The world is crazy right now! If you told me a few weeks ago that restaurants would be closing down indoor seating, church services would go online, and the shelves that used to hold toilet paper would be completely empty, I’d think you were insane. We are living out something that will be in future generation’s history books. Personally, this event has really affected my work, since I work at Cotton Patch as a server and to-go host. I’ve never seen the restaurant so empty. When I am working, it’s only one other coworker, the chefs, the manager, and I. Many of our customers walk in with masks or we bring their meal out to their cars. To make it so people see we are still open, we placed a tent outside. I’m trying to be like Gonzalo in The Tempest, as I’m trying to make the best of this situation and see the bright side of everything.
In Class…
Though we weren’t actually in class this week, I read and analyzed Act 4 and 5. In Act 4, we saw Miranda and Ferdinand accept each other and plan to be married soon. I love how sweet they are to each other and how Ferdinand is willing to take her as his wife so quickly and confidently. It’s a true love story. In Act 5 we see Prospero have a change of heart and have compassion on his enemies. He releases them from the spell he put on them and talks to them. Prospero shows Alonso that Ferdinand is still alive and finally lets go of his power and releases Ariel. I personally love this ending; I’m a sucker for happy endings.
Practice Makes Perfect…
Because of all this chaos, I’ve been watching the news a lot lately. While watching the news, I saw the Good Morning Show. They were going over pantry staples. They suggested including canned beans, fruits, and vegetables as foods to stock up on because of their long shelf life. Only a few days after this aired I went to the store to get ingredients for dinner. When I looked in the aisle where the black beans were, the aisle was almost completely empty. The ladies from the Good Morning Show used unintentionally used rhetoric to convince people that these were foods they needed. They use logos as well as pathos. They used logos because it was logical to get these foods versus other foods, and they used pathos because of people’s fear of running out of food. This is a great example of how people can convince someone that something is a good idea, without us even truly noticing or meaning to.
Works cited
Marcene, Brandi. “100 Funniest Boston Terrier Memes: #MemeGodCertified: Doggypedia.” The Dog Digest, 7 Jan. 2019, doggypedia.org/100-funniest-boston-terrier-memes/.
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