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When first reading Hofstadter’s essay about the paranoid style, I was relatively indifferent. I thought his essay was somewhat archaic and not overtly applicable in our world today, but I have an overwhelmingly different opinion now. Dimitriadis’ and Giroux’s articles really made a difference in how I see the paranoid style because they both hit…

In response to Journal 3 Initially I considered that writers dislike peer reviews out of a sort of superiority complex, that your peer reviewers may be under qualified to give appropriate advice; however, I would consider now that this distaste stems from fear of being considered wrong. Going through the process of writing major paper…

Many of the arguments made in this paper are central around the idea that the paranoid style is visible and progressing in politics. In my synthesis I use the various texts to support that a general lack of critical awareness leads to the phenomena of confirmation bias and straight party politics, ultimately resulting in violence…

One of the comments I have received a couple times is about the specificity of my introduction paragraphs. Throughout this course I have learned of better ways to format my intro paragraphs to provide context and set up my paper in a way that initiates reader comprehension.This has definitely shown up in the drafting part…

Giroux claims that political paranoia is alive and well today because Americans lack the ability to think critically and listen to opposing arguments without self-destructing. This disconnect between citizens has led to the deletion of public spheres and general disarray of politics in America.  Roller’s main claim is that it is hard for American’s to…

I felt most confident in the passage exploring how the lack of a public sphere is leading to an incline in political paranoia. The fact that the idea of a public sphere was new to me and I had to do a little research made it more clear for me to interpret because there I…

Having a thesis is different than making a claim in that a thesis is declarative, the be all end all to the information it is responding to. A thesis does not enter in to the argument, but it shuts off potential for further conversation, it provides a “correct answer” answer rather than responding with a…

Producing this paper was easier than I initially anticipated. There was so much material to dig through in Wallace’s essay so that made it easy to support a variety of claims, and find a level of cohesiveness throughout the smaller arguments to form a longer piece of writing.   Drafting this paper was different than the shorter…

My interpretation of “Up, Simba” is centered around David Foster Wallace’s call to young Americans during the turn of the century to engage in politics and activate their awareness of misrepresentation in the media.  This appears most clearly in the introduction and conclusion of my essay, the body paragraphs were used to address the complexities of…

Through the peer review process I have learned that my arguments are not as cohesive and connected as I thought. Also, my sentence structure can be slightly convoluted and can distract readers from the point. It was surprising to know that I was not explaining things as well as I thought, I always assumed that I…