Monday, October 3, 2011

Blog Assignment Two: Explaining Contradiction By Joseph Buonocore

      Contradictions are statements that assert claims that cannot really be true. We could also think of contradictions as statements or arguments that seem inconsistent. For example, the Declaration of Independence said "all men are created equal," but the Constitution only gave voting priveleges to white men. We could then say that the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence contradict one another. Contradiction is a form of saying one thing and doing another. We could also think of contradiction as a form of conflict. When one thing disagrees with another thing, they contradict. 
      A contradiction portrayed by Equiano in his travels was the contradiction of him mentioning his hunger problems on page 9.  "We were then unbound, but were unable to take any food; and being quite overpowered by fatigue and grief". To me as a reader its as if it seems he was starved up until  [Quote]: " They offered us some victuals; but we refused it" that I questioned as to why he would not take the offered food. Looking from different points its understandable that his emotions may have gotten in the way of him eating as for some reason i felt a little bit of pride in his literature. The contradiction here to me just means that his emotions have made his fatigue and grief worse and should not have said anything to make it seem as if he wasn't offered any food. To me this is a good example of contradiction

1 comment:

  1. I like the example you used. I suggest your structure should be organized into paragraphs, like when you explain the contradiction & another one for summary. I love your topic sentence, don't forget to introduce the text.

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