BP6

The topic I have chosen for my second paper is the relationship between text and image and how they relate to each other in the medium of children’s literature. The focus of my paper revolves around a key participant in the evolution of children’s literature, Theodor Seuss Geisel. Theodor Geisel, commonly referred to by Dr. Seuss, wrote over 40 notable children’s books and illustrated a great number of them as well. Ted’s illustrations are widely known being themselves quite distinct in physical characteristics. That being said the website I have used in my own research and linked to the title of this blog is remarkably similar to a Dr. Seuss classic. The layout of the page seems exactly how Theo would have liked it. The navigation is comically located on a post of signs facing every direction and includes in the background structures resembling a hi-top tent and house even as the destinations of the different paths available. Adding to the atmosphere of the page being produced by Mr. Geisel himself several popular characters are featured and the color palate chosen closely resembles a Dr. Seuss choice. I trust the information provided in this site to be accurate because of it’s development being directly tied to Random House Publishing, which Mr. Geisel was closely involved with in the last half of his life. In the case of my Myspace or Facebook page depicting who I am, I would say that each of them I portray myself honestly in regards to my name, age, personal interests, etc. Yet, I do believe pages such as these can be misleading. There are predators out there, and just random creeps, who create totally false identities through these networking sites. Also, there are the little people, and by that I mean immature, who like to “beef up” how they are and act in attempt to make themselves more appealing for whomever and for whatever reason. Considering different rhetorical goals through use of video, etc. I do think that they would differ just for fact that people perceive and understand concepts and ideas better through different media for example things may have a greater impact if audio is used if you are an “audio” learner and same goes for visual people, too. However, the appropriateness of word or image does come into play in different situations. For instance in a scientific abstract pictures are not generally used… but in a power point presentation at an office meeting or conference would be perfect. Also I think it is up to the discretion of the presenter of the information whether image or text is appropriate especially in the event of war because I don’t know about you but I do not want to see pictures of just carnage everywhere.

Later,

Rach