about 9/11 into your response. Being able to put a personal experience into your writing showed that you truly understood what Sullivan was saying. I like how you said "That is something no one else can write except you," because I can truly relate to that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the previous comments. Blogging can bring about emotions which can reflect real-life events. Blogging is a honest way of expressing your opinions on a certain topic rather that watching television which mostly provides false information.
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