Monday, May 1, 2017

We eat social media for breakfast

-I timed myself for 25 minutes and was only able to get 2 paragraphs done because I was thinking of how to place everything and how to actually make it a decent essay. There was a lot of deleting and editing.-


DP's essay tells the truth about social media this day. I am a narcissistic sharer of food myself, yet we both do it for different intentions. For Dr. Preston, his intention was to still share a meal with his daughter who wasn't there, while others intentions (mine included) are to just share a picture on social media to show that we are still a person online. It isn't the fact that the food is yummy or unique, it is just the fact of posting a picture online. The world is a narcissistic place now whose only interest is showing the world that we still post things, no matter how stupid the post are. DP's essay, however, had more than meets the eye in the text explaining it.

The tone of the essay was very relaxed and casual. It was as though the author was talking to his child as he was writing it or that was the message he sent her. The author's diction is again like everyday language. It seemed like it was written on the spot and it wasn't researched like other essays are. I believe that the author wanted his diction and tone as it is, so the essay can be understood by all ages. The author's syntax corresponded with his diction quite well. It allowed for the sentences to be placed in the perfect spot, corresponding with the other sentences.