In Ramos myth these elements can be identified: The act is the deterioration of the field of journalism, and the scene is in the present because the act is still occurring. The agents are Jorge Ramos, and through the speech the graduates, whose agency, or ability to communicate the truth is being taken away. The purpose is to ensure the discipline of journalism does not fade away, and in the terminology of Burke, the community persists. In Burke 's framework the act is always the central term but Ramos reinterprets the boundary between agent and scene ambiguously. As Burke argues
“when members of specific communities express a scenic perspective, the ambiguity and flexibility of the pentadic terms comes to the fore. Distinctions between “agent”and “scene” may become blurred in the concept of a community or social identity, which often includes both personal qualities and literal place. Individuals who make up a peculiar community may explain their own behavior as
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First Ramos defines an agent in the myth. He proposes that ethnicity and country of origin are not pertinent to becoming an agent, as he states “we are here to celebrate the incredible diversity of this University”, students who are “from all over the world, from China to the barrios of Los Angeles”. Ramos further validates by stating that two things define him “I’m an immigrant and I’m a journalist”. He provides a short narrative within his myth that details how the two define him as an immigrant who left his home country because “as a young journalist I was censored”. He states that in the 1980’s it was impossible to criticize the President and “of course I did a report that criticized the President”. In addition, by stating that USC Annenberg trains and inspires young journalist Ramos is explicitly stating that membership in the community is related to educational attainment that warrants a level of skill in the