Thursday, October 1, 2015

Blog Post 2

The song Try is a song about women, their self esteem and how  you should be confident with yourself.  That its okay not to always have make up on and to just be yourself you are beautiful just the way you are.  This song reaches out to a lot of women because women care so much about how they look just to impress others.  This song says a lot about peoples self esteem, and how its no what you look like on the outside that matters because you are beautiful on the inside which is more important.  It is saying they are changing to be accepted by others but the most import type of acceptance is self acceptance.   Any type of media has a big impact on the way that people feel about themselves, so to have a famous singer make a song like this can really impact people.  
Body image also plays a role in this song and looking at articles about body image, many women are unsatisfied with their bodies and that leads to women having an eating disorder.   

 In the scholarly article that I found about self esteem and body image it is saying how some people have high self esteem while others have low.  Some people may perceive themselves “highly” and others may perceive themselves as “worthless”.  Through this song Caillat is trying to say that no one is worthless. 
 
In this blog that I read I believe that it is criticized very well, on this blog they believe there is nothing negative about this song.  I agree with what they have to say because it is a beautiful message to women everywhere.  It is important to be confident with the skin you are in.     

 This song has gained a lot of positive attention but there are also some people that have viewed this song and video negatively.  Some say why should I have to take my makeup off if it's my body and it makes me happy? 

 The method that was used by these critics I believe is Kenneth Burke’s Pentad (Dramatism).  One of the critics is agreeing with this song and the other critic does not agree with it at all.  
Act: The lyrics of the song Try 
Scene: Listening to Try
Agent: Colbie Caillat and feminist 
Agency: Feminist that are offended by this song 
Purpose: Many people enjoy this song because it is saying its okay to not wear makeup, you are beautiful just the way you are.  There are also feminist that are offended by this song because they are thinking why should I have to take my makeup off if its what makes ME happy, its not about pleasing others all the time its about making yourself happy.  So this song is viewed two different ways.  

I thought that this worked the best because there are two different views on this song, although most of them are positive there are definitely some people that do not take this song the right way.  

http://emilycparons.weebly.com/blog/analysis-of-try-by-colbie-caillat
http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=dc6f21a3-999f-4773-ae2e-4dbf7a2713a6%40sessionmgr4002&vid=5&hid=4109

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  1. Dr. RonOctober 12, 2015 at 2:21 PM

    The blogpost was more like a song review - or even moreso a video review. The author does a nice job of describing the video and linking the mood and lyrics of the song to the basic attitude being portrayed. But the review is not a rhetorical analysis, and so the idea of plotting a dramatistic pentad in the review is not really appropriate.

    The idea of looking at scholarship on body image and self-esteem is a good idea. You need to do the rhetorical analysis to effectively link the substance of the song with the assertions made in the scholarship. It appears clear that Caillat is, in fact, attempting to relate to fans who feel this sort of isolation. Is this song, perhaps more than others, especially appropriate for that? Is there something contained in this lyric that holds some sort of special symbolism that might only be understood by those feeling this angst?

    Remember that the goal of an analysis is to find out why a particular artifact has the level of impact it has. Caillat is an artist who appears to target a particular demographic - and so of course she would produce music that would treat subject matter relevant to her fans. That a song is made to appeal is not remarkable, but when a song actually hits - that is more significant. Don't spend the time agreeing that this artist has done what she says she wants to do. Instead, look closer at the artifact itself. Keep working!

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