Appeal for Understanding The Patterns of Dispreferred Response that Brutus Uses as the Response to the First Part
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token yes, and apology that follow by the explanation of the dispreferred response. List of the analysis of those patters are put in the table of dispreferred
patterns in the appendices. In the comic strips, sometimes Brutus gives dispreferred response when he
talks to his family in his house, his boss and friends in the office, the waiter and waiterss in the restaurant or cafe, and some random people. From the analysis,
there are some different responses that show by Brutus when he talks to people around him. When he talks to his family especially Gladys 5019viii and
Wilberforce 11624x, Brutus just uses an account. The following are some of the examples:
Gladys: I can’t take any more of this hot, humid weather. I’d prefer a winter blizzard
Brutus: I disagree. Gladys: You do? Then tell me one thing that’s better about this kind of weather
Brutus: I don’t have to shovel it Wilberforce: Do you always hold your fork in your right hand when you eat, pop?
Brutus: No, I hold it in either hand. I guess when it comes to eating, I’m ambidextrous
Gladys: In other words, he holds his fork in whichever hand will get the food in
his mouth quickest In the office, when Brutus talks to Mr. Veeblefester 398viii, he tends to
use some patterns. From 10 comic strips, there are 3 comic strips that uses give an account pattern. It shows that Brutus tries to avoid the dispreferred response as he
talks to Mr. Veeblefester. It is different when he talks to his friends 1061410, he just simply us an account. Below are some of the examples:
Mr. Veeblefester: This new product design was in the fax machine – I’ve told you
to only send digital image files Brutus: Sorry, chief, I forgot
– I guess sending faxes is a force of habit with me Mr. Veeblefester: Read my lips
– no new faxes
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Brutus’ friend: Have you eaten at the new Italian place down the street? Brutus: Once. The food was awful
Brutus’ friend: You shouldn’t be too harsh in judging it – once just isn’t enough to grade a restaurant. You should give it another try.
Brutus: You want me to pay to eat another lousy meal? From the analysis, the writer finds that from the analysis of 184 comic
strips The Born Loser from July to December 2011, there are 89 comic strips that contain dispreferred response. From the 89 comic strips, there are 42 comic strips
that contain dispreferred response that produce by Brutus. Most of the dispreferred response produce by Brutus has the pattern of an account. There are
28 from 42 comic strips that contain this pattern. There also other pattern they are preface, repetition, appeal for understanding, delayhesitate, token yes, and
apology that follow by the explanation of the dispreferred response. When Brutus produces the dispreferred response, he tends to use some
patterns. When he is at home, he simply gives an account when he produces the dispreferred response. It is different when he talks to his boss in the office. He
tends to use some patterns that show he tries to avoid giving a dispreferred response.
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