Choose one of the following passages, then write an essay of 650â750 words explaining the significance of the passage. The word count does not include the mandatory works cited list. A strong essay will demonstrate close reading skills and will relate the concerns of the passage to the broader concerns of the story.
Ernest Hemingway, âA Clean, Well-Lighted Placeâ:
The old man sitting in the shadow rapped on his saucer with his glass. The younger waiter went over to him.
âWhat do you want?â
The old man looked at him. âAnother brandy,â he said.
âYouâll be drunk,â the waiter said. The old man looked at him. The waiter went away.
âHeâll stay all night,â he said to his colleague. âIâm sleepy now. I never get into bed before three oâclock. He should have killed himself last week.â
The waiter took the brandy bottle and another saucer from the counter inside the café and marched out to the old manâs table. He put down the saucer and poured the glass full of brandy.
âYou should have killed yourself last week,â he said to the deaf man. (153â54)
Sample Solution
âWhile the media put pressure on other power actors, they can submit to the pressures of these actors at the same time. âManufacturing Consentâ and âCNN Effectâ are leading theories explaining the complex relationship between media and other power systemsâ (Temel, 2014: 8). Moreover, Agenda-Setting Model tries to explain the relationship between the media, the public and the political agenda and how these agendas affect each other (Terkan, 2003: 564; Bekci, 2013: 21). MANUFACTURING CONSENT- PROPAGANDA MODEL Walter Lippman, an American journalist, first used the concept of âManufacturing Consentâ in his book âPublic Opinionâ published in 1922 (Chomsky, 2013; Temel, 2014: 8). In Chomsky and Hermanâs book âManufacturing Consentâ (1994), the concept is explained by the fact that the state cooperates with the capital to make it appear as if it fits the needs of the society that would not beneficial for them. In the capitalist democracies, people are controlled in soft power and used their voting rights according to wishes and desires of the elite minority. According to them, it is possible through a collective consciousness control to ensure that people get to the âthingâ they do not want and that they will consent to situations that the community will not accept under normal conditions. (Chomsky, 2013; Temel, 2014: 8). According to the two writers, the media âserve the interests of powerful social groups that inspect and finance itâ and âmake propaganda for these groupsâ (Chomsky and Herman 2006: 16; Temel, 2014: 8). âNoam Chomsky and Ed Herman, in Manufacturing Consent, identified five âfiltersâ through which news and political coverage are distorted by the structures themselves. These filters are as follows: The business interests of owner companies, a sensitivity to the views and concerns of advertisers and sponsors, the sourcing of news and information from âagents of powerâ such as governments and business-backed think-tanks, âFlakâ or pressure applied to journalists including threats of legal action, an u>
âWhile the media put pressure on other power actors, they can submit to the pressures of these actors at the same time. âManufacturing Consentâ and âCNN Effectâ are leading theories explaining the complex relationship between media and other power systemsâ (Temel, 2014: 8). Moreover, Agenda-Setting Model tries to explain the relationship between the media, the public and the political agenda and how these agendas affect each other (Terkan, 2003: 564; Bekci, 2013: 21). MANUFACTURING CONSENT- PROPAGANDA MODEL Walter Lippman, an American journalist, first used the concept of âManufacturing Consentâ in his book âPublic Opinionâ published in 1922 (Chomsky, 2013; Temel, 2014: 8). In Chomsky and Hermanâs book âManufacturing Consentâ (1994), the concept is explained by the fact that the state cooperates with the capital to make it appear as if it fits the needs of the society that would not beneficial for them. In the capitalist democracies, people are controlled in soft power and used their voting rights according to wishes and desires of the elite minority. According to them, it is possible through a collective consciousness control to ensure that people get to the âthingâ they do not want and that they will consent to situations that the community will not accept under normal conditions. (Chomsky, 2013; Temel, 2014: 8). According to the two writers, the media âserve the interests of powerful social groups that inspect and finance itâ and âmake propaganda for these groupsâ (Chomsky and Herman 2006: 16; Temel, 2014: 8). âNoam Chomsky and Ed Herman, in Manufacturing Consent, identified five âfiltersâ through which news and political coverage are distorted by the structures themselves. These filters are as follows: The business interests of owner companies, a sensitivity to the views and concerns of advertisers and sponsors, the sourcing of news and information from âagents of powerâ such as governments and business-backed think-tanks, âFlakâ or pressure applied to journalists including threats of legal action, an u>
