Rhetorical Analysis : Girl Unprotected By Laura Robinson

The next example of racism in minor hockey involves parent’s involvement in the problem. “Parents yelled racial slurs and insults, including "Go home, Mohammed," at a referee on the ice” (CBC, 2015). This is a particularly disturbing incident which speaks volumes to the root of the problem. It is explained that parents have a very passionate belief and concern attached to preserving the segregation of the sport. Even the diversity of referees is a sensitive area to the existing culture. Furthermore, this incident speaks volumes to the acceptance and magnitude of racist behaviour demonstrated even by parents. In other words, parents are so outraged by the inclusion of visible minorities in the game that they cannot contain their racist thoughts to

For this rhetorical analysis, I have chosen to discuss Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted. The novel is based on Susanna Kaysen’s experience of being hospitalized in a mental hospital after her attempted suicide in which she overdosed on a bottle of aspirin which she washed down with a bottle of vodka at the age of 17. What we see in Girl, Interrupted is Kaysen’s strident view on the reality of mental illness and how it affected her and those she shared a ward with. “In a strange way we were free. We’d reached the end of the line.

In the article “Marked Women,” Deborah Tannen addresses how everything a woman does-from choosing her outfit, her makeup, her hair, to even her surname marks her a certain way. As a young woman, I liked this piece because it addressed issues women faced that I typically don’t think about. I chose to write about “Marked Women” instead of “Sexism in English” because I related more to the article with my past and current experiences on the different ways women are marked in society. Women are judged every day based upon their decisions on their outfits and looks. Tannen states in the article, “you couldn’t say the men didn’t wear makeup in the sense that you could say a woman didn’t wear makeup,” which made me realize how even something as

The novel Our Guys, written by Bernard Lefkowitz, is a very dynamic story about the heinous actions of a dozen middle-class athletes, from a small New York suburb, against a defenseless mentally handicapped girl. Lefkowitz describes a brutal gang rape involving a baseball bat and broomhandle, which took place in this unsuspecting town, by these upstanding young group of boys, as the town would describe them. Lefkowitz looks at the incident which took place and then examines the “jock clique” sub-culture that allowed such atrocities to happen, and spawned the scandal to cover it up.

Always “Like a Girl” commercial was not only a hit in the media world, but a hit to the hearts of many women across the nation. In this commercial Always attempts to reach out and inform Americans of the damage caused to a female’s confidence when they do finally hit that age in their lives where insecurities begin to exist. Positively using their credibility and reputation to target a worldwide issue among woman so that it gains enough awareness to hopefully get fixed. Women working their whole lives to break society’s doubt so that they aren’t classified under another demeaning stereotype when asked, “What does it mean to do something ‘Like a Girl?’’’.

Faulkner, in his sports essay, describes the actions of hockey in order to convey the excitement derived from playing the sport. He successfully achieves this portrayal of action and excitement by his deliberate use of syntax and imagery.

Laura Robinson article “Girl Unprotected” (Play The Game May 11th, 2008), David Frost, a former hockey coach and an agent is accused and on trial for the sexual abuse of two of his players and their girlfriends. This sexual assault case is an unlimited attention that’s been in and out the news especially in Canada, but also for the world of sport in general. Laura Robinson is present in Napanee, Ontario, and reports, from the trial in Canada.

The choices of words, research, and exceptional organization in an essay will amaze an audience, while a poorly written one will make a very strong argument ineffective. This failure of possessing a robust argument and being unable to effectively deliver it is expressed through Adrian Mack and Miranda Nelson’s “Vancouver Hockey Riot Is a Symptom of a Larger Problem”. The authors view the riot of June 15th, 2011 in a much broader perspective and intend to use the event as a means to attack the government. Published in the youth-oriented magazine, The Georgia Straight, the essay focuses to appeal to the youth of Vancouver and does this adequately through its aggressive tone. However, due to the lack of crucial evidence to support their claims and along with the hypocrisy within the piece, the effectiveness of the essay to express the argument is poor.

As Native’s live throughout their lives they face inherent obstacles requiring drastic measures to overcome. Indian Horse provides first person narrative into the exciting life of Saul Indian Horse as he makes his way to the top echelon of hockey excellence. This elite status comes a price however. Natives such as Saul, and Fred Sasakamoose have endured horrid pasts filled with mental, physical and sexual abuse. This abuse necessitates some a means to escape this reality and hockey is used throughout this novel to illustrate how it can be used as a means to mentally and physically escape. Sadly, once Saul’s career is over it becomes evident that a need for escape is inevitable and alcohol quickly becomes the vise that provides it.

In “Imagining a Canadian Identity through Sport: A Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey”, Michael A. Robidoux discusses hockey’s history of violence and how it represents Canadian identity. He argues that hockey is aggressive because it allows “Canadians to display their proficiency in… a sporting event” and to distinguish themselves from other countries. His main audience is Canadians, as is evident from naming Jack Laviolette without explaining that he is a famous Canadian hockey player. His essay could also be appreciated by hockey fans, because they have some knowledge of the sport. The main purpose of this passage is to explain how hockey’s history of violence allowed Canadians to differentiate themselves from other countries.

“I was chained between two nations” Throughout the novel, chains was mention variously. Figuratively of course. Chains, in the novel, is suppose to represent her inability to choose her own opinion, whether it’s being a loyalist or a patriot. She is stuck between her two choices to choose because they both promise something that she desires; freedom. It was unclear as to which side she will choose, as her opinions changes throughout the novel. In the beginning, she was a patriot. her friend, Curzon, promised her that if she becomes a spy for them against the Locktons, (who were loyalists), then she and her sister will receive freedom. She does what she was told, and acted as a spy, and gave many important information to Patriots. But the patriots didn’t keep their own end of the deal. Isabel soon believes that even if the colonies become independent from Britain, slaves will

In modern society, it is difficult to imagine the amount of pain women go through when losing their child to adoption. However, when women's children are put into the adoption system, they have complete control of the situation. Shortly after World War II, the pregnancy rate in young women increased a dramatic amount. Different from mothers today, these young girls were not given the choice to keep their child nor did they have much say in the adoption process. In Ann Fesslers’ book The Girls Who Went Away, pathos, logos, and ethos were used to show the lack of control young pregnant women had in the 1960s.

In the excerpt, Maria W. Stewart, uses powerful metaphors and strong comparisons to describe her life as a servant during colonial America in a lecture in Boston during the early nineteenth century. Stewart uses multiple rhetorical strategies to better convey her message and story to her audience. The use of rhetorical strategy exposes a strong sense of pathos within the reader that allows for a deeper connection between the readerand the text. One example of a rhetorical strategy Stewart uses in the passage is the use of strong metaphors. In the passage she states "yet confined by the chains of ignorance and poverty to lives of continual drudgery and toil.

The media neglected an important code from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) under the section of “Minimize Harm”: “Be cautious about identifying juvenile suspects or victims of sex crimes.” The media did basically the opposite and identified the entire lacrosse team, which consists of forty-six players—some of them still under 21—and the supposedly “victim” of a sex crime. Although, not the entire media news reporting disclosed Mangum’s name The N&O did after the attorney dropped the changes on April 11th, 2007. One of the factors that contributed to why Mangum was identified by the media was her race. It elevated the volume of publicity and public outrage, and it led to collective and social hatred to all the lacrosse team.

Life for everyone in general, include unexpected events. Ironically, My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult include many winning and losing situations for a struggling family. "There are always sides. There is always a winner, and a loser. For every person who gets, there's someone who must give" (Picoult 58). This ironic quote applies to Kate and Anna because they both go through family difficulties. While one of the girls win, the other one loses.