Simulation

The idea for our simulation activity was to try and write in the style of an individual who is commonly looked at as pompous. The person who is being written about should be well known for the purpose of the audience. The audience can see who the author is writing as when they begin to notice word choice and meanings. The authors intentions are to relay a message that stereotypes and exposes their choice of character for the buffoons that they have shown themselves to be.

This, truly, can be considered an art form because of the skills needed to encompass a person that is only known by the front they present to the media. An attempt to understand an individual based on the persona that is provided by interviews, sound bites, and articles is clearly a biased one, but rounding that "character" out can engage an author to create. Art is often criticized and misunderstood, but as we have discovered, can be entertaining.

After reading a couple of examples of simulation to a class of our peers, our instruction was fairly simple. We asked for groups of students to try and find a controversial figure who is well known and who has proven themselves to be buffoonish. We asked our fellow students to chose an audience and write a letter to that audience, as the character of their choosing. Needless to say, we not only got a great response, but we all got a good laugh.





Group Members: Macario Lara, Sylvia Alboniga,
Jose Balderas, Alma Gonzalez, Abraham Garza