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Through this spring semester, it has been very trying and challenging, with a global pandemic during the most crucial time in my school career. In comm 142, rhetorical criticism, my criticism posts have been centered around American rapper Nipsey Hussle and his life from the time he was in a gang (rollin 60s crips) toContinue reading “Final Criticism Post !”

Narrative criticism examines if a story is good or not, and if the story seems true to life. In Claire Sisco King’s article, the author demonstrates that the movie Poseidon has an underlying message, and is not true to life as viewers expect it to be. The song higher is a good story because itContinue reading “Criticism Post #5 “Higher””

In this weeks criticism post I chose to analyze Nipsey Hussle’s song “Racks In The Middle” with close-text analysis. Close-text analysis is the breaking down of a text in a way that makes it understandable for readers, and taking a deeper look at each individual section. We can see how close-text is used in RobertContinue reading “Criticism Post #3 “Racks In The Middle””

This week we went over the Neo-Classical approach when looking at a text or any different medium of communication. The Neo-Classical approach I chose to blog about this week is “The Canon” which is broken up into five different parts : Invention : how did they come up with it? Inspiration? Outside text? Arrangement :Continue reading “Criticism Post #2 “Bullets Ain’t Got No Name””

This semester I will be posting about Ermias Joseph Asghedom, famously known as “Nipsey Hustle.” Nipsey Hussle was a father of two, a Los Angeles entrepreneur, American Activist, and Grammy Award winning rapper. He was shot and killed Sunday March 31, 2019 at the age of 33, in front of his clothing store “The MarathonContinue reading “Criticism Post #1 “Victory Lap””

The fourth persona is made up of “textual winks” and coded messages. According to Morris, one of his primary goals was to “Identify the tactics used in ‘passing’ as a response to the invisible audience ie the fourth persona.” The goal of this method is to identify the real audience and look for the clairvoyantsContinue reading “Criticism Post # 9 “Picture Me Rollin””

In the Neo-Classical approach, there are three persuasive factors or proofs that can be revealed in any text, which are ethos, pathos, and logos. According to the article “Nixon’s Address” by Hill, “To persuade is not the function of rhetoric but to investigate the persuasive factors inherent in the particular case…” (p.160, note 4). TheseContinue reading “Criticism Post #7”

According to Edwin Black, the second persona is an auditor who is often seen as one who is, “sitting in judgement” (pg. 56 ph.5). In other words, the second persona is the implied auditor or audience, this is who an author is potentially writing to directly. The goal of the second persona is moral judgementContinue reading “Criticism Post #6 “Gangsta’s Life””

Narrative criticism examines if a story is good or not, and if the story seems true to life. In Paul Booth’s article “Memories, Temporalities, Fictions : Temporal Displacement in Contemporary Television,” the author demonstrates how the contemporary digital media landscape not only encourages but also seemingly necessitates a complex interaction with temporality (Booth 1). WithinContinue reading “Criticism Post #5 “Higher””

“The mayor called Hussle ‘an artist who touched our city.’ The police chief hailed him as a peacemaker. The head of the police commission said he had plans to meet with Hussle to discuss ways to reduce gang violence” (Arango, T.). An article in the New York Times highlighted Nipsey Hussle’s commitment to making hisContinue reading “Criticism Post #4 Los Angeles Hero”