Entry 1_Nguyễn Kiều Anh

Item 1: Cartoon

. Source:  http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/human-rights-cartoon-73-gender-discrimination-at-work/

. Gender discrimination

. Description:

A woman is standing in front of the place where she can find really good careers with a board showing the slogan “ An equal opportunity employer”

However, it can clearly seen in the picture that the only way to get into this place is the door which has the shape of a man and she would never have a chance to go through that door.

. Analyst:

From the picture, it is obvious that women are treated unfairly at workplace. The working environment is short of opportunities for women to find and apply for good jobs.

Item 2:  Poem

 Never say you’re too powerless

Some like the idea that to have money
Means you instantly have power
To me that proves their mentality
Is simply petite and sour
As power is the ability
To plant a smile on someone’s face
Or give a few pounds to the homeless
As your kindness they embrace
Power is dragging someone out of the wrong
And bringing them into the right
Or giving a hug to someone blue
Leading them to delight
Power is teaching a child
Something they’ll remember forever
Or letting someone know their appreciated
With a card; as light as a feather
So never say you’re too powerless
To make a change for good
It’s not a matter of what you should do
It’s a matter of what you could

. Source: http://marinelareka.com/?p=3705

. Rhetorical devices:

  - Rhyme:

+ mentality – ability

+ face - embrace

+ right – delight

+ forever - feather

  - Metaphor:

   + power is teaching a child  

  - Repitition:

   + repeating "as", "or", "to"

   + repeating the phrase "a matter of what you"

. Message:  There are so many things that money can’t buy and power should be in the hands of those who know how to use it rightly.

Item 3: Story

 

The Lazy Farmer

The rain gods had been smiling the whole night. The roads were muddy and the potholes were filled to the brim.  It was the day for the market and Raju the farmer was riding his cart along the country road. He had to reach the market early so that he can sell his hay. It was very difficult for the horses to drag the load through the deep mud. On his journey suddenly the wheels of the horse cart sank into the mire. The more the horses pulled, the deeper the wheel sank.  Raju climbed down from his seat and stood beside his cart. He searched all around but could not find anyone around to help him.  Cursing his bad luck, he looked dejected and defeated. He didn’t make the slightest effort to get down on the wheel and lift it up by himself. Instead he started cursing his luck for what happened. Looking up at the sky, he started shouting at God, “I am so unlucky! Why has this happened to me? Oh God, come down to help me.”

After a long wait, God finally appeared before Raju. He asked Raju, “Do you think you can move the chariot by simply looking at it and whining about it? Nobody will help you unless you make some effort to help yourself. Did you try to get the wheel out of the pothole by yourself? Get up and put your shoulder to wheel and you will soon find the way out.”

Raju was ashamed of himself. He bent down and put his shoulder to the wheel and urged on the horses. In no time the wheel was out of the mire. Raju learnt his lesson. He thanked God and carried on his journey happily.

. Source:  http://www.moralstories.org/the-lazy-farmer/comment-page-1/#comments

. Rhetorical devices:

  - Parallelism:

  + The rain gods had been smiling the whole night. The roads were muddy and the potholes were filled to the brim.

  + He bent down and put his shoulder to the wheel and urged on the horses.

   - Rhetorical question :

  + Do you think you can move the chariot by simply looking at it and whining about it?

  + Did you try to get the wheel out of the pothole by yourself?

- Message: God helps those who help themselves.