Text A: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/llog/ZitsGender.gif
Text B:http://khalidrafiq.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/0/3/2603611/why_men_dont_listen_and_
women_cant_read_maps.pdf (Chapter 1 Same Species, Different Worlds, "Some things are obvious" (Page 19))
The two texts being compared are a comic strip from Language Log and an excerpt from a book titled Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps. Both the texts are about how men do not pay attention to minor details whereas women do. However, the second text is also about how women fail to see the big things which is something not evident in the first one. The purpose of Text A is to criticize men for being so unobservant of things that are important to girls. This is conveyed through a comic strip that is condescending towards men. In contrast, the purpose of Text B criticizes both for their individual negligence of certain aspects through paragraphs as a chapter would be like.
The first text comes from a Language Log from upenn.edu targeted towards its students and faculty and those who can access it online. The second text is an except from a book Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps which is written by Allan and Barbara Pease and published in 2001. The specific section I chose as a text is titled, "Some things are obvious" from Chapter 1. This book is targeted towards readers online and those who have it on paperback that only see things one way, blaming men for what they avoid saying or women. The chapter offers a different approach where it shows both sides; women criticizing men and vice versa for things they fail to notice and understand.
The first text features two characters, a man and a woman, where the woman is accusing the man of being "clueless" and not "acutely aware of his surroundings." She asks him a series of questions in the four panels, with her hands over his eyes such as what she's wearing and what he is wearing, to which he only responds with "uh.." and "um"s implying that he does not observe or pay attention to such things. The second text just had various scenarios where a man and woman would argue about trivial topics such as men would criticize women for not being able to see a red flashing light but be able to spot a sock from 50 meters away. The author demonstrates that it depends on their interest. Women prefer being organized and are observant of little things and not of the things that men find essential such as reading maps and seeing red danger lights. "Men think they're the most sensible sex. Women know they are," shows that in all circumstances they each accuse each other of not being "sensible" enough and disregarding these things.
In terms of literary techniques, the first text is humorous. The comic strip mocks women because it demonstrates how high-strung they are and care about things that are trivial to men. It gets downright ridiculous when the woman demands, "Okay, tell me who you're talking to" because that is the extent to which the thinks he is clueless. She also interrupts him just as he begins speaking with "um" to which she brings up another question. The other text is a little more realistic of scenarios where this actually happens and women are not acutely aware of directions or men with where their clothing is. The examples are still amusing such as men can never find their socks but their CDs are in alphabetical order, or that women talk too much without ever getting to the point. Overall, both with their respective humour convey the purpose that women may accuse men of being unobservant, and in the second text the additional purpose is that this could also apply conversely, and both genders tend to think the other is careless in things they rate as important.
Text B:http://khalidrafiq.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/0/3/2603611/why_men_dont_listen_and_
women_cant_read_maps.pdf (Chapter 1 Same Species, Different Worlds, "Some things are obvious" (Page 19))
The two texts being compared are a comic strip from Language Log and an excerpt from a book titled Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps. Both the texts are about how men do not pay attention to minor details whereas women do. However, the second text is also about how women fail to see the big things which is something not evident in the first one. The purpose of Text A is to criticize men for being so unobservant of things that are important to girls. This is conveyed through a comic strip that is condescending towards men. In contrast, the purpose of Text B criticizes both for their individual negligence of certain aspects through paragraphs as a chapter would be like.
The first text comes from a Language Log from upenn.edu targeted towards its students and faculty and those who can access it online. The second text is an except from a book Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps which is written by Allan and Barbara Pease and published in 2001. The specific section I chose as a text is titled, "Some things are obvious" from Chapter 1. This book is targeted towards readers online and those who have it on paperback that only see things one way, blaming men for what they avoid saying or women. The chapter offers a different approach where it shows both sides; women criticizing men and vice versa for things they fail to notice and understand.
The first text features two characters, a man and a woman, where the woman is accusing the man of being "clueless" and not "acutely aware of his surroundings." She asks him a series of questions in the four panels, with her hands over his eyes such as what she's wearing and what he is wearing, to which he only responds with "uh.." and "um"s implying that he does not observe or pay attention to such things. The second text just had various scenarios where a man and woman would argue about trivial topics such as men would criticize women for not being able to see a red flashing light but be able to spot a sock from 50 meters away. The author demonstrates that it depends on their interest. Women prefer being organized and are observant of little things and not of the things that men find essential such as reading maps and seeing red danger lights. "Men think they're the most sensible sex. Women know they are," shows that in all circumstances they each accuse each other of not being "sensible" enough and disregarding these things.
In terms of literary techniques, the first text is humorous. The comic strip mocks women because it demonstrates how high-strung they are and care about things that are trivial to men. It gets downright ridiculous when the woman demands, "Okay, tell me who you're talking to" because that is the extent to which the thinks he is clueless. She also interrupts him just as he begins speaking with "um" to which she brings up another question. The other text is a little more realistic of scenarios where this actually happens and women are not acutely aware of directions or men with where their clothing is. The examples are still amusing such as men can never find their socks but their CDs are in alphabetical order, or that women talk too much without ever getting to the point. Overall, both with their respective humour convey the purpose that women may accuse men of being unobservant, and in the second text the additional purpose is that this could also apply conversely, and both genders tend to think the other is careless in things they rate as important.
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