Reading Quiz/Blog Post for October 12

Charles Schulz's "Dear Editor"

Q. - What main argument does Schulz make about writing, editors, and revision? What evidence from the text supports this interpretation?

A. - The main argument is about how some publishers and editors do not respond personally to the writers but only restore their work without giving further explanation.

In the text we see how innocently Peanuts question about what is happening with their stories and why the editor are returned. Then we see Peanuts shows that his desire is to become famous, but he says with a certain innocence. And finally we see that the character asks "What is it with you." reflecting that something bad should happen to the editor because his is returning the stories instead of beginning to make Peanut famous.


Gary B. Trudeau's "Doonesbury: Study-Friendly Courses" 

Q. - What visual and written evidence from the comic strip suggests that Trudeau is critiquing higher education and not the K-12 education system in general? What visual and written evidence suggest that he is critiquing the American higher education system and not another country's educational system?

A. - The evidence that the criticism is about higher education is first in the visual. We can see some buildings commons in higher education environments such as universities. Then we read the word Summer, and it is common that only higher education courses offered in summer. Then we can deduce that it is American higher education since they refer to "The Simpsons" apart from references to the English language.