Thursday, 1 October 2015

How Do You View Critical Literacy...

5. You have almost completed this semester, so, how do you view Critical Literacy now? If you have any comments and suggestion, please do as it helps for the betterment of the course as a whole. 


          Critical Literacy is an interesting subject for all students to learn. Even though it is quite tough and difficult to understand but I take it as challenge for me as an English student to improve my reading and writing skills. It is true CL is a killer subject for me but I need to endure it because nothing is easy in this world as long we learned and face the difficulties.   This subject is worthy for me because it has given me a lot of information that I can apply it for my future carrier.


         In Critical Literacy it taught how to analyse article by using “rule of ten” which is different from the previous subject that I have learned. It gives me clearly view on particular issues on what the writer try to let the readers know. Apart from that, at the beginning of this subject, I have learned to analyse video and visual aids which is more interesting and different for me. This subject also has taught me to differentiate between facts and opinion because occasionally it gives mix-up between this two. 


        Other than that, I am glad to learn about this subject because it is different from other subject that I have learned which I need analyse the article, learn how to produce counter arguments and how to make citation. It also has opened my eyes that every statement must come with evidenced rather than make our own assumption. I am very grateful to the lectures that are willingly to teach this subject. End of my entry for this subject, thank you.

Life is Merely Illusion

4. Proposition: Life is a mere illusion and just like the world is a stage as we use it as a stepping stone for a showcase of our talents. Provide at least two (2) premises or counter arguments for the proposition. Write in complete paragraph(s).






        Is life merely illusion? Have we ever wondered about the meaning of life? Well, I have to agree with the statement above which is “Life is a mere illusion and just like the world is a stage as we use it as a stepping stone for a showcase of our talents”. First, most people in this world accept the norms and categories they have been given without asking the truly deep question of life. Family, the media, school, and other social components shape our viable perspective version of life.


      As we all, we as a human being live in this world just for a temporary moment. Most of the human being, they have variety of talents which consist of positive and negative vibe. Life is full of drama. Even every person has different personality and attitude which possess them into different talents. The talents don’t occur straightforwardly. We need to build itself with full of passion and commitments. We need to use our talent precisely as our life is like a stepping stone. According to Shakespeare’s “…All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…” this statement proves that our life is a like cycle which can be good at one time or vice versa.


     Besides that, according to Einstein stated in his quote “… reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent…” From the statement above he is referring the reality is happening in life of today societies is a fake but we need to hold what we understand about persistently, even if what we know is just an illusion.


References:

Brainy quotes: Albert Einstein Quotes. Retrieved http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins100298.html


The meaning and origin of the expression: All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. Retrieved from http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/28900.html