A Separate Peace Rhetorical Analysis

Often times writings with the general theme of war and battle juxtapose the symbol of nature with brutal events in order to create contrast between. In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich M. Remarque, the author uses the method of juxtaposition to convey the contrast of beautiful nature to war and potentially emphasizing the brutality of battle. Away from combat, down-time is given to the men fighting, where things are peaceful and no longer chaotic. As they are relaxing, their surroundings are described as a “flowery meadow” with “white butterflies...in the soft warm wind” which symbolizes peace or happiness. (Remarque 9). Although the men are experiencing a time and setting of tranquility, death is also occurring near them, ultimately

All Quiet on the Western Front is a story about the horrors of World War I from the perspective of a German soldier named Paul. Throughout Paul’s service he sees and does horrible things, becoming disillusioned with the ideals of the German high command and of world leaders in general. This book makes it clear not only that the generation of boys and men that were sent out to fight feel betrayed by the previous generation and by their government, but also that there was a huge gap between the soldiers and everyone else around them.

Rochester New York, in the year 1858. Seward’s primary audience was the American people of his day. He tried to shed light on the evils of slavery, but most importantly, Seward attempted to persuade the people that the Democratic Party was flawed and did not “deserve to retain the confidence of the American people”. He sets forth arguments such as, the Democratic Party was “not a party of the whole Union”, and “a sectional and local party” to make the general public agree with his point of view.

Germany betrayed Paul Baumer and his comrades. All Quiet on the Western Front is told from the perspective of Paul Baumer, an enlistee in the German army during World War One. He enlisted as a teenager after a push from his schoolteacher to fight for his country. Paul and his fellow comrades experience the horrors of war as they are told to kill and lay down their lives for their country. Paul goes through battles, injuries, the loss of friends and comrades, and he inevitably loses his life.

In the incredible book, All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque, the reader follows Paul Baumer, a young man who enlisted in the war. The reader goes on a journey and watches Paul and his comrades face the sheer brutality of war. In this novel, the author tries to convey the fact that war should not be glorified. Through bombardment, gunfire, and the gruesome images painted by the author, one can really understand what it would have been like to serve on the front lines in the Great War. The sheer brutality of the war can be portrayed through literary devices such as personification, similes, and metaphors.

Coates, with an obsessive tone, claims that he would rather take the life of his own son than let other strangers steal away his son's life. Here, the word "kill" doesn't exactly stand up as a term to describe a cold-blooded murderer. In Coates' case, he was deeply afraid that he might lose his son because he is utterly powerless against the streets of America. Such "streets" are filled to the brim with racism, discrimination and the kind of cruelty that at any second, at any street corner, one can have their body taken away from them instantly. And the murderer would not be to blame at all. The "streets" itself are created by fear, and the general mindset that black people are inferior is the cause of this fear. Thus, rather seeing his son

I choose the first image as I believe it implies a stream of emotional values between a physically damaged child and a soldier spiritually broken because of the crushing scene. The pathos conveyed in the picture mixes the tragedy of war, the awfulness of tearing families, and the destruction of civilization. The fighter was holding the child as a mother holding her baby, the warrior forgot the mission he was sent to do and found himself a caring human for the innocent people. The man closed his eyes as a sign of misery and sorrow, hugged the child trying to give him/her love, care, warmth, and safety. I suppose that the man was thinking about how this baby could be his son, daughter, family, or himself and how lack of luck, the unfair life

Many people have their own definition of evil. In the dictionary the definition is profoundly immoral and malevolent. My personal definition of evil is putting your needs before others, hurting someone or making their life miserable just so you have a better advantage to succeeding in your life. “A Separate Peace” is about a boy named Gene Forrester who returns to his school called the Devon school. He attended the school when he was young during World War II. Gene is a hardworking student who is devoted to his studies. Finny on the other hand, is terrible at schoolwork but is a tremendous athlete. In my point of view Gene is a ruthless evil person.

Betrayal, one of the most horrible things you could do to anyone your family, a friend anyone. To me it’s one of my all time most hated things a person could do and it’s almost unforgivable. In this book A Separate Peace by John Knowles two boys Phineas and Gene who are best friends at a boarding school in New Hampshire experience some of the worst kinds of Betrayal you could think of. Gene commits a very bad betrayal when he jousts the tree limb they are both standing on ending up with Finny falling and badly breaking his leg. This was no accident because Gene can’t stand the guilt.

Leper’s hiding in nature shows he is not ready for adulthood, whereas the boys are eager to help the war effort showing their progression out of adolescence. Within the book A Separate Peace, there are many instances that show Leper as an outcast from the other boys at Devon School. While Leper is alone exploring the woods, all the boys are out shoveling on the railroad tracks for the soldiers fighting in the war. Gene and the boys are hard at work, which allows the reader to identify the theme loss of innocence. “I turned and trudged off to help shovel.” (96) The boys care about their future and look forward to becoming adults. Instead of having fun as teenagers, they are “labored away,” with hard tasks. (96) Leper says to Gene, “Well, I’m not going anywhere,” which helps the reader establish that Leper doesn’t

So what exactly can nonviolence do to make violence go away in the community? In Chavez’s article about nonviolence and how to prevent violence while he draws the reader in. He draws the reader in with Repetition, Pathos, Ethos, and Logos to help make his point against violence.

Martin Luther King, Jr states, "Violence is not only impractical but immoral". In other words, he highlights a suffer of being violent. King spoke in an expressive manner and his ability to persuade and inspire is rivaled by none. This shows the destructive influence of ambition, a major theme of the play. If he had been content with his previous title, which was admired enough, an affluence of disaster would have been avoided. The “Violence is not only impractical but immoral” speech is one of the most powerful speeches ever and is a focus of the life of the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

As Carl Jung once stated, “Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious”. To reach a peaceful reconciliation, one must learn to embrace two distinct elements of their personality, the "Persona" and "Shadow." Likewise, in the bildungsroman, A Separate Peace, author John Knowles depicts the common rivalry between young adolescents, and how they struggle to accept their identity and the relationship between their unconscious self. Gene, a Devon High student, becomes best friends with Finny and grows jealous of his ostensibly flawless friend, causing him to make a life-changing decision. His struggles to reach an inner balance between his “Persona” and “Shadow” lead to the ultimate death of Finny. Gene’s transformation involves the changes of his mask and “Shadow”—from guilt and jealousy to pride and tolerance—which results in the later acceptance of the light and dark parts of himself, allowing him to truly reach adulthood and a state of peace.

The Ecovia ad ‘Stop the Violence’ from December 2012 shows an image of a woman with a car painted on her cheek; the background is black and gray. To the right of the woman appears to be a man's forearm with a blue car painted on the male’s fist. The image shows the man hitting the woman’s chin. As the male fist is hitting the woman, the image of the red car on the woman’s face and the image of the blue car on the male’s fist illustrates a head-on collision of the two painted vehicles. The woman’s hair is blown back from what appears to be the force of the punch from the male's’ fist. Below this picture is the words, “Stop the Violence, Drive Safe”, and an Ecovia logo in the lower right-hand corner of the ad.This advertisement uses logos, ethos, and pathos to inform viewers of the importance of driving safely and possibly make them aware of the issue.

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