Compare & Contrast -- Individual Response

[Mr. Kitsmiller]

These are the ideas that we would like you to respond to when considering the individual essay response for this section:

1. What essay did you read?
2. What is your reaction to the essay on a personal level?  Did you find it interesting?  What did you like or dislike regarding the author's style?
3. How does this author effectively use the style of compare & contrast?

[The Dark Lord SATAN!!! (christian haley)]

1. sexlies

2. I really do agree with a lot that deborah tannin is saying because i can easily relate and put things together. This is because i have been in two serious relationships so far and everything i read can be quite relatable. I found it moderately interesting but not as interesting as i expected. It wasnt anything i didnt know but it was brought back to my attention. I liked how both sides were given for both male and female perspectives.

3. She uses compare and contrast by going back and forth with just as many possitives and negatives for both sexes as well with compromises

[Savanna McClure]

1. Sex, Lies, and Conversation

2. I agree with the essay because with personal experiences (family) of the guys not really wanting to talk after they get home from work, but the woman wanting to not stop talking. I did find this story interesting because it really can be true in some situations. I like how the author put facts in the essay and gave examples on how men and woman don't communicate. 

3. The author compares how woman feel about communicating to how men feel about it. Also, he compares how woman talk to other people, to how men talk to other people.

[Noor Bibi]

1. Sex, Lies and Conversation

2. I really didn't understand what was happening in the essay, but I figured it out later. I kind of found it interesting because I didn't knew that there are many differences between men and women. I never talked to a men like that so that's why it was kind of interesting.

3. I think this author used Point-by-Point to show the compare and contrast between men and women.

[Connar Benson]

I read "She Drives for a Relationship. He's Stuck in the Transmission" I really find it interesting because I think it is 100 percent true. Not only does it basically say that women look for commitment and what not but it also shows how different men and women react. While they are in the car Elaine says something and Roger sits in silence. Of course she starts thinking of all the terrible things such as "he doesn't feel the same" "Or i was wrong about him" where as the guy it focused on something completely irreverent to the situation such as Rogers focusing on the odometer. However I did not particularly like the writing style, to me it seems so disorganized and seems to jump around, but its okay, because I completely understand the entire piece. On the other hand this is a perfect example of compare and contrast because of the fact that it takes the different point of view on relationships for the women's side and the man's side as well as the how they react to the different situations they are faced with.          

[Folasade Aiyeru]

1. Shes For A Relationship. He's Lost In The Transmission2. I thought the essay was funny. The opening statements alone grabbed my attention.I like how the author went through both of the thought processes of both the female and the male. The way they described the further actions about how the girl and her best friend would discuss what happened for hours on end.  He goes home and eats a bag of chips like nothing happened.3. He uses both reactions to contrast about how they are feeling. The girl made the situation more deeper than what the guy was thinking even though it was the same situation.

[Nathan Konik]

she drives the relationship hes lost in the transmission

 

i found this very interesting becuase this is how i would imagine the difference beetween men and women would think. i loved the way he portrayed the difference in thought between the different sexes.

 

he effectively uses compare and contrast by demonstrateing that a girl would go straight to her friends and a dude would just go straight home and watching tv.

[Jenicka Roche]

1. SHE DRIVES FOR A RELATIONSHIP. HE'S LOST IN THE TRANSMISSION

2. My reaction to the writing was indifferent. I thought everything said was true but I didn't really think it was a humorous as every said it was. It was a very good compare and contrast essay. It was sort of boring when comparing Rogers thoughts to Elaine's but it was funny how Roger didn't understand what Elaine was talking about when she said "I'm such a fool," Elaine sobs. "I mean, I know there's no knight. I really know that. It's silly. There's no knight, and there's no horse."

"There's no horse?" says Roger. That had to be my favorite part because Roger was so out of it he didn't have any idea what she was talking about. 

3. The author effectively used style of compare and contrast by comparing how Roger and Elaine both thought; how a male and a female think. It compared how Roger was thinking about his car the whole time while Elaine was worried about Roger being upset with her because she brought up there relationship.  

[Flood Davis]

she drives for a relationship hes lost in the transmission.

i though roger was funny because he acts like how a guy would and Elaine acts how a girl would like she thinks to much about every little thing she just need to stop and chill out just for a little.

the author use the male and female retractions and out that in a real life situation. roger is more of layed back he does not really care about it and Elaine was being over the top with there situation 

[John Butler]

1. She drives for a relationship. He's lost in the transmission

2. This is somewhat right some guys are like this. They do not like to talk to there girlfriend about there relationship and what not, but then again I can say I can say i can argue that this is wrong because some guys really talk to their girlfriend or girl there talking to about their relationship  statues. Some guys actually care about that kind of stuff. Even though it may be true that some guys do not know what the girl is talking about around 75% of the time. 

3. They both are thinking about the relationship Elaine is thinking about what did i just do? Did i scare him away. Rodger is thinking that he needs to change his oil in his car. and by doing this he goes into detail in his writing.   

[Daniel Ely]

I read the "sexlies" essay, which was about the differences in how men and women communicate and how those differences effect their relationships. It had a limited effect on me, for I founf the observations interesting, but I wounder if just "dealing with the way people are" is the proper approach to sending rude social cues. Regardless, the narrator does a good job jumping back and forth from one subject to another, allowing for the contrast to be shown frequently. 

[Evan Kraus]

I read the essay She Drives for a Relationship, He's Lost in the Transmission. I think this is an accurate way to portray the difference between men and women. It was interesting to me because it really was how men and women act but in a more comical way. I did like the authors style because he compared and contrasted to two sexes well. He uses compare and contrast by showing how the woman thinks about every little thing and the guy in the story is kind of clueless. 

[Briana Everhart]

1. Sex, Lies and Conversation

2. I really like the essay because a lot of the facts that the author is stating I completely agree with. I found interesting that 50 percent of the divorce rate is caused by the failer of conversation between the couple. I liked that she kept the essay organized instead of being all over the place. I also liked that she went to to detail about how men don't like to talk to women, for example she take the topic all the way back to elementary school.

3. She compares how each gender only takes to their own gender and she uses contrast when she goes states what each gender talks about. She also cantrast how each gender feels when it comes to talk to the opposite sex. 

[Elijah Cummings]

Sex, lies and Conversation

I feel like all of it is true. I was kind of comparing how he studyed the boys to myself. Like how they close there eyes to pay even more attention to the girls voice. Sometimes it can be a distraction if you look into there eyes. Its like your mind slowly drifts into something else that makes you want to change the topic. The essay was very interesting. I liked that the author talked about men and women in other ways. He talked about the marriage and the growing up part. He uses his own study and books to compare and contrast both female and male

[Israel Dorsey]

1. Sexlies

2. This essay related to me a lot because whenever I am having a conversation with friends or family I use the listener noises they were talking about. I actually do use them to prove that I am listening to what they are saying. I found this essay very intersting because it related to me a lot. I liked the authors writing style and how he related men and women's conversation style.

3. This authors effectively used the style compare and contrast by stating the similaities and differences with men and women's conversation styles.

[Noah Gregory]

1.) "She Drives for a Relationship. He's Stuck in the Transmission"

2.) I found this essay really interesting because i find it very true. Men and women think completly different and this essay shows good examples on how it is true. It also shows how differently men and women react to news.

3.) The author is uses the syle of compare and contrast very well. He gave examples and a senario which all worked out and made sence for me the reader. It was easy to know what he was compairing

[Lane Lightle]

she drives for a relationship,He's lost in the transmission.I feel that this relates to me personally because i feel every guy has beeen in this moment where the girl he is glad to be with reads him wrong and then the relationship takes a turn for the worse and it leaves the man feeling like he did somthing wrong and then both people in the relationship end up blaming themselfs for what went wrong. He is comparing the mind thoughts of men and women and how they react when they see certain facial fetures on anothers face and trying to guess what they are thinking so he gets inside the heads of men and women and talks how there train of though is.  

[Fowsia Mohamed]

10:51 AM (less than a minute ago)

1.She Drives for a Relationship. He's Stuck in the Transmission

2. I thought this essay was really funny. I liked the author's style because I feel like he accurately depicted the thoughts of both men and women. I thought it was interesting how Roger and Elaine were on two completely different pages, but didn't talk about what was going on with either one of them.

3. The author did a very good job with comparing and contrasting the thoughts and the mentality of men and women in relationships by going back and forth from Elaine's thoughts to Roger's.

[Anna Burica]

I read "Sex, Lies, and conversation". I thought it was neat how they were comparing and contrasting between men and woman and how the brain works for both. I  agree to the statement when it said men are not as chatty at home because my dad and my boyfriend just dwell in silence at home, and its interesting because as soon as I get into the car, They wont shut up. I actually liked the story! The socialogy in the essay makes it very interesting.

[Madison Smith]

I read Dave Barry's "She Drives for a Relationship. He's Lost in Transmission".  In the situation with my boyfriend this does not relate.  Surprisingly, he is actually kind of sentimental.  The other day we were talking about credit and he started talking about establishing credit in the next few years for a ring.  I was thinking, oh credit, I hate interest.  Now, I can be an over-thinker at times as well.  I liked how the author displayed both thought processes and how the dialogue went back and forth.  Barry uses comparison and contrast through the dialogue and soliloquy.  We can understand their thoughts and emotions although they don't understand each other.  

[Lane Lightle]

How the Laywer stole winter.

I felt the essay was a touching story about how growing up as a child we all face adversity and then he gose into describing how as a young child how him and his friends overcame this obstical. I found it very interesting. I liked the way he talks about how in the past or his time they handled things differently than the way we as the present kids would look at it and handle the situation.

He effectivly uses the compare and contrast by talking about how his generation approched the issue and then how the future generations now a days handle it and it just compares how they would look at it but then contrast how they handled as a group.