Tuesday, April 24, 2007

CHAPTER 10 "ALL WRONG"

THE ARTICLE TITLED "ALL WRONG" BY RICHARD CONNELL DESCRIBES A YOUNG MAN'S JOURNEY FROM ENGLAND TO NEW YORK CITY. THE YOUNG MAN NAMED T.D.A. MARCHBANKS JOURNIES TO AMERICA TO VISIT HIS UNCLE IN NEW YORK CITY. T.D.A. WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DISTRICT USING THE NEW YORK CITY RAILROAD. WHILE ON THE TRAIN THE YOUNG MAN STARTS THINKING ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS HE HAS TO OFFER THE SOCIETY BEING HE IS FROM A HIGH REGARDED FAMILY WITH A GOOD EDUCATION. UNFORTUNATLY WHILE RIDING THE TRAIN T.D.A. STARTS NOTICING ALL OF THE ADVERTISMENTS ON THE TRAIN. ONE OF THE ADS WAS ADVERTISING A BRAND OF GARDER BELTS INWHICH STATED "IF YOU DON'T WEAR THESE PARTICULAR GARDERS THEN YOUR PANTS ARE ALL WRONG" ANOTHER ADVERTISMENT WAS FEATURING AN ADD FOR DENTAL PRODUCTS STATING, "IF YOU DO NOT USE THIS PARTICULAR DENTURE PASTE THEN YOU TEETH WILL FALL OUT" AT THE END OF THE TRAIN RIDE T.D.A FELT "ALL WRONG" THIS IS THE POWERFUL EFFECTS OF ADVERTISING IN AMERICA.

1 Comments:

At 10:31 PM, Blogger A. Mattson said...

Don't use all capital letters, it is interpreted as yelling on the web.

This piece is a satire about modern life in the Twenties? What is it saying about the role of advertising? How does advertising change the main character here? What is the means of persuasion? How does advertising use images to play on our insecurities? Or even, to create insecurities where none existed?

 

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