COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES OF A HACKER

What is a Hacker?

The aforementioned, Conscience of a Hacker, and the mind behind it, The Mentor.  Now, what was The Mentor's message? After analyzing the text, it has been shown the Mentor is trying to covey the message that hackers are misconceived and or misunderstood. In other words,  the author is stating people tend to think/judge hackers wrongfully . Typically, when we hear the word "hacker" we immediately associate it with a tech. master that uses their skills in an illegal manner. Correct? Well, that's not what the Mentor thinks as well as I think. So, let's break down exactly how The Mentor conveyed his message in the short essay. 

Diction 

Firstly, the simple word choice of the author. The Mentor used profanity, educated vocabulary, and basic vocabulary in his text. The use of profanity created a human connection to the audience. Furthermore, the writer was taking the risk to include curse words in his sentences to show his readers the emotion felt about the topic. In addition, initially the writer uses basics words. This brought a youthful feel to the writing. However, moving further into the essay the word choice drastically switches to a more sophisticated vocabulary. Now, this was to represent the intelligence the writer obtains. In review, The Mentor created a humane connection, representation of intelligence and youth with his selection of words/phrases. 

Syntax & Tone 

Secondly, The Mentor used repetition and first person point of view in his writing. In the text, the word "Damn kids...they're all alike" is repeated constantly the essay. This repeated sentence format helped show the author's attitude throughout the text. The Mentor's tone was shown to be frustration, annoyance, and anger. The repeating words implicitly contributed to revealing the frustration The Mentor feels about the assumptions of hackers. Moving on, the first person point of view helped the readers actually feel and or see how the life of hacker really is like. Hackers are quickly judged to be "criminals". But, in reality they're are simply exploring their curiosity. As the Mentor, states the hackers are those intelligent beings who crave the unknown but, are punished for doing so.

Coming Together

How does all the concepts expressed above covey the author's message? Well, in simple terms  the diction help create the human sympathy portion (relate-able emotions), the syntax revealed the reality of hackers (why hackers are not criminals), and the tone showed the annoyance/cry out to make the readers realize the reality/truth of the misconception.To restate, hackers are not some rebellious kids or "criminals". Hackers are those outliers that need the satisfaction to be curious or to finally not know the answer to everything in their path. In conclusion, The Mentor effectively used his vocabulary, words/phrases placement , and attitude in the text to emphasize his message of the misunderstood hackers.





Signing out,
Destiny G.