CL 7/24

Ripper Paper + Ana Paper

• “Gut reactions” to the Ripper Paper
  • My “gut reaction” to this paper is that it is very interesting. I think it is really cool that the author was able to turn their passion for Jack the Ripper into a career in criminal justice.
• “Gut reactions” to the Ana Paper
  • My “gut reaction” to this paper is that it is heart-wrenching. I have been in the same position as this person has, and it’s difficult to watch others go through it. I wish we had read a different paper other than this one.

Let’s answer these questions:

1. Can you name the writers’ various causes for joining their discourse communities?
   • The author of the Ripper Paper joined their discourse community because they had a common interest in Jack the Ripper and the author of the Ana Paper joined this discourse community because they felt that this community could help them achieve the “perfect” body.
2. Can you name what the writers say are the respective effects of their memberships in their discourse communities?
   • The author of the Ripper Paper has gained a new way of thinking and a career in criminal justice due to their discourse community membership and the author of the Ana Paper had organ failure due to their discourse community membership
3. While I find the narrative in the “ripper paper” file to be exceptionally good, explain how the “ana paper” is just as good but achieves this quality in a different way.
   • In my opinion, the Ana Paper was different from the Ripper Paper because it was more emotional. The Ripper Paper was a personal story and it was interesting, but the Author of the Ana Paper told a sadder and more private story. Their narrative was exceptionally good because it evokes so much emotion from the reader.
4. How do you think the document you’ll produce for this assignment be different than the document you produced for assignment one?
   • My document for assignment one will be different from assignment two because assignment two will be more personal. In assignment one we had to analyze a historical document so there was not much room for personal feelings and emotion. In assignment two, we are sharing personal stories of how we joined our discourse communities, so it will have more of a focus on emotion.
5. What questions do you have for me?
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