My Son Wears Dresses; Get Over It
Mat Duron introduced himself as a manly, masculine and typical guy-a guy who is straight and does "guy" stuff. After talking about himself as a straight person he introduces his son who is gender-creative. Duron spoke more than clearly that he was absolutely cool with having a son who wanted to dress up in dresses and play with dolls. At first Duron also struggled but very quickly realized that there was nothing wrong with being homo. Duron showed dislike towards questions that degraded his son's characteristics so he patiently. He sees no reason or no need to "change" the gender inside his son's real heart. Duron also mentions his wife, the mom who is also being a good support of raising thier special child.
Duron was able to get his thoughts and opinions across very well. His word choice was not hard at all that it seemed as if he was just talking to someone. Duron's tone or use of language did not sound formal at all; probably to make it sound realistic so that readers would be able to feel how "real" or question was. But he put quotes and examples of people asking him the common annoying questions about his son. Duron expressed his view towards his son very well. Also, what I noticed was in the beginning he explained the manly sides of himself so that readers would be able to compare how he was when he was a "boy" and how his son in now. He emphasizes how there's nothing wrong of being a gender-creative.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/my-son-wears-dresses-get-over-it/279333/
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/my-son-wears-dresses-get-over-it/279333/
Hi Amy! I can't believe that we did the same article...Anyways, your summary did get all the main points but there were a few that were missing. Your summary also seemed to have some of your opinion and things that should be in the second paragraph and not the first one. Your second paragraph does not have the author's purpose for writing the essay but you do talk about his word choice and why he uses it. The sentences and ideas are kind of choppy in a few areas but otherwise it was well written. But be careful for typos and weird grammar mistakes in the future.
ReplyDeleteHi Amy! I can't believe that we did the same article...Anyways, your summary did get all the main points but there were a few that were missing. Your summary also seemed to have some of your opinion and things that should be in the second paragraph and not the first one. Your second paragraph does not have the author's purpose for writing the essay but you do talk about his word choice and why he uses it. The sentences and ideas are kind of choppy in a few areas but otherwise it was well written. But be careful for typos and weird grammar mistakes in the future.
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