A Rhetorical Analysis Of Cheyne Andersons Frustrated Ideas

Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his bold novel, The Scarlet Letter tackles a variety of themes that include: sin, guilt, redemption, postfeminism, and organized religion's abuse of power. Hawthorne spoke in a somber and grim tone, designed to arouse a sense of suspense for his readers. The audience in which he was addressing would have been conservative Christians and women suffragettes, all of whom reflected the ideologies during this time period. By instilling clever diction, Hawthorne exposes hypocrisy in Puritanism and objects against the religion's superfluous punishments; which force individuals to endure unnecessary and extreme suffering.

I chose to address Robert Eads, who is the main character of this documentary. I found this film to be a travesty and a horrible shame that society seen this man’s life as so insignificant. The physician’s treatment was inexcusable and ignorant. This is a perfect example of the old cliché, what we don’t understand we negate from our reality or deny its existence. The physician’s is this film, in choosing to not treat Robert’s cancer, publicly denied his right to live the way he felt fit for him, subsequently letting him die due to his decisions.

Throughout history, individuals have fought for more justifiable working conditions. Florence Kelley, a social worker and reformer, fought to gain more adequate working conditions for the children of the United States. At this time nearly twenty percent of American workers were under the age of sixteen. Kelley delivered a speech in Philadelphia on July 22, 1905, during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, that strived for more fair-minded hours, rather than the long, unhealthy, and tedious shifts thats children were put through overnight. Kelley utilizes both appeals to logic and appeals to emotion, in order to rally up her audience in joining her to fight for more rational, more healthy, and more just hours.

Many people can confuse joy and pleasure because they are similar or the same thing but author Zadie Smith mentions the differences between joy and pleasure. She explains that sometimes joy can’t be pleasurable at all. She talks about joy as a different type of emotion.

Nicholas Carr used many Rethorical Analysis tools to give his article a closer connection between his readers and the text itself. He gave examples of each tool to better understand identifying and using them. Each tool takes part in strengthening, weakening, or even developing Carr’s argument differently towards the reader.

The subject of environmentalists is one that is just asking for a series of childish bickering amongst fully grown adults. No one can ever agree to disagree because everyone wants to be right. Of course, that is impossible, but God forbid that people just come to a reasonable agreement to leave opinions as they are, opinions. Mr. Edward O. Wilson does a very good job illustrating how pointless these political arguments are. How does he do this? He simply writes his own passages, setting himself in the shoes of both of the opposing parties.

“You don’ know what you’re a-doin’,” were Casy’s last words before he died as a martyr. Casy died for his cause, his belief that the elite were not truly aware of how their greed was causing the suffering of the weak and that the weak could only surpass their sorrows if they worked together. Steinbeck uses chapter 25 of Grapes of Wrath to portray this very message. Steinbeck uses an array of rhetorical devices such as symbolism and the use of a instructive tone which gives the reader a sense of being sermonized to portray the greed of the elite and how that fuels the wrath of the weak, while also empowering the weak to join together and warning the elite of the inevitable consequences of

The Civil War was a time in history where America was racially divided and African Americans were treated unfair and unequal. Alfred M. Green delivered a speech in Philadelphia in April 1861, which tried to convince his African American audience to join the Union forces. Although this was a hard time for African Americans, Green tries to persuade them to forget about America's past wrongdoings and consider their true patriotism within by using rhetorical devices, a shifting of tones, and syntax.

Thaddeus Stevens gave a speech on September 6th, 1865 in which he advocated that the treatment of the captured southern states make use of the “extreme rights of war - ’to execute, to imprison, to confiscate.’ “ (Furman). Stevens sought to have the confederate states that were seized to establish governments that would be “republican in form and principles” (Furman) to better work with existing union government.

James Hansen’s appeal relies heavily upon Pathos. In his opening statement, as well as his closing remarks, calling for civil resistance, stating this is the most urgent fight of our lives, and finally, it is our last chance, is a persistent engagement of your emotional response. Seven points regarding fossil fuel use and environmental onslaught to obtain them appear factual. Consequently, the use of possible factual information amongst the plethora of Pathos loses any impact to the appeal it might have had, casting doubt on the validity of the information presented. Soliciting our mistrust of government is a useful, if not somewhat powerful, approach to capturing the audience’s intensely negative feelings towards perceived government corruption

People wanted what they believed was liberty and it was being voiced by everyone race and gender. Slaves, a future presidential wife and mother and a respected church official all spoke all out. The letters and potations voice the struggles and bring to light their personal and social beliefs of what they thought equality was. Its true that everyone wanted and deserved freedom in some form, personal, moral or governmental. Some spoke to the common man and opposed the tyranny of England and rallied public opion like Thomas Paine. But on the other side was Samuel Seabury, a devoted loyalist and Anglican minister who voiced his opposition on independence which the colonies sought. He spoke of how this was a “colonial problem” and the government

While he is thousands of miles away from home, Elder Jacob Hansen receives an opportunity once a week to write home to his family and friends. To share his experiences with others while he is away, this missionary uses a wide variety of rhetorical elements to express his purpose to the audience.

The death penalty is a very controversial topic that has been the top of discussion for years around the world. It is a topic that many individuals feel very strongly about. Christopher Hitchens, a political journalist in Washington D.C., writes an essay entitled “Scenes from an Execution” in which it is clear that he is against it. To get his views across in the essay, he uses light humor rather than very serious scenarios directed toward it, although it is a very serious topic. Instead of ranting about opinions, Hitchens writes about his experiences and how others as well as himself were affected. He uses rhetorical devices such as ethos, logos, and pathos to attack capital punishment.

Seyler states that arguments happen everywhere and all the time. Seyler argued that arguments won’t lead to a person writing a novel. Seyler also noted that “communication skills are the single most important skill sought by employers”, meaning that when employers are looking for a new employee, they want them to have communication skills that will help a business thrive. Seyler also lets the reader know that by becoming a better writer, and then the reader develops into a far better reader. Seyler pointed out that “the more you write, the more you learn about who you are and what really matters to you”. Also, the more a writer writes their paper’s in confident the better they will be at writing better essays. Seyler also encourages the readers

June 11th, 2004, Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain’s former prime minister, gave a eulogy for Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had worked together often during his presidency from 1981-1989. In the respectful and reminiscent eulogy, Margaret Thatcher utilizes rhetorical appeals, anaphora, and counterpoints in order to honor Ronald Reagan as a great American leader.