intertextuality 16 punches

Anna Kuchinsky
7 February 2007
WRT 205
Madeline Yonker

16 Punches Intertextual Analysis

In the blog entry about Yahoo and Flickr, the author constantly refers to the imminent merger as some sort of colonization. Though the beginning of the entry focuses strongly on the business aspect of the deal, the end that is more analysis focuses a lot on a sort of underdog story. The blog comments on the tragedy of mega corporations that have become extremely common in our country. As a result, the small business is suffering and has little hope to compete with the big companies. In this scenario, Flickr is the small business that cannot stand up to the larger corporation, Yahoo. Although, rather than just being upset about the merger, this blogger equates large corporations with dictators. The poster takes things one step farther. In his or her mind, the loss of small businesses has some historical importance, like being one step in the direction of total dictatorship. This blog emphasizes the American tradition of the underdog story, but the underdog is failing and the result is the entirely un-American state of dictatorship.