Chapter 13 Response in CDA
Many people when analyzing an opinion article or an editorial take an approach that is not all so right. When many begin reading an opinion piece they forget that they are in fact reading opinion, and based on that could disagree with many of the thoughts the author wrote. When approaching a piece with opinion based thoughts one must keep an open mind about the subject being preached.
When people read something that they do not agree with they become close-minded and distant from the work they are absorbing. They become one sided and most often don’t think there is another side to a story. In my Opinion I believe that this is ridiculous. Every person that can think has opinions. Whether you like it or not there are certain situations that you have bias towards. I like to think of myself as a non-biased reader and thinker. I like to think I can handle both sides of a story and not form any concrete ideas. I’m not. I sit here and find myself being strongly opinionated towards topics. It too hard with so many choices to not favor one.
In CDA chapter 13 I have learned not to be this close-minded thinker and to analyze not only opinions in which I favor but even those I strongly oppose and try to find the good in them. Try to spot the ethos being used in the piece and see how reliable the source is writing the piece. Just analyze with an open mind.
I enjoyed reading this post because you basically said, you know what, I am going to have my own opinions, it's natural. I completely agree that it is a struggle to fend off your own beliefs to try and understand someone's complete opposite. I think it was good to end with a positive note on trying to have an open mind.
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