When you read a text, it is usually to inform the reader on knowledge to be learned. There are many ways to persuade someone into understanding your perspective, but how you organize your data is what makes an impact on the reader. What is the point of knowledge if the reader is not aware of the relevance, cause or effect of the information? What is the point of knowledge when you cannot use information to your own advantage? Thus acquiring an understanding of any situation that occurs in your life?
Knowledge is organized like a sandwich. It is layered in an intricate manner, so to enhance the taste when indulged by the eater. Likewise, James Baldwin organized his essay in a style, to further emphasize the information he possessed. One of the techniques he uses is a back-story. Baldwin uses the …show more content…
However, once the main idea is received, you need further understanding of how and why the knowledge is useful. The way knowledge is organized impacts how well knowledge is received. Furthermore, context is an important factor to enhance how well your idea is understood by the reader because it shapes the meaning in all communications. In James Baldwin’s essay “Notes of a Native Son”, he elaborates on his ideas by providing a philosophical aspect towards his work. An example is when he experienced a life-altering event and reflected upon it by saying “I could not get over two facts, both equally difficult for the imagination to grasp, and one was that I could have been murdered, But the other was that I had been ready to commit murder” (Baldwin 72). Baldwin continues to provide insight by saying “…my life, my real life, was in danger, and not from anything other people might do but from hatred I carried in my own heart”. The second quote provides context to the first quote by producing clarity as to how much of an importance his situation was, in terms of life and
Knowledge is organized like a sandwich. It is layered in an intricate manner, so to enhance the taste when indulged by the eater. Likewise, James Baldwin organized his essay in a style, to further emphasize the information he possessed. One of the techniques he uses is a back-story. Baldwin uses the …show more content…
However, once the main idea is received, you need further understanding of how and why the knowledge is useful. The way knowledge is organized impacts how well knowledge is received. Furthermore, context is an important factor to enhance how well your idea is understood by the reader because it shapes the meaning in all communications. In James Baldwin’s essay “Notes of a Native Son”, he elaborates on his ideas by providing a philosophical aspect towards his work. An example is when he experienced a life-altering event and reflected upon it by saying “I could not get over two facts, both equally difficult for the imagination to grasp, and one was that I could have been murdered, But the other was that I had been ready to commit murder” (Baldwin 72). Baldwin continues to provide insight by saying “…my life, my real life, was in danger, and not from anything other people might do but from hatred I carried in my own heart”. The second quote provides context to the first quote by producing clarity as to how much of an importance his situation was, in terms of life and