Visual Rhetoric

The cartoon that I found is about abortion. I think the cartoonist is trying to get across that they don’t think the courts and the government should be involved in a woman’s decision to have an abortion. Some persuasive tactics of the cartoon are that the artist put the judge and the politician in the room with the patient and doctor while she was having an abortion to make it more personal. They also made the politician and the judge much bigger than the doctor to show their intimidation. I do

agree with the cartoonist. I don’t think anyone else should be able to tell you “No, you cannot have an abortion.” I don’t know that I would ever be able to have an abortion but I do think it should be the woman’s choice because you never the situation. The cartoon definitely does not address all the issues of abortion but it is not really saying whether abortion is right or wrong, it is just saying someone else shouldn’t be able to tell you whether it is right or wrong. I think this is a well done cartoon that makes a good point.

Do you think this is a good cartoon that gets the point across? What do you think the cartoonist could have done to make the cartoon better?

(cartoon from about.com)

Photo Essay

I found this photo essay about the life of Afghan women. It was appaling how horrible the lives of Afghan women is. I knew that it was rough but wow. On of the pictures shows a woman with severe burns on her neck and the caption says that a lot of women light themselve on fire, mainly with cooking oil. I cannot imagine what these women have to go through. this photo essay really opened my eyes to some of the horrors of the world.

grammar

I don't really have too many grammar questions but some that I do have problems with are when to use affect versus effect and also when to use who versus whom. When to use who/whom is something that no one has ever been able to adequately explain to me, come to think of it, I'm not sure I've ever asked anyone. It only occurs to me that I understand when to use what word when I am writing formal papers, otherwise I'm really not concerned. I also sometimes have issues with passive voice and sometimes I am not sure whether or not I need a comma.