Ripper Paper

The narrative of this paper expressed to me that the author felt strongly on the ripper-case murders. The author’s passion towards these murders allowed him to become involved in the Casebook community. The author’s curiosity lead him to be able to contribute and write to the Casebook. The writer’s interest also allowed the growth of excitement to creating a life out of this, with a “criminal knowledge” position.

Ana Paper

The narrative of this paper allowed me to realize that an individual’s involvement in a discourse community may not always be positive to themselves or the community as a whole. The community had their own form of communication and language upon them. If the individuals did not meet their goals that were suppose to achieve, they would be removed from the community. Some discourse communities can force rules upon you that could be possibly be harmful to your life, it is important to know when a community or group can be a negative aspect in your life.

1. For the ripper paper, the writer’s motivation for joining the specific discourse community was because he was introduced to this community at a very young age and it gained his interest immediately. After growing up over the years, he was able to gain a passion towards the ripper-cases and a sense of involvement in the community to where he was able to contribute to the community. For the ana paper, the author’s motivation was to bring awareness that discourse communities can be very powerful and present in one’s life, and they can be a great thing for people to share similarities and have other’s to compare to, but they can also be harmful to individual’s and a negative aspect in their life. Although it can feel good to fit in or belong to a group, it may not always be in your best interest for you life.
2. For the ripper paper, the author’s effects of his involvement would include his permission to write and contribute to the Casebook. For the ana paper, the writer’s effects of her involvement would include the strict rules and laws that the members were expected to follow. Also, that the author was forced to report back to the other community members her involvement to meet the group’s expectations.
3. The ripper paper and ana paper are both very exceptional in different ways. The ripper paper discussed a unique community that met all of the Swales requirements and was written with good quality. The ana paper is just as good though because it allows the readers to gain a personal connection with the reader and how the involvement in the community affected her life. It also allowed the readers to think of discourse communities they may be apart of that may not be positive in their life.
4. The document I present for assignment two will be different than assignment one because it will be from personal experience and not analyzing someone else’s writing. I will be able to talk about how the discourse community that I am apart of has affected my life and what it means to me and other members to be apart of this discourse community.