We have been writing about topics that reflect on ourselves, and analyzing the PBS NewsHour article: “Why on-screen representation matters, according to teens” to consider this topic, critical to the social constructs of these times, as well as to the history of the United States.

One of the key ideas of the article is that representation, that is when someone feels that their identity is visible in the social culture in a positive way, improves not only one’s self image but also how we see each other. 

Steinbeck Disruptor Boxes

As an AP English Language course, we have been studying the analysis of text through the lens of an author’s purpose and how an author chooses to forward his/her position through purposeful rhetorical (argumentative) choices.

As we completed the reading of John Steinbeck’s HARVEST GYPSIES, one can consider how Steinbeck himself was acting as an agent of change through his series of articles, to “disrupt” the plight of migrant workers in California towards reform and better working and humane living conditions.