Discourse community assignment

Eng 1121 Final Writing Piece

English 1121 Essay #1 Rework

Michael_Java_Rewrite (1)

Step 5:

package step5;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Step5 {

public static void main(String[] args) {
String city;
Scanner key = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print(“Enter in the name of your favorite city: “);
city = key.nextLine();

int stringSize = city.length();
String upper = city.toUpperCase();
String lower = city.toLowerCase();
char letter = city.charAt(0);

System.out.println(“Number of Characters in the city name:” + stringSize
+” \n The city name in all uppercase:”+ upper +
“\n The city name in all lowercase:”+ lower +
“\n The first character in the name of the city:” + letter);

}
}

Philosophical Quote Response
1.Based on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote, I think the purpose of his message is to tell others to focus on the present rather than the past or the future. By focusing on the present then they can now see what is really of importance.
2.I believe that anyone can write philosophical statements is due to experiences that they want to try to convey to others.
3.I might expect to encounter these types of writing in some inspirational writing to possibly change someone.
4.I believe anyone can understand these philosophical excerpts because if the person is able to read it then there is a chance for the author’s message to be conveyed. Ralph Waldo’s possible audience can be directed towards people who are dwelling in the past or to focused on the future.
5.You can associate philosophical writing with people who want to give advice to people.
6.If I were to make my own life philosophy, I would include something about equality and respect. For me to be able to write a philosophical excerpt / quote then I probably would need some more life experience.
7.The types of writing that can help give advice about living could come from inspirational writing or from history.

Discourse Communities:
I believe that there are some discourse communities are given more power / voice in society than others because there are some communities that just have a larger influence on people.
Language does play a role in discourse communities because if someone is unable to understand what the people in that community could be saying therefore leading people to stray from that community. Depending on the language, it could impact someone’s identity because the language that the persons knows could only interact with people that also know that language (unless willing to trying to interact with other people who do not know the language.)

“Too much  choice is as debilitating of meaning as is too little choice. In language, too much variation results eventually in lack of meaning: mutual unintelligibly” (Devitt, “Genre” 53) – pg 259

I find the quote to be helpful because it really is true how to little choice and how too much choice can stop a person from picking something. I have been in those types of situation and it really can be to hard to make a choice.

1. Comics
2. Subtitles / Captions
3. Mathematical expressions
4. Computer programming codes.

Can you relate to the text? Why or why not?:

I can relate to the text because there are just some subjects that I am more interested in that others.

Do you think that most people today see/understand the ability to read the same way that Malcolm X describes?:

I highly doubt that people would see / understand the ability to read the same way that Malcolm X describes. Due to the advances in technology, its become easier for people to just watch / listen to things just as much as reading is.

My goal(s) for this semester is to pass the class and to be able create more detailed writings.

Quote /  statement: Trying to be creative while writing is hard.