Bias Post

As we have looked at bias this past week I have noticed some interesting things. First off, I realized how much a person’s cultural eye affects the bias that is present in their writing. The piece that represented this the most was Mc Guffey stories. As we discussed, the views of this author are an old fashioned Christian view particularly Protestant. This bias is shown clearly in the end of “The Maniac”. The author lectures the reader on the blessings that come from keeping the Sabbath day holy. This bias so blatantly presented makes the text seem likely to be found in a Sunday school or a child’s book set on Christian values. Another story talked about a tax collector that was thrown in prison and went mad over a simple number mistake. The morale of the story was to not get caught up in worldly things and to focus on your reward in heaven. The end of the story emphasized decent people and their worthiness over indecent people. I believe it used the word “decent” upward of six times. This repeated emphasis on “good” and “decent” people was clearly evident in the authors bias.

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