Analysis Of The Essay 'Salman Rushdie' By Scott Russell Sanders

Master Fard Muhammad is Allah in person. His father knew of a message that had to be delivered to his people, but he knew that as a black man he could never just come into solid white America with no problem with the authorities. He knew that he need to go to the caucasus region and find a pure caucasian woman to give birth to his son, so that his son could deliver the message to his people. Some may say that Master Fard Muhammad can’t be God because his mother is white, but that is fallacious. Dr.Wesley points out that if you plant an apple seed in Africa, Asia, Or Europe it will still germinate as an apple tree. Just like Fard was the seed of his father and his mother was like the soil.

People who tend to migrate a lot are less applicable of understanding and appreciating new ways of life. In response to an essay by Salman Rushdie on the benefits of moving, Scott Russell Sanders, in his essay “Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World,” claims that people should not immerse themselves into places but rather into ideas and values and also that people should care for the earth rather than for their egotistic desires. Through his use of a nostalgic tone and implied metaphors Sanders critiques Rushdie’s claims about the negative impact of migration and he also demonstrates why it is better for people to immerse themselves to their location rather than old beliefs and habits.

As well as attacking the habits of others, Sanders uses his own experiences to illustrate his way of life, writing, “The longing to become an inhabitant rather than a drifter sets me against the current of my culture” (18). Sanders’s statement that he, unlike others, has managed to resist the “current” of his culture that forces people to be transient creates the impression that he is preaching about his superior method of living. He thereby suggests that he is better than all of the others who do follow the call that inspires people to move. At the end of his piece, Sanders makes his argument even more moralistic by tying the desire to move to a lack of spiritualism. He makes an allusion to idolism in declaring, “Only by knocking against the golden calf of mobility, which looms so large and shines so brightly, have

“Our heroes have been sailors, explorers,... rainbow-chasers, vagabonds,” Sanders states, providing non-specific information relating to the American notion of migration. After describing the fundamentals of mass migrations, Sanders then goes on to compare Salman Rushdie’s steadfast support of human relocation to America’s “enthusiasm for migration.” (Sanders). Nevertheless, Sanders counters this comparison by presenting evidence that refutes Rushdie’s ideals. Concluding this passage, Sanders establishes his thesis: “by settling in, we have a chance of making a durable home for ourselves, our fellow creatures, and our descendants.” (Sanders). By following this inductive structure─moving from broad information down to his thesis─Sanders is able to effectively execute his purpose of challenging Rushdie and supporting “settling in”

Scott Russell Sanders’s Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World is written in response to Salman Rushdie’s essay, rejecting the notion that movement is inherently good while staying in one place is bad. Sanders believes that settling down enhances the chances of creating a dependable home for ourselves and all around us. He achieves the development of his perspective throughout his essay in order to support his own views against migration while also opposing Rushdie’s belief.

Author, Scott Russell Sanders, once wrote, “Wholesale dis-placement may be inevitable; but we should not suppose that it occurs without disastrous consequences for the earth and for ourselves” (70-74 Sanders). This quote can be traced back to his work, “Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World,” in which he encompasses the revolutionizing topic of human migration. He commences his essay with the origins of migration and proposes that Americans are now likely to concur with the idea of migrating, as a result of Salman Rushdie’s story, a writer who left his native India for England. However, Sanders contradicts and retaliates Rushdie’s notion. Rushdie believes migrating is imperative, meanwhile Sanders thinks the idea of migrating is more detrimental, rather than beneficial. In Scott Russell Sanders’s composition, “Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World,” he utilizes effective diction and fear tactics in order to develop his perspective about moving.

Metaphors create links from the known to the unknown; Anne Bradstreet utilizes metaphors to explain God’s place and everything he encompasses. Anne Bradstreet

When thinking of successful people you automatically think about how hard people have worked to be successful. In the Outliers book "Malcolm Gladwell" argues that we should look at the world that surrounds successful people. For instance their culture, family, experiences, and their upbringing. Gladwell has made an interesting argument about how people become successful. In this paper, I will be talking about how Bradley Byrne, US Representative for Alabama became successful using some information from Gladwell’s arguments.

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