some commonality that I have previously ignored?’ Sometimes this creates a new understanding of the song, adding a layer of meaning that seems unrelated, but manages to add depth and dimension. A similar pattern can be found in literature where two essays of diverging topics can find commonality in a key concept. While Marina Keegan’s struggle to understand herself in “Why We Care About Whales” seems incongruous with the metaphorical difficulties that perplex Jorge Luis Borges in “Borges and I,” their
Representation This section of the essay will delve into the societal representations which the global media portray, through dominant discourses that help to frame and define our social understandings, opinions and attitudes of the world we live in. An emphasis will be shown on the effect these discourses have on our interpretations of people from other cultures, as well as people of another gender, or social position. These damaging discourses can serve to negatively affect sections of society
Everyone yearns to impart their thoughts to the world, but the author Zadie Smith, in the essay, Speaking in Tongues demonstrates that this task is not easily undertaken. The narrator is evidently conflicted with herself after she recollects her vacuous decision to part ways with her voices. The accents that she acquired from her Jamaican mother and British father distinguished her amongs the other people in Cambridge. Still, Zadie Smith concluded that in order to fit in with the lettered people