Requirements: Use one essay to read another; analyze key ideas in the first essay; apply these ideas to discuss the second essay. Requirements: Use one essay to read another; analyze key ideas in the first essay; apply these ideas to discuss the second essay.
You should use Torie Rose Deghett’s “The War Photo No One Would Publish” as a lens through which you read and analyze a second essay in this assignment.
Analyze a few key ideas in the DeGhett essay. These can include: presenting “sanitized” images of war and censoring images that show the human cost and “messy” consequences of war; the manipulation and control of media agents; foregrounding a dominant narrative and suppressing others; the way images can build awareness and empathy in a nation fighting a war.
Now, use Deghett’s ideas to discuss Safdar Ahmed’s “‘Father of No One’s Son’: Abu Ghraib and Torture in the Art of Ayad Alkadhi.”
Do you see examples of ideas and arguments similar to DeGhett’s in Ahmed? For instance, do they address the importance of showing all perspectives in war; the human costs of war; excluding consideration of certain groups involved in war; censoring war images; contextualizing war photographs to build awareness; choices made by media; presenting the suffering of the “enemy?”
You do not have to address every issue mentioned. You can discuss two or three issues.
What rhetorical strategies do these authors use to convey their arguments? Write about one or two.You should use Torie Rose Deghett’s “The War Photo No One Would Publish” as a lens through which you read and analyze a second essay in this assignment.
You should analyze a few key ideas in the DeGhett essay. These can include: presenting “sanitized” images of war and censoring images that show the human cost and “messy” consequences of war; the manipulation and control of media agents; foregrounding a dominant narrative and suppressing others; the way images can build awareness and empathy in a nation fighting a war.
Now, use Deghett’s ideas to discuss Safdar Ahmed’s “‘Father of No One’s Son’: Abu Ghraib and Torture in the Art of Ayad Alkadhi.”
Do you see examples of ideas and arguments similar to DeGhett’s in Ahmed? For instance, do they address the importance of showing all perspectives in war; the human costs of war; excluding consideration of certain groups involved in war; censoring war images; contextualizing war photographs to build awareness; choices made by media; presenting the suffering of the “enemy?”
You do not have to address every issue mentioned. You can discuss two or three issues.
What rhetorical strategies do these authors use to convey their arguments? Write about one or two.
