English 350-17 Essay 1 First read Visual Rhetoric: Images as Argument, which has been posted on blackboard. The full article will give you some useful background on the issues involved with this question. Then focus in on section, Are Some Images Not Fit to Be Shown? that appears on pages 94-98. Writing Assignment (3 pages): Marvin Kalb, a distinguished journalist, was quoted as saying that the public has a right to see the tape of Daniel Pearls murder but that common sense, decency, [and] humanity would encourage editors to say no, it is not necessary to put this out. There is no urgent demand on the part of the American people to see Daniel Pearls death. Write a well-organized and fully developed essay in which you discuss the sorts of images that should be made public. Are there images that everyone should see? Are there images that no one should see? How should we balance personal privacy with education of the public? Be sure to take a clear position and make strong claims that are backed up by examples. Use 2-3 examples from Visual Rhetoric: Images as Argument, and you may also add outside material of your own choosing. Be sure to cite outside material that is not common knowledge.

English 350-17
Essay 1

First read Visual Rhetoric: Images as Argument, which has been posted on blackboard. The full article will give you some useful background on the issues involved with this question.

Then focus in on section, Are Some Images Not Fit to Be Shown? that appears on pages 94-98.



Writing Assignment (3 pages):

Marvin Kalb, a distinguished journalist, was quoted as saying that the public has a right to see the tape of Daniel Pearls murder but that common sense, decency, [and] humanity would encourage editors to say no, it is not necessary to put this out. There is no urgent demand on the part of the American people to see Daniel Pearls death.

Write a well-organized and fully developed essay in which you discuss the sorts of images that should be made public. Are there images that everyone should see? Are there images that no one should see? How should we balance personal privacy with education of the public? Be sure to take a clear position and make strong claims that are backed up by examples.

Use 2-3 examples from Visual Rhetoric: Images as Argument, and you may also add outside material of your own choosing. Be sure to cite outside material that is not common knowledge. NO PLAGIARISM.