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Seen

What does Seen and Nick's writing process look like?  (composing process)

Two main points I would want to make...

Step #1--create your thesis (how would you answer that in one sentence?)

Mentoring relationship>collaboration

We see this whole relationship as one where Seen mentors Nick; this thought comes about because Nick has no say in the collaboration.  He interjects comments and suggestions, but Seen does not make any effort to use them.  

One sentence!!! (posted on the 301 site)

The joint work which we see between Seen and Nick is not a collaboration, but an example of mentoring and apprenticeship, therefore the process is one that is a binary of control and servitude/mentorship.

Step #2--locate a "moment", re-gather the data/evidence, and then describe what happened in "thick detail"

Moment--beginning of the piece when Seen establishes his role as the mentor in the relationship.  Nick accepts Seen's decisions, even though they mean Nick will not be taking a leading role in the composition of the piece.  Nick goes from explaining how the piece should look, to simply asking Seen questions about how it should look.  By changing to asking questions, Nick has accepted the fact that Seen has the final decision.

From the 301 blog:

Immediately, just as the creation process is beginning, there is discussion between Seen and Nick concerning the the image and where/how it will be created. Nick asserts his opinion, but Seen dismisses it out of hand, relegating Nick to a completely subordinate role. Nick accepts this role, and it guides the rest of the creation process, creating the mentor/student relationship that drives the roles of both men from beginning to end.

Step #3--Interpret the data, make sense of it for readers

"I think that we're starting it too low."--Nick

"No, it will be perfect, believe me. Believe me."--Seen

These quotes show the relationship between the two as one where Seen is in charge, with Nick taking on the role of the lowly apprentice.  This is of note because it highlights the fact that this is a mentor/apprentice relationship...

From 301 blog:

Step #3: Interpret the data, make sense of it for readers-- what do you want us to notice?

Given all the rhetoric and the roles each man accepts, this scene is not at all a collaboration, and is much more of a servant/master relationship. Throughout the scene, Seen never touches a spray can himself, leaving all the work to Nick despite the fact that he is in total creative control. In order to understand or interpret anything about this "collaboration" one must first understand through what sort of lens to interpret the information. In this case, one must first understand that Seen is in complete control of Nick beginning to end, and that Nick is little more than a voiceless robot obeying orders.

Also. Anableat.

Step #4--Is there something in here that confirms/supports our own interpretation of data? Is there something that denies it?  Identify "testimony" that confirms our analysis.

The testimony in support of and confirmation of our analysis is the discussions between Nick and Seen.  In these discussions, Nick explains what he is trying to do. Seen then interjects "just trust me/believe me", never really explaining why he is shooting down the other explanations.  

Step #5--explain the significance of this testimony for your own argument

In his 1988 analysis of graffiti writers, Richard Lachmann reaches a similar conclusion about this mentoring/apprentice relationship

Deliver Testimony

Anableat.

Five minutes!  Anableat...

Step #6--like we said...anableat.

Review the description and analysis, and loop back to create a topic sentence that signals to the readers the direction in which you're going to go. This topic sentence should be deliver one of your major supporting reasons underpinnning the thesis.

RESOURCES!!!  For testimony...

on Tuesday! ! 

AHHHH!!!

I thought the title fitting.  Anyways...I have another paper I have to write.  I just finished the progress report for this class, and now I'm doing the homework, mainly to prove that I am still capable of doing it.  Yeah, so here goes...

P. 283, 2 and 4

2) Evidence of the senses--taste, touch, hearing, sight, smell--sometimes indisputable.  Instances where I have found them unreliable?  There have been several times that my mother has cooked a meal where the food looked quite atrocious.  This led to me thinking that, because it looked horrible, it would taste horrible, too.  Also, this reminds me of my little sister, after she was just born.  She looked so little, smelled so interesting, and sounded so loud that it was a bit much to take in.  This resulted in me having very strong opinions about her for several years.  But, to get more focused, there have been times when I have been in situations where hearing something else bettered the situation.  Just think about a time when you have knocked something off a table.  We all have, and are all shocked when the item initially falls.  The sound it makes when contact is made with the floor results in us grimacing, crying, or jumping for joy (carefully around the object, that is).  But just because we hear a loud crashing noise does not mean the item is completely useless.  How do you know that the TV was not turned on at the exact same time...it's plausible...a lil'...  And what about politics?  We can hear tons of things, but that doesn't mean it's reliable!  I could keep going, but I need to finish the question.  No, I do not think that empirical evidence is convincing.  Yes, it can have it's convincing moments, but not all the time.  Everything that looks nice is not nice.  Experience tells us this.  I accept the ancients' skepticism in the empirical evidence department, mainly because such evidence can easily be proven wrong.  Now, if the person chooses not to believe it...that's a whole other blog post...

4) Ah!  Finally a question that can be answered on a sheet of paper that is not electronic.  (I see a blog as a sheet of paper where you can easily check spelling mistakes and the words look pretty...oh, yeah...other people can easily read it, blah blah blah...)  

Another paper awaits me, so I must away!

Well, where is she?

I'm right here!  Well, not actually, but I hope you get what I mean.  So, last week sorta got away from me.  Papers coming due and classes preventing the finish of said papers made up my week.  And homework for this class would be good to do.  I will be doing it either in smaller sections, or in large portions, in order to get it all done before Tuesday and Thursday.  And no class Tuesday!  Just wanted to remind myself of that...