Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Vasskezz

The purpose of Vasquez's style of writing in this piece is to enlighten the reader on the stereotypes they are making. Brian and Mickey's stories were both told in the style they were to try to lead the reader into believing that they were gay in both situations. Vasquez then told you their actual sexual orientation, creating a sense of guilt in the reader for the judgement they have just made. This then also magnifies to the readers the injustices done against the two men, which were done because of false assumptions made about the two. And finally, the most important purpose behind Vasquez's writing was showing how both homosexuals AND heterosexuals are negatively affected by the stereotypes, making a connection to ALL of the possible readers.

1 comment:

Kwame Newton said...

I TOTALLY AGREE!!!! I never really realized the part about causing guilt in the reader, but that's exactly what she does! She creates these stereotypes which provide familiar ground to the reader, only to let it crumble from right beneath their feet! It really causes a reader to reconsider his or her views of homosexuals, especially in regards to stereotypes.