Comments by Aaron Ferrer Most recent public comments by Aaron Ferrer https://nowcomment.com/users/13043 To show how Mailer decided to emulate a certain style that was effective and try to capitalize on it by discussing his own self and his work in a comical manner https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=330984 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=330984 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:49 -0500 His writing suffered because it became clumsy and over the top when he decided he wanted the fame and recognition. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=330982 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=330982 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:48:56 -0400 It immediately provides you with his accolades to help establish his importance for a reader who may not have heard of him before. It's meant to intrigue enough to keep reading because it tries to show the reader he is a person of significance. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=330980 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=330980 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:49 -0500 It means he did not want to confine himself to just writing, he wanted to do his work and get the recognition he felt he deserved,but he also wanted to have a life outside of writing that he enjoyed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=330979 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=330979 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:49 -0500 He's pretty much showing everybody who goes to McDonald's a view of potential dangers to eating what so many eat on a daily basis. You may not be paying attention, he's in a sense telling you about yourself.He puts his own health at risk to expose a truth https://nowcomment.com/documents/30608?scroll_to=326422 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30608?scroll_to=326422 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:45 -0500 I think there's more statistics because I believe most people would want to know what they're consuming and how it compares to Spurlock who ate it for a month. It's more of a "this is the information. do what you want with it." Statistics are relatable. https://nowcomment.com/documents/30608?scroll_to=326421 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30608?scroll_to=326421 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:45 -0500 I believe his idea of authenticity is regardless of how it was obtained, it's fine if the outcome is authentic. For instance National Geographic, you can set cameras up but you can't force the animals to participate. What you see is real, like the hunt https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323472 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323472 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:42 -0500 Because he believes that you can't hold his documentary made in the 1920's to the same standard you would hold one more recently. The definition of a documentary was not easily defined. The message is more important than a view scenes that may be scripted https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323471 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323471 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:42 -0500 "The real" to Ebert means that you can still depict something without it being candid. Flaherty didn't hide his methods and the message/lifestyle he wanted to convey is shown despite it being somewhat staged. This is similar to reenactments on TV shows. https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323329 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323329 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:41 -0500 Certain aspects of the film may have been altered or omitted to present to the viewer a certain image that may not be the entire truth of what actually happened. https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323328 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323328 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:41 -0500 He does this as a way to point out a part that he wants you to pay attention to that you may not have otherwise. https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323326 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30240?scroll_to=323326 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:41 -0500 It's an assumption based on evidence that can probably support that belief without declaring it to be true. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=321788 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=321788 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:35 -0500 It sets the scene for the reader. The word "prepared" is used to almost indirectly tell the reader she planned to kill herself before it actually tells you how she did it and what her plan was. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=321733 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=321733 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:35 -0500 It's meant to hint at what happens to Sylvia. She found the house she was looking for but maybe she didn't even know herself that she was on the 'doorsteps" of the end. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=321732 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=321732 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:35 -0500 Enough background is needed to help the reader understand the characters and situation. However, if you bombard the reader with too much all at once then you may lose the readers interest and curiosity for wanting to know more. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=321729 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=321729 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:35 -0500 It is almost as if after he wrote the sentence before "you", he thought to himself that it was almost impossible not to have learned how to behave after all those trips. A sort of comic relief as a previous student mentioned. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=317266 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=317266 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:28 -0500 Usually in a Journal you use it to almost record your activities or movements that day. The use of yesterday and today are what gives it that Journal/Diary feel to it along with the recounts of places visited. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=317265 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=317265 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:27 -0500 It's in quotations to almost tell the reader that what she says about this event from when she was 4 may or not be fully accurate. It almost discredits her in a way so that the writer doesn't lose their own credibility incase her information is false. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=315856 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=315856 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:25 -0500 Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you have to constantly ask for content? You are not necessarily in control. You are merely telling the story with information provided. You can verify but maybe things can be excluded. They have the power. https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=313938 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=313938 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:17 -0500 It was done to possibly remove him from an emotional space where he recalls his wife. It accomplishes allowing Michael to clearly discuss his late wife without the clutter of books, papers, and memories to a setting more comfortable and relaxed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=313924 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=313924 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:17 -0500