City Of Thorns Rhetorical Devices

On page 96 of Just Mercy, Stevenson visits Walter’s family after he had been accused of murder. He talks with Minnie, Walter’s wife, who expresses her anger about the trial. In order to sympathize with her, Stevenson uses repetition, using the word “lies” several times during his response. This repetition demonstrates his outrage at the injustice experienced by Walter. He expresses his emotional support for Walter, gaining the trust of his wife as a result.

In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting an excerpt from a book and a refugee story. I will talk about both the differences and the similarities of each story.

The first part of City of Thorns illustrates a setting for the book, and a brief history of the region. Next, Ben Rawlence addresses the refugees living in the Dadaab refugee camps. The first refugee is Guled; he was born in Somalia and lived there until he was taken from his school by an Islamic radical group, Al-Shabaab. Forced to work as part of the Hizbat, a group similar to a police force, Guled had no way out except for death or a very well-executed escape. Once Guled found an opportunity to escape to a refugee camp, he left Somalia and left his wife, sister, aunt, and multiple other friends and acquaintances. After a long, arduous journey, Guled arrives in Ifo.

One’s words and method of expression can determine one’s fate in certain situations. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, characters are required to testify for their lives in the corrupt Salem witch trials. A particularly strong rhetorician is Deputy Governor Danforth, who has a position in the hierarchy of the Salem Court in determining whether the convicted witches are guilty. Danforth’s goal is to find the truth, and he resolutely understands that his verdicts so far are of the true. In defense of his truths, Governor Danforth uses rhetorical devices in his language in order to demonstrate the severity of his decisions thus far.

Adversity, unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress. Adversity is something everyone encounters at some juncture in their life. Many people concede in the face of adversity, while many people persevere through the struggles they face daily. Jennette Walls wrote The Glass Castle, a memoir that unmasked the dark mysteries of The Walls Family’s onerous life. She continuously proves that no one’s background they can make it through the adversity in their lives. Jeannette captivates the readers by using rhetorical devices. She utilizes symbolism so she can express the importance of certain objects in her life, imagery to include emotion and enthusiasm, and irony to add a little humor to the book.

The color of our skin, our beliefs, where we come from, these are some of the most controversial subjects ever. Since the beginning of time, violence has been around for it all and it will never stop. Some examples of violence are small, like a fight or verbal disagreement, but some, like the Holocaust and the Hutu massacre of Tutsi, have changed history forever. In Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie gives readers a sense of how bad the Holocaust was through his own eyes. Violence is a huge theme in this book and has a huge effect on not only Elie, but his dad, Shlomo, as well.

A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war, which is raging all around him. This is a sad reality of many people, who are immersed in a society full of violence and without values, where innocent families including children, lose their lives unfairly by a conflict in which they are not participating, affecting notably their emotional well-being and quality of life. However, despite these conflicts, they seek ways to get by living with the war despite limitations in health, education and expression.

In the novel of Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card defines the role of control as interacting with “enemies”. Ender demonstrated his strength upon his enemies enough to prevent future battles with them. In the beginning of the novel, Stilson and his gang waited until Ender was alone after class. A fight was expected. During their fight, Ender uses special combat tactics to release his armageddon on him. With the show of his strength, he prevents Stilson' Penis from prevailing future battles. During the development of Ender’s strategy, he thinks to himself,” I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it everyday and it will get worse and worse” (Card 37). Ender fears if he does not show Stilson his strength, then Stilson will continuously

The central idea of this book is a little girl and her struggle in concentration camps the author shows this by “ tomorrow is deportation”( Leitner 3) . This happened on May 28, 1944 where she started her journey in the camps. She explains her feelings and fairs of them too and how she's not ready to leave this place called home because she was living in hungary and she ends up having to move away. Something else that is showing Isabella’s struggle is ”Every since childhood,I remember them with terror in my heart.” (Isabella Leitner 5). In this quote she is talking about the people that heard them like cattle and stuff. This was also the people that would kill them and make them do horrible things.These were the people that didn't make them feel like people. “75 to a car... no toilets... no doctors ... no medication”( Leitner 7) Isabella is talking about how they were moved place to place in these little cattle cars and how horrible the conditions normally where. Imagine being shoved in

Filmmaker Justin Simm’s short film, HAND.LINE.COD. takes place in Eastern Canada. The short film takes a closer look at the 500-year-old traditional hand fishing method used by the locals. HAND.LINE.COD. appeals to many rhetorical techniques including pathos, ethos, and logos with the film taking place in ruggedly beautiful Newfoundland, the local fishers go on about their daily lives using their intricate ways of catching one fish at a time using only their hands and a line. This film is highly effective in its use of pathos to create an emotional connection with the audience while using ethos and logos to reinforce and build the credibility of the film. Centuries of fishing in Fogo island

No one likes being treated poorly. Throughout history, countless wars have been fought, whether they had a reason or not. Many people have suffered due to these wars. People have become POW’s (prisoners of war), have lost their homes because of the conflicts, and have even had to leave their homelands. Take this more relevant example in Syria, for example. Thousands of Syrians are leaving their households to escape the everlasting conflicts of war. Just like in history’s past wars, many civilians have been forced to leave their homes in order to stay safe. Modern and past wars seem to repeat themselves in a way. The theme of Elie Wiesel’s book Night is to show that through dehumanization, there is more silence, less faith, and an eternity of night.

Bilbo had gone inside of Smaug’s home which he thought he wanted to steal from caused a vivid argument. In an excerpt from, The Hobbit, J.R.R Tolkien uses a wide array of rhetorical devices to convey the tone of the discussion. At the beginning of the excerpt, Tolkien uses imagery, personification, and alliteration to describe the moment when Smaug discovered Bilbo inside of his house. At first, we could imagine Smaug “…fast asleep, almost dead and dark…” with the use of visual imagery which assists the reader by creating a context for the story’s action.

    In his article, “The City and The Pillars,” Adam Gopnik illustrates the city of New York on the day of and after 9/11 to show how devastating and shocking the attack was on the city and its civilians. He does this by describing the scenery and attitude of New York, and the acts of civilians. Gopnik’s purpose is to show how people express different forms of grief, in order to emphasize that over time, New York and its civilians will recover from the attack. Speaking to both the affected and unaffected people of the 9/11 attack, Gopnik tries to make the event more realistic and in the process, unite everyone over the tragedy.

(AGG) In the story Under The Persimmon Tree it tells you, using non fiction elements, about the real lives of refugees and their struggles. (BS-1) Najmah and refugees both had many struggles on their journey to safety. (BS-2) Najmah's lack of trust while meeting Nusrat shows you how in real life refugees have trust issues. (BS-3) The actions that Najmah and the refugees take help you to see their voices. (TS) The author uses real world details in order to let the reader get a new understanding of the life a refugee goes through during war.

As Gibreel and Burnat walk alongside the barrier, the scenes of dead bodies and pools of blood leave Gibreel extremely unphased. Any toddler, seeing such devastation and horror would normally be shaken, however, for Gibreel this is nothing new. Being born in this conflict has impacted his life, it has hardened him at such a young age. Burnat wants his audience to see the horrific scenes that Palestinian youth encounter on a daily basis as a result of this conflict, something that I hope few children should ever be exposed to during their