Friday, February 22, 2013

of cannibals, kings and culture

The article "Of Cannibals, Kings and Culture" is structured chronologically. The authors tone is objective, he is able to give an unbiased view, he puts his judgments aside. This article is telling about a time were three Brazilian cannibals went to France because they were invited by the king. The Brazilians were interrogated. Being a cannibal was common in the Brazilian culture, it was the Brazilian ethnicity and it was allowed it their country. This article tells us about something that has happened in the past, it was written to explain to us part of the Brazilian culture.

Friday, February 15, 2013

the curious case of the lusty wasps

this article is in cause & effect order. the article tone of the article sounds fascinated, the author is probably extremely fascinated by these wasps. this article talks about the jewel wasps and their pheromone trail. it also talks about how the wasp interbreeds.in the article it talks about male wasps using the pheromones as a calling card, it also broadcasts his location, availability, and his identity.this tells everyone how wasps mate, so we don't have to go around wondering.

Friday, February 8, 2013

"Television really does make you less lonely, say scientists "

the order of the information in the article "Television really makes you less lonely" is structured by cause and effect. the authers tone in this article is iterest toward the topic. i beleive the auther is somewhat suprised by the findings. the article is about how tv can make you feel less lonely. you are more likely to watch your favourite shows when your lonely and it makes you feel less lonely. A study found that people in need of social acceptance train themselves to read more queues from facial expressions. " Lonely people may be able to make stronger connections with TV shows and TV characters than people who already have a lot of people in their lives. A deprived person gets more of a social kick from imaginary characters." this quiote from the article supports the main idea, its also my life in a nutshell. to me this article means lonely people ,like me and everyone else on tumblr, can watch tv and feel less lonely. the tv can be your best freind