First Reading

To be completely honest until I read the first page of the reading I had no idea what a convergence was. I had never heard the word before in daily life or reading. I never knew how articles were broken down or how they are analyzed. I never realized how often as a society we look for the message in everything we do. I learned that a work's message and the theme are two separate ideas. When the author discussed how different texts in our textbook may seemed simple and casual on the surface but can often mask an impressive complexity, I found that to be very interesting. I often take things for face value and do not always look to find the deeper meaning of things as this book is making us do. I completely agree with the author talking about how everyone has a different method for everything. As I was taking photography I found it fascinating to observe every one's method for taking pictures such as angles, subjects, and composition. A point that the author also brought to my attention was that we outline our own works but we do not outline someone else's completed work. I never really thought about that, I usually just read the article and do not even consider the idea of outlining or editing some one's work unless I am asked to do so. While reading the section about "will you marry me?" I was surprised to hear all the different ways men ask women to this day and all the extra work they put into it (ex. photographer). After giving the article a second thought though, society again does everything differently from the way they say things to the way they do it, everything now makes sense! How the message, method and medium now go along with each other. Learning about audience I had no idea so many little features went towards your audience. The way there are little knit-picky details for ever aspect of writing, texts and every part of literature out there.