I read two articles in English Classes last week. One of them is “Is Music Piracy Stealing?” which is written by Charles W. Moore and the other one is “The Copycat Syndrome Plagiarists at work” which is created by Meghan O’Rourke. I will be referring the first one as Text A, and the second one as Text B. They have some points which differentiate them, such as the intents, contrary to the similarities such as the ethical sides.
Text A is about the piracy which is downloading music from Internet without paying any money. On the other hand, Meghan O’Rourke mentions about the plagiarism, to be more specific, it is stealing someone’s work without referring anything to the owner. Moreover, both texts are perceived as their contents, are the same, which is the stealing issue. However there is a line between the types and usage of the stealing. Furthermore, students or authors or artists plagiarize. Their aim can be to escape from a challenging work or to use an enchanting piece to have a better reputation in the end. As it is discussed in the first page of Text B, a student copies down the work of a hardworking friend of him, and he receives an A. If he had given the one that he wrote on his own, he would get a C. Contrary to that, music piracy is just getting music from somewhere especially from the Internet just to listen to music free of charge. As referring to Text A, “Personally music piracy is not a big part of my life. Like many people with a computer and an Internet hookup, I experimented with downloading MP3s during the Napster era, but didn’t do a whole lot of it, and I think in the past two years I’ve downloaded a grand total of two songs, while testing file-sharing client software for review” (page#5) as the author declares that he just does that just to have some pleasant time. In short, people download the music for themselves not to use them for profit or economical incomes like the individuals who copy someone’s product. To be honest, both are stealing, however their purposes are totally different. To exemplify, I downloaded a song of Justin Timberlake from the sharing software programs. If I just listen and have fun with it, this is called music piracy. On the other hand, if I use the song, as if its mine, and make a CD then sell this CD to the people with my name under it and without taking any permission from Justin Timberlake, this time it is called plagiarism. This thin line creates a huge distinction between them.
To sum up, “Is Music Piracy Stealing” and “The Copycat Syndrome Plagiarists at work” are presented as Text A and Text B. Their topics sound similar to each other at first however as you look from different perspectives you realize that they are divergent at one point which is the aim on the way of committing them. Therefore, it should not be said that plagiarism and music piracy are both the same and they are crime. Instead of combining them under a certain topic, they should be evaluated separately. Nothing seems as it is.
Reference list
Moore, Charles W. “Is Music Piracy Stealing.” (Aug. 2003). Rourke, Meghan. “The Copycat Syndrome Plagiarists.” (Jan. 2007).
“I read two articles in English Classes last week. One of them is “Is Music Piracy Stealing?” which is written by Charles W. Moore and the other one is “The Copycat Syndrome Plagiarists at work” which is created by Meghan O’Rourke. I will be referring the first one as Text A, and the second one as Text B. They have some points which differentiate them, contrary to the similarities. Text A is about the piracy which is downloading music from Internet without paying any money. On the other hand, Meghan O’Rourke mentions about the plagiarism, in other words “stealing someone’s work without referring anything to the owner”. Moreover, both texts are perceived as their contents are the stealing issue. However there is a line between the types and usage of the stealing. Furthermore, students or authors or artists plagiarize. Their aim can be to escape from a challenging work or to use an enchanting piece to have a better reputation in the end. As it is discussed in Text B, a student copies down the work of a hardworking friend of him, and he receives an A. If he had given the one that he wrote, he would get a C. Contrary to that, music piracy is just getting music from somewhere especially from the Internet just to listen to music free of charge. Referring to Text A, “Personally music piracy is not a big part of my life. Like many people with a computer and an Internet hookup, I experimented with downloading MP3s during the Napster era, but didn’t do a whole lot of it, and I think in the past two years I’ve downloaded a grand total of two songs, while testing file-sharing client software for review.” as the author declares that he just does that just to have some pleasant time. In short, people download the music for themselves not to use them for profit or economical incomes like the individuals who copy someone’s work of art. To be honest, both are stealing, however their purposes are totally different. To exemplify, I downloaded a song of Justin Timberlake from the sharing software programs. If I just listen and have fun with it, this is called music piracy. On the other hand, if I use the song, as if its mine, and make a CD then sell this CD to the people with my name under it and without taking any permission from Justin Timberlake, this time it is called plagiarism. This thin line creates a huge distinction between them. To sum up, the topics of Text A and Text B sound similar to each other at first, however you realize that they are divergent, after having analyzed the both texts.”
1-yes he understood the question and give true answers to question
2-thesis statement is simple short and there is no certain thesis sentence
3-ı can not highlight because it is not certain
4-there is no page number in essay
5-yes quotation is used but it is not analysed and they fit into paragragh
7-Sub arguments have supported but not developed and examplified much
8-yes thesis is reworded in conclusion
9-language is academic but style is not academic
10-I think grammar help communication of writers ideas
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After having analyzed the story “A Rose for Emily” in the class, everybody has some ideas on the text and about the author. However, there is some background information that should be taken into consideration while evaluating this literary piece. The story takes place in south part of the United States of America, approximately in the early 1930s when the society was seriously affected by the Great Depression. Moreover, there was a war between the north and the south. Parallel to that, the story reflects the conflicts and the conditions of those times. To exemplify, the servant is declared as a slave in the middle of the 3rd page by saying, “nigger of hers”. The reader realizes the effect of the Great Depression to this text. As being understood from the title, the name of the main character is Emily Grierson, the protagonist and a member of an aristocratic family. The story begins with the funeral of Emily. It is from the 3rd person’s point of view, taking place in a conservative and small environment. Accordingly all suburban know each other and each others’ stories.
The author preferred a third person point of view to narrate the story because, in my opinion, he wants to create a sense of curiosity in reader’s mind. And he succeeds in his aim by making the reader wonders the truth about Emily and her life. The story is generally told through the gossips that the narrator heard. Therefore what is told about Emily and her family may not be totally true. This unclear information awakens the readers while they seal through the pages. Additionally, the literary piece has dialogs in it not to disrupt the reader’s attention by just telling it straight. In other words, the conversations, between the protagonist and the other characters just like in both the second and third pages, capture the reader’s attention. I want to enlighten a point that the author does not want the reader to solve the mystery before approaching through the end, so that only a few speeches of the main character are given and besides that the narrator was chosen as a person who does not know the mystery inside the Grierson’s house. Another perspective to look from is that in the story there are conflicts which are the bizarre personality of Emily and the strange events in her life. These problems resolve at the very end by breaking down the locked door in Grierson’s place, after the funeral. Furthermore, the incidents develop really usual and calm, no clues are given until the last moment, as a result of it, the tension rises through the end. Therefore, it can be said that the climax and the resolution, are in the end.
The language, that the author used, is not formal. To exemplify my state, “he who fathered the edict that no Negro woman should appear on the streets without an apron (at the beginning of the second page)”, the “Negro” word has an unpleasant meaning and it was used to describe a black individual. Additionally, “Negro” is an informal word to use in a formal text, moreover this word shows the bias of the author against the black community. I want to restate my point that it is obviously seen the effects of the Great Depression through the short story. Another point to show is that the description technique was used widely along the story plot such as the funeral of Emily, and the resolution part. It is used for making easy to imagine the atmosphere for the reader, and this helps him to join the story. Furthermore, the reader is thinking that Emily’s lover left her and therefore she began not going out of the house. However, the truth is that Emily killed her lover, because he was gay. This unpredictable ending augments the quality of the literary piece and surprises the reader very much. As a matter of fact, the ending leaves the reader thinking on the story. Every poet, artist or author create something because they want to say something to the community, they want to give a message to them. Similarly to what I have mentioned, the theme is deductive in “A Rose for Emily”. The central message of the author is that the parents may damage their children’s psychology while trying to keep them away from the dangers. Emily’s father was scared that men would hurt and leave his daughter; therefore he did not let her to go out with boys. As a result of this, Emily began thinking in the same way that her father did. Therefore, she murdered Homer Barron,her lover, not to lose him as her father had taught to her.
The story is preferred telling into five sections. By the help of these sections, the author is able to go back in to the past and he uses the flashbacks. The flow of the story is neither clear nor obvious. It starts from the end then turns back to the beginning and slowly approaches to the end again. Foreshadowing is another literary device that William Faulkner uses. Through the middle of the story, the narrator gives a clue by saying “Up to the day of her death at seventy four it was still that vigorous iron gray, like the hair of an active man (6th page)”. Then when we take a look at the last sentence, “we saw a long strand of iron gray hair(8th page)”, we realize that the author has foreshadowed a murder of a man.
To sum up, “A Rose for Emily” is a well-known short story which is written by William Faulkner. He is an American author lived in the early 20th century and therefore he had influenced by the events that he had witnessed such as the dispute between the north and the south, and The Great Depression. Hence, this literary piece should be evaluated by taking social life into consideration. The author doesn’t give any major clues in order to increase the tension in the story. In short, William Faulkner had achieved a great job by the help of dialog and flashback techniques.
Having analyzed the text gives me some ideas about the piracy issue. First of all, I want to make clear the point is that piracy is especially used for the music and movie downloading, in the article, “Is Music Piracy Stealing “ , which is written by Charles W. Moore. The author discusses that the music piracy should be legal or not. In my opinion, downloading music and stealing music cds from a market is not the same thing obviously. Piracy is wrong ethically but it should be legal. I know that I do not behave respectful to the artists’ effort while getting music or movie from the Internet but it is not a crime like stealing something. In other words, piracy is not a pleasant thing in terms of ethics, however there is no choice for the people who can not afford to buy the cds. Another point to state is that genetically modified foods are very popular nowadays, but it is not a right thing in ethics as the author mentions. The government made a law which permits the biologist to modify the food legally in 1985. To modify the seeds is not an ethical behavior and when we compared it to piracy, first one disturbs the balance. The principal purpose is to gain more money; no one cares about the ethics. The big bros rule the world as they wish; they make laws which fit with their benefits. In short, we should not just look at the problem from one perspective. We should handle it from different point of views. As a matter of fact; we can decide which one is correct or not, only when we analyze the case from various angles of view. To sum up, piracy should be legal in this world where many illegal things are accepted as they are already legal. To conclude, piracy may be wrong ethically, however it should not be punished as if it is a serious crime.
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