There can be many differences and many similarities within one topic or assignment. In comparing my own blog with the blog of one of my peers, Sam Christensen, there are many obvious similarities and differences. The similarities include the topic of the specific essay. We both wrote about rhetorical gazes and included a picture that brought some type of gaze to the viewer. Beyond that point there are more differences than there are similarities. These differences include the look of the blog and the pictures we used for our explanation of what a rhetorical gaze is. He included a picture of hands around the world and I included a picture of a man bathing in Doritos. Both images bring a feeling to the viewer, but that feeling isn't the same for both images. Another difference between our two blogs is that I included an example of what a rhetorical gaze looks like in real life, and he did not. He explained it well enough that he didn't need to include an example. The final difference I would like to discuss is our own view of what a rhetorical gaze is. For Sam, he says, "A rhetorical gaze is the process that will, with a certain perspective or history of the viewer, produce the desired image." For me, that definition is, "A rhetorical gaze is a tool used by an author of a text to get his or her message to a desired audience." Both definitions point to the same outcome, but our personal perception of what a rhetorical gaze is different, and that is manifest in our blogs.
http://www.sam-christensen.blogspot.com/
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