The chilled air blew in the outdoor mall, enough to be heard yet quiet enough to not distribute the speech being given. He spoke loud, and with much gusto, he didn’t need a megaphone, his voice had the power to be heard by hundreds. His clean cut attire made him look reasonable and humble, he feared if he didn’t do this, people would see him as ill-mannered and ignore his words. His fine-brushed hair and slick obsidian suit made him stand out from the people in their bundled, heavy and quite frankly, ugly colored coats. He stood high amongst the people to deliver his words yet in his mind, he saw them as equals. His front faced the people and between the two, a small crate he owned holding something special, but his back faced a frozen fountain, were one slip would mean an icy grave. Balancing himself on the fountain’s stone rim, he would carefully walk from one point to another and then back again, all without fumbling a single line of dialogue. His shoes made a satisfying click, and these clicks sync with his talking, like a music beat. The words he said gave interest to the audience, “And with the power of Creation, God created the stars and planets. God then put time and care into crafting one particular place, Earth, the home to us all.” Many people stopped and listened to the man’s lore, but several grew bored and continued on with their lives. Even patrons of nearby shops halted their shopping to see what all the commotion was. The man’s audience grew and grew,
1. “The magical time of childhood stood still, and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood” (1.1).
1. Imagine yourself as the manager of a struggling local suburban regional shopping mall. What do you think the mall should do to improve its performance?
The reader can tell that this man is not just some neighbor, but instead something that was not completely human and something peculiar.
When a man finds his everyday items speaking to him, he runs to tell others about it so as to possibly find a solution to his plight. Instead of receiving sympathy or advice, he is ridiculed by each person he meets, until that person experiences it for himself. For example, the fisher’s response was, “Is that all? Is that so frightening?” (Courlander and Herzog 578) While this folktale may be far fetched, it still sends the message of trust. The men that he encountered did not trust that he was telling the truth, but in turn, due to personal experience, each finally believed. If they had been willing to trust without proof, then the entire charade might have been avoided. One other main message this sends is the message of kindness. If the man had been kind to his items, they might not have shouted at him for his behavior. Thus, he might have learned the truth without such a
In “Enclosed. Encyclopedic. Endured: The Mall of America,” David Guterson’s description concerning the Mall of America researches into numerous surfaces that are entrenched throughout the mall both physically and psychologically. David Guterson claims that the Mall is a psychological impact on the applicants inside. He makes this claim through his portrayals of the shopping mall’s: exterior and interior environment, the people he interviews, and the malls many titles.
In this speech, the narrator gives an emotional message about dispossession. Not only does he discuss dispossession, but he also talks about the crowd following the law and needing to organize a leader. It was brought up due to a couple being evicted out of their apartment. This speech was a success because his words had a powerful effect on the audience and caused them to become angry. In addition, the narrator got the crowd to do what he wanted them to which was take back the belongings of the couple being evicted back into their apartment. In order for a speech to be effective, it must have a large impact on the people listening. He used an emotional appeal that made this speech the most effective and allowed for the crowd to actually listen. When ranting about the couple to the audience, the narrator states, “Should two old folks live in such junk, cooped up in a filthy room? It’s a great danger, a fire hazard! Old cracked dishes and broken-down chairs. Yes, yes, yes! Look at that old woman, somebody’s mother, somebody’s grandmother, maybe” (277). He is appealing to the crowd’s emotions in order for them to feel bad for the couple and have a strong feeling of displeasure at the occurrence. The narrator succeeded in doing so because the people were outraged and returned the couple’s belongings back into her home. The narrator says, “Look at them, not a shack to pray in or an alley to sing the blues! They’re facing a gun and we’re facing it with them. They don’t want the world, but only Jesus” (279). Furthermore, he used an emotional appeal to rile up the crowd. It was an effective speech for that reason. The narrator’s words were able to have an influence on the audience. Also, the eviction speech was a success because Brother Jack was very pleased with it and invited the narrator to join the Brotherhood. Evidently, it has been expressed that the eviction speech was most effective
The speaker Emma Gonzalez is persuasive about her speech ‘We call BS’ a student at the Parkland, Florida high school, calls out President Trump and the NRA by name at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Gonzalez always showed her logos and ethos by stating that she carried notes from her AP class with her which shows she prepared and she knows what she’s doing. She also stated facts about past shooting which supported her belief strongly. Her pathos was shown when she would emphasize some statements to show she really meant it and it showed that she really wanted to change the problem. She spoke loud and clear as well and managed not to cry in front of the crowd.
To begin with, in pursuance of persuading her audience of soldiers to allow King Agamemnon to keep his stolen war prize Briseis, Speaker 1 capitalizes on the three rhetorical appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. The most effective appeal for her, given her audience, was ethos. First, she had to establish herself as a credible source for the sake of convincing the soldiers why her reasoning was valid. Who better to speak about the King then his trusted advisor, who not only worked with him throughout his ruling, but who also worked with his father before him and watched him grow up to be the man he is today. With the audience of soldiers in mind, they are more likely to listen to the reasoning of a person in power, who has proven themselves to be knowledgeable and can testify on behalf of a person, both personally and professionally. Soldiers are trained to follow the commands of someone in charge and if the trusted advisor says that they are capable of allowing the King to keep Briseis and in turn continue to fight the war and win without Achilles, then it can be done. Using ethos gives the speaker a platform to be heard from. Similarly, the speaker’s commanding tone of voice helped to deliver an effective speech. It would have been futile to have established herself as this person with great power had her deliverance not matched the substance of the
In this world, few skills carry with them greater power than the skill of speaking to a crowd. A good speech can shatter the dreams or raise the hopes of millions. It can raise civilizations, or it can destroy them. The right speech can change the world. And the legendary writer William Shakespeare knew this well, as we see in one of his most popular plays; Julius Caesar. In the play, this power speech has is seen most heavily in the life of Brutus, who was not only manipulated by the words of others time after time, but tried to sway others with his own words, with some success even, but was often ruined by the even stronger rhetoric of others or perhaps by other events later on.
“He saw the moon low in the sky now. The moon there and the light of the moon caused by what? By the sun of course. And what lights the sun? Its own fire. And the sun goes on, day after day, burning and burning. The sun and time. The sun and time and burning. Burning. The river bobbled him along gently. Burning. The sun and every clock on the earth. It all came together and became a single thing in his mind. After a long time of floating
In 1961 President John F Kennedy put together a doctrine, which altered from President Eisenhower’s one. It was to “Respond flexibly to communist expansion, especially guerrilla warfare.” (Roskin & Berry, 2010, p. 58) It was a time when the Cold War was at its height and nuclear weapons a mass threat and source of power. This doctrine was aimed at using alternative means before opening into combat. This, in light of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, it succeeded in doing.
After world war one peace looked inevitable. Everyone was wrong about this because a few years later world war two erupted. This great war was supposed to be the war to end all wars. In this war it was crystal clear who was the good side and who was the bad side. Almost everyone figured that if the bad side was defeated then peace couldn’t possibly escape us again. We defeated the evil Axis powers, but of course another serpent would rear its ugly head from behind the curtains. This period of a “cold war” after world war two has become one of the most complex and studied eras since America’s birth. This state of paradoxes, paranoia, and public disorientation has only ended a few years ago, but its
The Cold War was the ideological conflict between the two superpowers of the world, the democratic United States of America and the communist Soviet Union. For over fifty years the two superpowers fought each other indirectly for power and control of the world. The Cold War started after the end of the Second World War in 1945 when the eyes of both superpowers were no longer looking at Nazi Germany, but instead at each other and the fate of the rest of the world. The Cold War began after the Second World War had ended, although tensions between the two new superpowers, United States and Soviet Union, had been lasting since 1917 with the start of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. With the start of the Second World War, tensions were put
His friends “had the smooth city way of talking. David’s straight talk would have seemed stupid to them.” The group of men barely acknowledged David’s presence as he “hesitated alongside” them. “The others scarely glanced after him, thinking he was the hired man.”
The end of the cold war signified a new era of history that has changed the entire world. The face of Europe and Asia has changed dramatically. Vast changes have been felt socially, politically, and especially economically. Also the effect the cold war had on foreign policy was paramount. The effect of these changes is not only felt across the ocean but can be felt here in America. The goal of this paper is to define what the cold war specifically was, and reflect upon the various choices throughout the world as a result of the end of the cold war.