Rhetorical Analysis Of 'All Over But The Shoutin'

I lacked for nothing except confidence. I suffered nothing except the routine terrors of childhood.” Indeed, he was a brooder. As a small child, he threw screaming tantrums, begging to stay home in his beloved family castle instead of entering kindergarten. He suffered for years from the fear of having to speak in the school assembly, although he was saved by the terminal alphabetic position of his name from having to speak more than once. He worried about many other things, including how to make a living after he graduated from high school into the scary world of adulthood, marriage, and profession. His self-consciousness later was the subject of several widely anthologized pieces—“The Door” and “Second Tree From the Corner”—and the need to overcome it was perhaps the source and end of his offhand, self-mocking

Daly Walker has written a story about a doctor who is haunted by the shame and guilt he carries with him from the atrocious acts he committed while serving in the army; acts so horrible that he cannot speak of them. The story depends on his use of three literary elements: setting, plot and symbolism.

Forgive and forget - the motto that is ingrained in all of us from childhood, teaching us to be more compassionate and understanding, and ultimately developing us into better people, right? Perhaps not. While forgiveness is undoubtedly an important trait that enables people to overcome conflicts, where do we draw the line? There are no concrete or established rules on what the acceptable number of times to forgive someone or something is, so how can we define what is too much forgiveness? When does forgiveness go from a sign of your maturity, compassion, and strength, to a sign of your subservience and weakness? How can we be forgiving and thoughtful, without jeopardizing our own self-worth? These are all questions that arise in the memoir

In the short story ‘The Scarlet Ibis’, James Hurst, the author, writes of a tale of two brothers who live in Eastern North Carolina in the early 1900’s. One of the brothers was considered ‘normal’, while the other was an invalid, born to achieve nothing. In the story Doodle, the invalid brother, faces the challenges of learning to walk and speak, with his older brother. Throughout the story of ‘The Scarlet Ibis’, the author, James Hurst, uses figurative language to create a sense of regret and redemption from a memory of past times.

My son died because of your ignorance and intolerance. I can’t bring him back. But I can do my best to see that this never, ever happens to another person or another family again.” Wavering from a desire for healing and feelings of anger, he followed with, “You robbed me of something very precious, and I will never forgive you for that.” Although Dennis Shepard struggled with feelings of anger and hatred, he was beginning the process of healing.

This effect is demonstrated through the protagonist’s dislocation of being a father, and husband. The narrator’s perspective of being a parent has deteriorated, resulting in his perception that he’s merely become a financial lifeline for his children and spouse. Yet this allows them to live life in comfort, and not undergo what he must. The protagonist’s desire to fulfill the role of a father has become an unattainable concept due to the incapability to express his emotional or mental struggles. Macleods protagonist at face first is resilient too the challenges of his isolated work life. Yet the deep desire to express himself to another has become forgotten. This is understood due being surrounded by other workers who have also forgotten to express themselves, making self-expression a forgotten skill. If the need for communication in the workplace arises, it is done with “a nod, grunt or reading of familiar lips”. In which Macleod narrator literally forgets how to express himself to his family, yet finds the means of self expression through his ancestral culture, which is contrary to Thiens, where culture pushes

In the essay, “Can We Love Our Battering Fathers?” Helen H. Gordon creates a sharp image of despair and pain in her family. By reflecting on her past with her family she paints a picture for the readers to imagine what she experienced. This is a reflective essay because as she chooses a Father’s Day card for her father she reflects on her past with him. The main cause of her despair is her father which is demonstrated through his attitude and treatment towards his family, especially her mother. She creates the feeling of haunting despair through the use of diction, allusions, and foreshadowing.

That first day, we drove him to the community medical centre despite it being less than a five minute walk away. At just 52 years old he could barely walk. His shuffled slowly from the car on shaking legs. A dull silence fell as we sat in the waiting room, I placed a reassuring hand on my fathers withered knee while he stared into the near distance, barely acknowledging my touch, mute and withdrawn. He smelled of urine and booze, of unclean clothes, the toll that comes from

Despite his affliction, my father was still capable of the occasional moment of clarity. One such moment came on a night not long after their separation. I used to spend every other Friday with him; this was the last time. He and I were sitting around a bonfire he had built in the backyard of the house he was staying at and, as you might expect, he was drinking. Though his typical anger and irritability were replaced with an alarming

The narrator’s anxiety arises against the two men for the actions they display to their children; which is our future generation. The lady and the two fathers have distinct views on how the children should be treated. One father places his daughter from his shoulders to the ground roughly after she makes him angry. “Let’s not go too far, said the young father. We could get depressed. She WAS jumping around on my poor back and hollering Oink, oink” the father pleaded with the aged lady (Paley 833). Her concern is the father should not roughly place his child upon the ground like he did, but the fathers have a diverse assumption on it. In the father’s eyes, his actions were acceptable for the actions of his daughter’s movements on his shoulders. The father felt his actions would prevent the daughter from demonstrating behavior like that anymore.

Times of war have a way of stripping people of their empathy. In For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway discusses the topic of ethical decay and its effect on people during the Spanish Civil War. Ultimately, he produces a message that brings awareness to the inhumanity that humans perpetrate in response to a conflict of interests. He examines this topic through the characterization of Maria, Lieutenant Berrendo, and Robert Jordan.

The man’s hand shook, slightly nudging another equally hurt man to his side, and his foot started to tap out a different tempo to the bell’s chimes. A mother ushered her child closer to her side, glancing fearfully at the shaking man. ‘Typical’ he thought, jolting at the ninth chime. He kept his eyes focused on the teardrops dribbling down the marble, trying to ignore a child grumbling to it’s father on how the man with one arm to his side was scaring him and the father’s shushing, not out of respect for the others, but out of fear for his impeccable social image.

While having an intimate conversation with her, I could see her pity for me. The hurt in my mother’s turbulent brown eyes fueled my desire for change, I was complacent no longer. After extensively evaluating my word choice, I relinquished a carefully constructed letter to my father depicting my emotions and desire for him to overcome his vices. Drunken rage rose, boiling over. Discrediting my feelings, my father attempted to deny all the hardships he caused me, making himself out to be father of the century while my status dwindled to simply a rebellious, angsty

Redemption is a life makeover; it empowers one to take this rare opportunity to become productive and constructive in order to prove his or her self worth. At times, it also serves as an antidote to cure one’s guilt. In Mitch Albom’s For One More Day, Charley is granted that opportunity, and he chooses to spend a day with his deceased mother, who he neglected when she was still alive. He wants to express his gratitude to his mother for her kindness and unconditional love. Furthermore, he intends to do something to absolve himself of guilt. Through examining the conflicts and symbolism, Albom emphasizes that one must redeem oneself if given that chance. Ultimately, one is able to live without regrets.

“Mother?” said Roe. “Yes?” she said quietly. Roe was a nickname given to him by his mother. “I want to know about my father,” he said. The subject of his father was Roe’s favorite. What was he like? Who was he? How did he die? Roe had many questions for his mother but he knew better than to ask her. She always became upset when the subject of his father was brought up. “Your father was a good man,” she said. A tear streamed down her face and onto the mud floor of their hut. “He was strong and powerful. He was gentle and kind, however, one day…” His mother paused. When she went to open her mouth to speak again, nothing came out. She reached for her son but her arm