How writing came about" in addition to the other resources, how do you think a society changes once an alphabet/writing is introduced? in walter ong's orality and literacy (1988), he asserts that writing enables the existence of discourse "which cannot be directly questioned or contested as oral speech can be because written discourse is detached from the writer." give this some thought as you reflect on the initial question of this threaded discussion. imagine a world without letters.

Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. my silent response to the expectant silence begins to affect the air of the room, the bits of dust and sportcoat-lint stirred around by the ac’s vents dancing jaggedly in the slanted plane of windowlight, the air over the table like the sparkling space just above a fresh-poured seltzer. the coach, in a slight accent neither british nor australian, is telling c.t. that the whole application-interface process, while usually just a pleasant formality, is probably best accentuated by letting the applicant speak up for himself. in this excerpt, the narrator is providing a, both objective descriptions and subjective commentaries. b. only objective information about people, setting, and events. c. only subjective responses to the things he sees and experiences. d. a compromised interpretation of events due to his unstable condition.