Annotate Reading
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I. Rhetorical Context (Who wrote it or created? Why was it written? What is it trying to do to or for its readers? What is it? Where does it appear? When was it published? )
The article's context are from chapter one of The Sociological Imagination written by C. Wright Mills in 1959, the reading is focused on giving the audience an inside on reality as compared to how we view it as individuals and as a society over the course of our history.
II. Summary (What does the text say? What are its main points? What did you find most interesting?)
The author is showing the difference on how we see reality as individuals and/or as a society and how the two correlate, what I found interesting was that the author seems to be speaking very highly and seems very knowledgeable yet I have never heard of him before even in school as this would have been a very serious discussion or topic to write an essay about or such.
III. What are THREE golden lines from the text (quotes that stood out to you most)
1.) Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
2.) Humanity itself now lies before us, the super- nation at either pole concentrating its most coordinated and massive efforts upon the preparation of World War Three.
3.) The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. That is its task and its promise.
IV. Evaluation (Is the text convincing? Why or why not? What new knowledge did you get from reading this text?)
From this reading I understood how biography and history play roles in our society and how we need to understand them to be able to understand concepts such as the Sociological Imagination.
V. Questioning (What questions do you have about the text? What would you ask the author if you could speak to him or her directly)?
Personally, I would ask the author how they understand so much about society and individuals since that is what really yanked my chain while reading the article.
