"Ticket" author unknown

In this blog I will be analyzing, in great detail, the less than epic story of my on-campus parking ticket. I will show, through several different criticism styles, that the story, "Ticket" is underdeveloped, ill-researched, overly concise, trite and lacking depth or explanation.

Using "New Criticism", it can be clearly shown that the plot of "Ticket" lacks any realism. "Ticket" starts with a stark, abrupt statement that can not be substantiated. This work was passed off as non-fiction, but the author gives no evidence to its authenticity. For "Ticket" to be believable, it needs to be based on reality. It is not. For this reason, I find it completely unbelievable and ill fitting its seemingly authoritative title.

Now, as I look at this piece of work through "Deconstrucion", I find unsettling underlying truths . The author of "Ticket" writes that I do not have a valid parking pass, but what he's really saying is that campus security does not have a vision package in their insurance benefits. The ticket claims the driver of the car has violated a rule, while really it's the reader being violated. This "Ticket" points to a wrong doing on the driver's behalf, but it in fact, in slapstick irony, points to the author's own fallacy and inability to look beyond himself.

Reader Response criticism enables me, the reader, to respond to the work. And as an "Informed, competent reader (Literature for Composition 7th ed. 626)" my response is annoyance. The writer was masterful in eliciting a quick and negative response through his unsubstantiated statements. While writing for shock value might have momentary success, the end result is alienation from his readers.

I can speak with great authority from a historical standpoint. I am acquainted with the works of other campus security authors. Campus security authors have a long history of writing tickets, holding transcripts hostage and otherwise hassling over-worked, brain fried academicians who have a hard enough time trying to work, raise kids, learn something of value, wear matching shoes every day, and avoid walking into restrooms of the opposite sex. From this historical perspective, one can only see "Ticket" as over done, extremely cliche and tired.

Now let's throw some good old Marxist Criticism at this bugger. "Ticket" is a wonderful example why the masses want to stick it to The Man. The author knows that there is a valid parking pass hanging there, but issuing a bogus ticket leaves the reader subject to the aggravating, unpalatable and time consuming repercussions that follow. This short work contributes to the long legacy of distrust and animosity between ticket writers and their readers.

Lastly, I'll end with "Gender Criticism". "Ticket" is a written against a female who drives a powerful automobile. It is obvious that the writer of "Ticket" blinded himself to the purple parking pass placed precisely as prescribed by the patriarchs. Because of this obvious omission of the facts, this reader finds herself disconnected to and unrepresented by this work of fiction.

In closing I'd just like to say that I adore campus security and dearly hope that my car is not covered in citations after the posting of this slightly critical review of "Ticket".