Gene Morgan writes “An Open Letter to an Open Letter to an Open Letter.” In this letter, published on McSweeny’s Internet Tendencies, he satirizes open letters that criticize open letters with a personal anecdote of a conversation he had with an acquaintance at the gym in January. Morgan brilliantly accomplishes writing this letter both against normal conventions and with a sincere impression. Morgan expertly blends an unconventional, yet organized approach to his open letter with humor as he critiques
unsophisticated and extremely satirical manner, Gene Morgan wrote “An Open Letter to an Open Letter to an Open Letter.” In this letter, published on McSweeny’s Internet Tendencies, he satirizes open letters that criticize open letters with a personal anecdote of a conversation he had with a lady in the gym in January. Morgan expertly blends an unconventional approach to his open letter with humor as he critiques the premise of open letters to open letters, encouraging his audience to simply listen to what others
Open Letter to Whom Ever it May Concern, Before writing this letter I have researched the efficacy of such a medium in order to make an impact, I am not surprised to learn that this may hinder more than help. This is not to vilify those involved or even take sides in an issue that honestly affects currently half a million people, but in the long run may impact millions. This is a letter to put a back story to those forgotten by the issue at hand, the student affected by a five week strike of Ontario
during a peaceful protest march in Birmingham, Alabama. While he was incarcerated he wrote an open letter, using the salutation "My Dear Fellow Clergymen," explaining his beliefs and his mission. It is a powerful and moving essay that clarifies Dr. King's position. Even more, it was a call to action for all good people to join the cause of the civil rights movement. Dr. King's explicit audience for the letter were the clergymen who were critical of the demonstrations and even questioned Dr. King's right
The song “An Open Letter to Myself,” off of the album The Here and Now, by Architects is an exemplary song that undergoes a complementary set of major changes throughout the piece. This song was released in 2011 and it would be classified as somewhere within the hard-rock to metal genre. While it is common to note the relationship between the writer, performer, and the listener, in this piece it is particularly important to do so. Without one of these components present, this song would likely
An Open Letter to Aisha Harris, In response to your article “Why I’d rather be called A Black American than An African American”, you explain why you identify yourself as Black American and the reasons behind that decision such as your personal experiences and your trip to Kenya. Throughout your life, you were asked “Where are you from?” and near the end of your article you responded with “Where I’m from is America, who I am is a black American”. I can relate to your story as a Black female who identifies
An open letter to cop haters and the media First of all a big “Thank You” to the cops who work day and night for the safety of the people and the society. The work cop do for the people is highly praise- worthy. Today we can walk and do legal things without fear because of cops who make it possible for us. But there are some people who doesn’t see this and instead tell others about the danger of cops. Yes, there are some bad cops out there who had intentionally or unintentionally taken wrong decisions
An open letter to friends and family: A Brief Intro/Background This letter will no doubt be hard for many of you to read, I empathize as it was also hard to write. I beg your patience and hope you read through to the end. What I would like to convey to you is my recent shift in world view. That is to say that I recently came to realize that I am an atheist. This is likely shocking to most of you. Let me be clear by what I intend to convey by identifying as such. I do not mean to say I am opposed
Open Letter to Bruce Rauner Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I would like to take the time out to greet and thank you everyone for coming out today. You could have been anywhere in the world but you decided to be here; and I am ever so grateful for you all having the courage to do so. We are gathered here today because we all have an urge to fight, we all have this overwhelming feeling to stress concerns about our current economic and political state of higher education in Illinois. We all have
Dear, Ronald Reagan we would like you to know that we are willing to open up a museum in your name. Over the last 8 years you have done a lot of great for the United States of America. We would like to honor you in opening up museum that would include your life story from when you were a little child to your acting career, governorship, and finally your presidency. We would just like to know if your on board with us here is what we think would be great in the museum. We would love it if you were