Convergences

I think the first assigned reading was really easy to get through. The book gives multiple examples every time they define something. I liked this a lot because even if the words were confusing there was a visual which connected it and then made it much easier to understand. The reading especially emphasized that in writing and all other mediums interpretation is always left up to the reader and the viewer, and that it may not always be interpreted the way the creator intended. I liked this because it means that there is not always one answer which I think is an important concept in writing. Their example of the marriage proposal was a god way to convey how one message can have many different methods and mediums which actually make them completely different. I think it is important to emphasize the fact that a certain message should not always be portrayed the same way because a lot of times in writing assignments for school, students get the impression, or perhaps just do it habitually, to write whatever the opinion of their teacher is. I think what Convergences wants is for students to be able to strengthen their own delivery of messages they believe so that they can state their own opinions in an effective way. Which is what i hope to learn from this book.