“Pathways of
Friendship"
I see you waiting, walking with We
are waiting, walking with
that thing. That thing I don’t like. each other. Each other we
do trust.
Canvas created of lies, rumors roaming Circle compacted of
loyalty, love strengthening
About me Between
us
Two faces, yet, the same person One face that exhibits kindness
Two faces, but I only know one. One face, but multiple optimistic outlooks.
One face I thought I knew Multiple
outlooks that I didn’t agree upon
But it’s not really the true you But upon me the
realizations have now dawned
The fakeness has ripped my heart out The honesty has mended my heart
I should’ve known in the beginning I
should’ve known in the beginning
When you laughed at my failure When you helped me up when I was down
The ignorance that beheld me was winning The ignorance that beheld me was winning
You are Pinocchio You
are my best friend
Except you only tell lies Except
the feeling is more like sisters
about me between us
How could we have been friends? How
could we have not been friends?
Analysis of Rhetorical Situation
Audience: Who is the audience for your project?
Why did you choose this audience?
How is your project tailored for this audience? How did the audience change from the original
piece of writing?
My audience
for this poem is teenagers. The reason being is that teenagers are generally in
the phase where they are trying to find out who their true friends are. Adolescence
also the period where most drama occurs has to do with friendships and
relationships. The original pieces of writing could have been directed towards
anyone who has friends, but this poem simmers it down to teenage friendships.
Purpose: What does that audience need to
know or do? Why are you communicating
with them? What do you hope is the
outcome of your rhetorical act? Why is
this an appropriate purpose for your particular topic? How has the purpose changed from the original
piece of writing?
I am
communicating with the audience to point out friends. By the end of the
rhetorical act I hope readers understand that the poem isn’t how someone
thought someone was a bad person then they thought they were a good person all
of a sudden. The poem has two varying sides. The purpose of this poem was to
tell what a bad friend is and what a good friend is in two separate portions. It
differs from the original piece in that it uses poetry mechanisms to make its
point instead of straight forward and
word for word.
Stance: What attitude or approach toward
your topic do you convey, and how? Has
your stance changed from the original piece of writing, and if so, how?
I wanted
to convey a sense of disbelief leading up to the final questions at the end.
Each side is contrasting one another so I believe those two varying sides are somewhat
of opposites. At certain points, though, they have the same lines, and that
makes a greater impact of how the two sides are connected in some way. In the
original pieces I was just saying what I had seen happening in friendships. I
didn’t have a total stance in those pieces. I was just saying what I was tired
of seeing and how I thought friendships should be.
Genre/Medium/Design: How do you use genre and medium
to reach your audience and accomplish your purpose? What are the features and strategies of the
genre you chose? What design elements
are incorporated in your project, if any?
How has the genre, medium, design, and/or strategies changed from the
original piece of writing?
Well, I
thought the poem would be split into a bad/good friend. The left half of the
poem is the description of the bad friend and the right side is the description
of a good friend. I thought that strategy would reach out to teenagers because
it would help them distinguish who their real friends are. My original piece of
writing was just in paragraphs with things about good and bad friends mixed in.
It didn’t have distinct sides to it.
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