The difference between confession and apology is whether a person feels any remorse for an action they admit doing. A person could admit to performing an act (confession) but it does not become an apology until they admit they were somehow wrong in performing it.You could admit to doing something and feel you have nothing to apologize for,and an apology may not even be necessary.
Determining when and where confessions are appropriate requires us to look at our audience, our argument, our purpose for dialogue.In writing that requires us to reveal some of our personal truths, the writer needs to be mindful of the fact that the truth may not only support their discourse, but could potentially harm their point, or drive their reader away altogether. The truth is important but some cases it has to be categorized, and distributed unequally among a varying audience, largely because of the unequal relationships we share with the groups or individuals among our audience.It has to be asked if this confession(s) is necesssary for me to write, does my audience really care about what I wanna say here and will support my main idea or point?
Hey Ebrahim,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the difference between a confession and an apology. I do think there is a huge difference between them. I also liked what you said at the end about confessions. Sometimes the confession is irrelevant, so is it almost worth to confess if the audience doesn't care?
I think it's cool we all agree on the difference between confession and apology. It's interesting to see how we word our definitions. Your last point in your blog was very true. Writing almost always should have a point to it and have a target audience in mind.
ReplyDeleteHello Ebrahim,
ReplyDeleteI agree that although the truth is important, an author needs to be aware of the situation. Like you said, he or she has to be aware of the audience, argument, and purpose. Very good points.