Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Text Analysis -- Frame of Government of Pennsylvania -- The Preface

Okay, I turned my hand-written hard copy rubric for the text analysis into a blog post the best I could. My side notes added as an afterthought were put into brackets and italics. Of course, I also made highlights to the actual documents to show specifically where in the document I got my answers from, and I also highlighted extra stuff that I also found significant, or things that I didn't quite understand.

~Who is writing?
--The Governor.

~Who is the audience?
--The freemen of Pennsylvania.

~Who do the writers represent?
--The government.

~What is being said, argued, and/or requested?
--*Government has "divine right" for 2 purposes: to terrify evil-doers and to cherish those that do well. [I suppose that they would define evil-doers versus well-doers using gthe Bible.]
*The government is part of religion itself [He backs this up with Bible verses in the first two paragraphs.]
*The government will support power in reverence with the people and secure people from "the almost of power" [what do they mean by "the almost of power"? the enemy?].
*Liberty without obediance is "confusion". [Would've liked to expand on that. I am wondering what he meant by "confusion".]

~How is it being said, argued, and/or requested?
--To me it sounds...confident, intelligent, and orgnaized. It's also being spoken with religion and spirituality in mind.

~What proof and/or justification is being used to legitimize the reqest?
--Bible verses are being used as justification. (See first two paragraphs.)

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