Writing & Power
Learning Outcome #5:Students will be able to critically examine and act on the relationship among identity, literacy, language, and power.
artifact: Final draft on novella hunger
In this piece, you will find my final draft regarding the literature of diaspora in regards to the novella by Lan Samantha Chang known as Hunger. Within this book we were examining the story that dives in more on the struggles of finding one's identity. In this novella, we see the father struggle to make a name of himself and become so obsessed with conforming to an identity, he lost his own. Whilst writing my final draft, I found that your identity plays such a key role in influencing communication styles as well as literacy practices, which allowed me to understand the power that these concepts have on not just writing, but your life overall.Hunger reflects the need for identity and wanting of understanding oneself and their place in this world and people knowing where you stand through your writing pieces. After consistently working on this topic within my writing, I feel as though I have a much better understanding of my own identity as a writer and the importance of that relationship between identities, literacy and language.
Artifact: Final Revision on concept of hunger
In this piece, my final draft based on 3 novels and how it correlates to the concept of hunger are shown. The concept of hunger is a good example of this topic, as it represents something more than the physical need, but a deeper desire for identity, literacy, language, and power, all in which interact with hunger. Hunger reflects the need for identity and wanting of understanding oneself and their place in the world. Literacy opens pathways for people to express themselves and connect with others which helps in forming an identity. As for language, it is the medium through which identity can be expressed. It can help to empower individuals and allowed me when writing, to navigate various structures and assert my own identity more effectively. Then for power, it is linked to both, for those with good control of their own identity and language helps them be more powerful in writing. The intertwining of the 3 is what helps enable writers like me fulfill my potential and helps me assert my position and claims when writing as well.
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