My group members and I were working together finely. We worked together nicely because we sort of had the same views. The only thing that may be difficult about working with others' ideas is that they may vary from yours and you may not agree. On the other hand, other people's ideas may help your essay because if you don't agree with them you can still incorporate them into your essay so that you are not being bias and so you can have different points of view in your essay.
What intrigued me about the group that focused on the theoretical framework is their drawing and how they related it to what Stein was saying and getting it. How everyone was the same back then with the IBM computers and in the "1984" ad, but everyone is still sort of the same when it comes to Apple products. To answer their question, I believe that Stein is trying to get across how consumers are subject to brainwashing. She stated that the answer to technology's problem is new technology.
To answer the question of the group that did the analysis, I believe Stein incorporated so many references to prove her point and to get her ideas across to man different people in her audience. I see this groups ideas working with my group because we did the introduction which states what the essay will be about and they did the analysis which goes into depth.
I think that what you say about differing opinions in group work is relevant to writing an essay--you have to account for other peoples' opinions and views when you write, too.
ReplyDeleteThe word "brainwashing" is really interesting to me. Does Stein ever say that? Or just apply? (I'm actually not sure.) But it could turn into your controlling purpose if you wanted to describe how her writerly choices led you to that idea.