Wednesday, February 13, 2008
LINES ARE EVERYYYYWHERE
Christina Lee’s Rhetoric on the Town presentation started out with a joke about lines as rhetoric. I was laughing hysterically because I knew she was going to do this before it happened, but later she and I talked about lines a little more. Lines really are rhetoric. Fences are lines that mean keep out, there are there to create a barrier. Lines in a parking lot keep cars in a line and in order. Lines keep things orderly. Lines really are everywhere. Now I don’t think all of them can be defined rhetorically, but a lot of them can. She also took some pictures of Valentine’s Day coupons. There was a set ‘for him’ and a set ‘for her.’ If you look at her picture you can see that the ones ‘for him’ were almost gone while the ones ’for her’ were in abundance. I think this shows that women are more likely to buy something like that and not be embarrassed by it, or to be attracted to a table full of things like that, filled with pink. The book store knew its audience and used their displays well.
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JORDANA-
I also thought that Christina's start to her presentation was hilarious, because as you know, I also knew that she was going to do that. I think we were the only two in the class that were laughing at her joke, but whatever. And I think I remember you guys talking about how lines really are actually rhetoric, and that is kind of cool to think about.
And the coupons at the bookstore were really interesting to me too. I wonder if guys were embarrassed to buy the Love coupons or if they just were not willing to do the things that were on the coupons like the women were. The bookstore did a really good job of setting up Valentine's Day tables. They were in the middle of the store, and they were so colorful they immediately got your attention, I definitely agree with you, they knew their audience.
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