The Arts of Selling

Sadly I wasn't able to participate in the discussion in class; but I still want to explain what I found interesting in the reading. This reading made me view my life in a different light. It basically explains the process of selling by targeting at the naïve minded people and using their ignorance against them. I see this a lot with not just every day news, but with ads for products, politics, and entertainment. It made me realize how I have such a lack of knowledge for everything and I only do or buy anything because of the simple facts I know that I want to hear and the looks. They display with so much action and in a short amount of time using the right loaded words that make me want something I probably don't need and I end up choosing that I don't need to know anymore. To live life were ignorance is bliss is scary, but then I also question if it's for the best. Is ignorance bliss to an extent?

Tone and Attitude

We are taught that both tone and attitude refer to the author's perception and presentation of the material and the audience. I've always had trouble with distinguishing the attitude and the tone, so it's always good to go back and review what they really are.

Tone is synonymous with the word "mood." In fact, the tone reinforces the mood.

Attitude not only creates the mood, but it also represents the stance or relationship the author has toward their subject.

You think of how parents say, "Don't use that tone with me" or "I don't appreciate your attitude". So what's the difference? If I yelled at my mom, "I don't want to do the dishes!!" she would comment on my tone. But if I sluggishly said, "I don't want to do the dishes" she would comment on my attitude; on my view of not wanting to do the dishes.

Siddhartha's Recovery

Siddhartha became a rich merchant and started to become addicted to gambling and greed. He would think about the man he has become and before he can be fully aware of who he has transformed into he would go gamble and drink more wine to forget the issues that surrounded him. he repeated this cycle over and over and became sicker with greed of money consuming his mind and clouding his reasonable self inside. Yet, he had the power to still confront the issue and once and finally decided to finally walk away rather than repeating the cycle. The strength it must of took to come back to the man he was once before is a true symbol of strength that not everyone has. This touched me deeply because compared to our reality we always see people get caught in a cycle the makes their lives revolve around that cycle until they escape or die within the cycle. I think one thing I learned from this is that true strength doesn't come from staying away from the bad influences and addictions, but knowing when to walk away. It seems we forgot that we are all human and we are not always going to do the right things, but that doesn't mean they should be shun upon and be called weak because they fell for the temptations, but instead congratulate them when they leave the cycle and be told they are stronger in heart and mind then they ever were before. Is there anything else that could be added or shared from my view?