IB English - Journal 28

Journal 28

Write an argument about the following image.

Journal #28:

   Multiple arguments could be said about this image. This image can be used as an argument against technology, or can be used for the proof of how integrated technology has become in the younger generations. Furthermore, this image can be used to develop a thesis in decreasing the usage of technology due to the high amount of money technology requires. Another way to use this image is as a statistic to reinforce a claim of the grand amount of teenagers using technology, that therefore can lead to teenagers being more anti-social, more susceptible to artifice information, and more susceptible to imposed on views and thoughts. 

IB English - Journal 27

Journal 27

Write an argument about the following image.

Journal #27:

   The central theme of this image revolves around the simplicity of life. As a child, we were once carefree and unrestricted by the darkness surrounding us. We often lose sight of the simple joyful experiences in life, by being so wrapped up in the factory of life. Life as a child, is so precious, everyday, every memory, every experience is a pearl and as we grow older those pearls become more and more rare. Hence, the primary argument of this image is to enjoy life just as a carefree child does. 

IB English - Journal 26

Journal 26

Write an argument about the following image.

Journal #26:

   This image can be used for multiple arguments such as, an anti-war stance or an anti-draft stance. This image can also be used for both. The beauty of this image is a classic, pretty well maintained, piano in the middle of what it is seems to be the aftermath of a terrible fire. And yet with a eerie scenery the soldier next to the piano, simply playing it, creates a strangely hopeful atmosphere. This image can be used as an anti-war image by stating how behind the classical beauty there is destruction, and with the presence of the piano, and the soldier playing it, a feeling of gratitude toward the simplicities of life sweeps the central theme of the image. The image, just as well, can be used as an anti-draft image by stating how the soldier playing the piano creates calmness, but once the soldier moves on away from the piano, he will head off towards a grim path; hence, we question what it is that drafted young men are faced with when leaving behind the life they once knew.

IB English - Journal 25

Journal 25

“I just don’t believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set the rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.”  ---Malcolm X

Journal #25:

   Reading this quote, I recalled a similar saying which defined how the greatest lost of power is believing you don't have any. Malcom X refers to the black - African America - community as the "People" in his quote, thus he calls for action against their oppressors.