group1

When asked to compare the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr to the essays writing in English 101 there was a lot of thought that needed to go into finding specific similarities and differences. At first glance, whether it is a story about the author through their own eyes or the personal opinion on an issue, all the essays were written as the author’s opinion on the situation. Yet, when further evaluating the essays materially and technologically, there seemed to be a few specific details in each that made them contrast more.

Materially, in the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr went into great detail about how technology, in specific the internet, has changed the thought process for many people today. With advances in technology, people are having a shorter attention span. The author incorporated a lot of outside research that went into creating this passage. This differs from the essays written in class in that we have been writing from personal experience and have not researched information to support our writing. When a writer incorporates resources, statistics, and facts in their writing it supports the main topic and conveys that the author has a valid point. Another way to do so is to offer different points of view for the reader to consider. Where the author of this passage showed different facts that represented each take on the issue, our essays in class tend to be focused on one view. The point of view, in which our essays have been writing in, is through the author’s eyes or first person.

Technologically, the essays in English 101 have been basic essays with a set amount of paragraphs. In the article by Carr, he added interest to the reading by incorporating pictures and large quotes. When adding pictures and quotes it should convey an important detail about the paper. The essays have also been significantly shorter than the passage. This does not necessarily make the passage better but it does convey that the author has a lot of detail and can fully support their topic. One way to lengthen the essays written in class would be to add more detail about each event that occurred. This would depict a specific picture in the audience’s mind while reading.