I really enjoyed Efies presentation on the medical symbol, I think the way she framed the piece as a contradictory symbol in the modern day was really intriguing. I think her understanding of the audience of the piece was really interesting and the lens of historical analysis that she will use for her essay will be really fruitful although in her initial presentation the exigence she presented was a little weak. I am really interested in her final speech, I think if she can nail down the historical context of her symbol she can really make a fantastic argument that will be really interesting to hear.

Johan did point out that her speech had a contradiction where she needed to talk about the historical origins of the piece rather than the modern interpretations that are relevant in the current day. I think this is going to be Efies biggest challenge to a strong presentation but a little historical research will quickly address this problem. I am really hopeful that I will get to learn about an interesting historical past for a common symbol that I really knew nothing about before today.

The other presentation I wanted to talk about was Amber’s presentation about the war on drugs. I think her artifact is a really compelling element for a successful speech that I am interested to hear about. Her understanding of the topic was really robust and I think she will make a very effective speech when she better nails down her exact audience that the artifact was targeted at. As soon as she does that I believe she will make a speech that captures the entire class.