https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5 Contribute your group's race response to this padlet anonymously. en-us 2018-10-03 15:37:25 UTC 2018-10-04 00:47:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288799366 The authors use of methaphor develops Rasheed’s perspective of his wives by comparing them to low and high quality objects. “If she we’re a car, she’d be a volga”. The authors compares his wife to a low quality crappy car. “you, on the other hand, would be a Benz. A brand new, first class benz”. Rasheed then compares his other wife to a high quality, expensive car.]]> 2018-10-03 17:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288799366 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288799861 The man views the wives by the use of metaphors to cars, a Volga and a Benz. Views the first wife as old and warn down, to the second who is new and he is admiring her.

]]> 2018-10-03 17:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288799861 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288800223 The author’s use of the metaphors develops his perspective of his wives by comparing them to cars. The comparisons help the reader infer that Rasheed views one wife in a positive way and the other one in a negative way. The author states that Rasheed views his first wife as a Volga and the other as a Benz. This shows that Rasheed views one of his wives as better than the other. ]]> 2018-10-03 17:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288800223 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288800931 The metaphor of cars is used to describe how the man feels about his wives. He describes one of his wives as a “Volka” and another as a “shiny Benz”.]]> 2018-10-03 17:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288800931 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288801848 The authors use of metaphor developes Rasheed’s perspective of his wives by the way he compares them to the cars. This suggests that he sees them as objects that are in competition to be better. He says “If she were a car, she would be a Volga.” Followed by “You, on the other hand, you would be a Benz.” This shows that he likes one of them more and he sees her as better quality because a Benz is known to be a better car than a Volga. ]]> 2018-10-03 17:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288801848 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288804000 2018-10-03 17:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288804000 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288854833 The authors use of metaphors developes his perspective on his wifes with the help of the readers prior knowledge on cars. When the author says his first wife is "a Volga" we get the impression that he has a negative perspective on her especially compared to his second wife being a "brand new, first class, shiney benz."]]> 2018-10-03 19:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288854833 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288855524 The authors use of metaphor develops his negative view of his 1st wife, and a positive view of his second wife. He describes them as cars calling the first a “Volga” and the second a “Benz”. These two cars aren’t even on the same level as eachother  showing he has a positive views on the second wife and negative views of the first. ]]> 2018-10-03 19:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288855524 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288855539 The author’s use of metaphors makes Rasheed’s perspectives on his wives different. ]]> 2018-10-03 19:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288855539 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288857895 The author alludes to the husbands perspective speaking better of one of his wives than the other, he says “if she were a car she would be a Volga” talking about one and saying she’s beat down and basically useless. When he talks about he newest wife he talks highly of her, he says “you on the other hand you would be a Benz and brand new, first class shiny Benz.” He’s talking more highly of her and saying how much better she is because a Benz is better than a Volga. ]]> 2018-10-03 19:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288857895 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288858390 The author’s use of metaphors to develop Rasheed’s perspective on his wives were opposite. He used negative metaphors to describe his first wife and postitive ones to describe his second wife. Rasheed says that his ]]> 2018-10-03 19:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288858390 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288861003 The author’s use of metaphors makes Rasheed’s perspectives on his wives different. The quotes “If she were a car she would be a Volga”. “You on the other hand would be a shiny Benz. This illustrates the differences between his wives]]> 2018-10-03 19:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288861003 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288917880 The authors use of metaphors to develop Rasheed’s perspective on his wives were opposite. He used negative metaphors to describe his first wife and positive metaphors to describe a second wife. When describing his first wife he says “She would be your Volga.” He uses this metaphor to describe his first wife to be a run down, old car basically saying that she is not the best and is speaking negatively about her. He then described his second wife “... Would be a Benz.” He uses the metaphor in a positive way by the comparing her to a good looking and working car. By using these two metaphors he compares his two wives, one in a positive way and the other in a negative way.]]> 2018-10-03 23:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288917880 https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288925210 The author’s use of metaphors to develop Rasheed’s perspective of his first wife is a Volga, then the second wife is a Benz. The author states “you, on the other hand, would be a Benz.” This shows that Rasheed likes his second wife.]]> 2018-10-04 00:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethannkennard/b0i8so9u5nw5/wish/288925210