Intro to "The Evolution of Dental Hygiene"

Did you know that if you don’t take care of your mouth, it can lead to major dental problems like gum disease or gingivitis? Since of this, you should follow your dentists’ order and clean your teeth daily. You should be aware of the benefits and draws backs of proper dental care and poor dental care because without the right direction, it may lead to serious and server mouth problems and may also be a health factor. With all the new technology out there, electrical toothbrushes being one of them, have been a success to the dental field by providing patients’ with the tools to clean their teeth’s in a more sufficient way. Electric toothbrushes changed the way society felt about how to properly clean teeth’s. It provided people with a way to clean their teeth’s by using a mechanical toothbrush that was able to reach areas of the mouth that normal toothbrushes couldn’t reach and it also helped to prevent unwanted diseases more effectively.

"Java Man" vs. "Toys"

In “Java Man” by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell writes an essay that researches caffeine. Although he does a phenomenal job, he tends to go off subject with his writing and looses me at times. Gladwell does a great job at going in dept with vivid details about his research on caffeine and how the idea of it changed over the years. He also does a good job about the history part of the essay because it tells the reader how his idea developed and how it was then and now. The last thing he does well is how he writes about the distinction of coffee and tea, but I think they’re pretty much the same thing because they are prepared alike and drank alike. They just have so many similarities to differentiate every last different ingredients from one another. Where Gladwell tends to lack in terms of his research is how he rambles throughout the essay. They’re so many things he could cut out to make his essay way better in a layout structure and let the reader be more drawn to his writing. Another aspect where it was unclear was how he talks about caffeine, but he doesn’t talk about it enough. He needs more focus when it comes to being more clearer and mapping the essay out better, but all in all, it was a really good essay and I enjoyed reading it.

Now in “Toys” by Roland Barthes, Barthes talks about French toys and how they shape young kids in today society. He does a good job when referring to the example, but even though he talks about toys, his essay isn’t balance well enough and he kind of goes off topic. Like how he first talks about how they shape us, and then he talks about the appearance of them. He needs to pick whether he wants the reader to know the appearances of the toys or how they shape us. The other thing that bothered me in his essay is how he states the differences in wood toys and mechanical toys because I though his essay was going to talk about how toys shape us. I just think he needs to pick one specific topic and stay with that like Malcolm Galdwell did in his essay titled “Java Man.” Where would I start if I was in charge of editing this essay and making have a clearer topic, Well, I first would change the title to fit the structure of the essay and then I would focus it more on one specific issue to have a clearer layout.

"Describing the Third Photograph in Ephron’s Essay"

In Ephron’s essay titled “The Boston Photographs,” describes a series of photos that are displaying a tragic incident which illustrates a young woman and a child falling off of an escape ladder of an apartment building. Although, I would like to explain each and every photo as I see them through my eyes, I will only explain the last photo which is of the young woman and child actually falling off the balcony just before hitting the pavement. I think the third photo is probably the most tragic image of all three photos because it shows the woman and child just before hitting the ground, and it displays the horrific image people do not want to see because it shows “death” in the act; they, the woman and child, should have their story broadcasted because this can happen to anyone and who knows if the family of the woman and child are letting the images being published to inform others about this tragedy. All and all, I think that the images should be broadcasted to inform the public about this tragedy because this can happen to anyone in the world and I know that these people, the woman and child, would want their horrific death out there for people to understand and recognize that these images are to inform the public about how tragedy can manifest in all different types of situations, but its not to degrade or be disrespectful to the victims, but instead, inform society about tragedy.