Thursday, October 24, 2013

Permutations and Context

A recent development in summaries is the Martin Luther King Jr. monument in Washington DC. The monument cites King as saying "I am a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness." While King did say these words he did so in a sermon and in the context of "Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter". This clarifying information is essential to understanding that Martin Luther King was not arrogant.

In Quick Summary I use the Zackman's framework in order to prevent problems like this occurring in summaries.

I've read Building Great Sentences: Exloring the Writer's Craft. Professor Landon accounts of how permutations and word order do matter. He writes how abstract thoughts are implied. For example the Mother Goose story of this is the house that Jack built. She goes on to say how a list of things went together to make the circumstances so that Jack could build his house. He talks about the weight of which words have within sentences. He talks about how suspensive sentences are ordered so that the sentences introduce elements later in the sentence rather than initially.
 
Works Cited:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2373139/Disputed-Drum-Major-quote-removed-Martin-Luther-King-memorial-carving-grooves-lettering.html

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