Why I Am Not A Christian

This reading was very hard to understand. The author uses a lot of religious philosophers ( Plato,Socrates,Descartes) to try and prove that God doesn't exist. These philosophers spent their live dedicated to their cause and have studied Christianity extensively.The author however, also makes some good point. As far as his denial of Christianity that's up to him. This is as far as I would like to articulate on this subject at this time.

Practical

This section was a pretty good reading. I already knew a lot of what they were talking about, but somethings I didn't know about. I guess it became a new law very recently. It was kinda hard to understand at first. As you read longer it gets easier. I couldn't believe how many laws, I guess you would say, there was for writing. Overall easy to read hard to understand.

Practical Stratagies For Reading And Writing

This reading had a lot of things that reaffirmed many of the things I already knew,accept for the stuff on computer on line writing and visual aid. Since I'm just getting started using computers this section was probably the most interesting and gave me the most information. I didn't know there were so many laws to writing in different context and I hope I don't have to memorize all the different formats.

Analizing Rhetorical Situations

This reading was pretty good. It had a lot of good information, just like most of the other reading in Ede. I think there are the people out there that believe in different worlds and things of that nature. I think the Wizard of Oz was a great example. Many people have seen the movie and I believe there are probably some people out there who believe some way somehow this could actually be a real place somewhere out there. However most people know that these types of things are just made up and could never really happen. We all might have fantasies about different worlds or different types of things, but when it comes down to it we know what is real life and what is make believe.

Analizing Rhetorical Situations

I rather enjoyed this reading. The reading had a lot of good information. I had a good idea of most of the information but having something besides text to read in this book made the reading more enjoyable. The "Dungeon and Dragons" essay was real good , because while I was in the U.S. Navy the nights at sea can get very boring so I was one of the so called weirdos the auther was talking about. It realy can take some of the harsh reality out of life. My lord we've all watched" The Wizard of Oz" and I don't believe that any one believes a tornado will send them to a land where they will find talking sarecrows,a tinman and a cowardly lion. I think we all fight enough demons in reality. Sometimes I think we all have fantasys about being in a world that could only live in our own minds.

Strategies for Revision

This reading was very informative. It give many different and very good ways on how to revise a paper. I use many different techniques to revise my papers. the first thing I usually do is read through the paper myself to try and pull out as many errors as i can. The next step i use is having someone who is honest read through my paper. Getting someone who doesn't really care would not help much because they wouldn't tell you what was wrong with the paper. I think the reading gave a great hint when it says to plan a break in between writing your paper and revising it. Another good suggestion they gave was to read your work aloud. Overall this reading was informative and gave many helpful hints in the revising process of writing a paper.

Strategies for Designing Pages and Screens

This was a very practical reading. It makes sense to know how to be effective with writing in our always growing technology age. Making sure that your pages are formatted so that your readers can easily understand it is just as important whether it be written or visual. The step by step points on every possible topic helped a lot and the examples did as well. A flowing, easily read web page or brochure is much better for serving your purpose than a cluttered mess.

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Wow! That was one long letter! But it was also made a whole lot of sense. He used good examples to explain his ideas and how they fit into the clergymen’s views. Their ideas were really the same just came out into the open in different ways. I like his writing because it is strong and spirited. He does not use big words or vocabulary that no one understands. He also uses a lot of religious notations; this helps us fit the situations of the time to the situations of the past. We can then see how they are repeating themselves. Martin Luther King, Jr. goes on to say that the churches are not really following their teachings. They seem to be more concerned with social issues. He asked the clergymen and us for that matter, to step up to the plate and show everyone that the time for racism and segregation to end is now. These ideas are still troubling our society today and we all need to read this passage and realize that we can’t change the past but we can’t build a better tomorrow unless we fix today.

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr. has always been a passionate writer as well as a person who knows how to get to the reader. But this piece of writing is one of the best pieces that I've ever read. I like the way he uses his own style just to talk to the clergymen, its just fascinating. The only thing that I didn't like was the fact that he didn't really get to the point of his writing until the last couple of pages. Other than that I really enjoyed this piece.