Rhetorical Analysis Of Richard Louv's Last Child In The Woods

The Jungle, being a persuasive novel in nature, is filled with different rhetorical devices or tools used by Sinclair to effectively convey his message. Sinclair’s goal of encouraging change in America’s economic structure is not an easy feat and Sinclair uses a number of different rhetorical devices to aid him. Through his intense tone, use of periodic sentencing, descriptive diction and other tools of rhetoric, Upton Sinclair constructs a moving novel that makes his message, and the reasoning behind it, clear.

Bradbury’s style throughout his story aids in portraying his theme of technology’s harmful effects. Irony is a one of the stylistic devices that he uses. When a person thinks of a nursery, he pictures a safe, happy place where children can play with their siblings and parents. In this story however, Bradbury keeps the

In the text “Once More to the Lake” author E.B. White focuses on appealing to fathers or even possibly parents in general. The text is eloquently written to ultimately reiterate that change is constant and at some point in life all people will eventually die. His primary goal of this text is to enjoy the moments in one’s life before life is over. A nostalgic tone is used throughout when comparing his childhood memories to the current memories he is making with his own son. White is effective in illustrating his purpose by using techniques such as logos, ethos, pathos, and imagery to encourage his audience to be aware that their own lives are inevitably growing older each day.

Additionally, King builds his credibility with the utilization of ethos in his text in order to convince them of his argument. By appealing to the readers’ ethics, they can see how trustworthy King’s words are and then can let themselves be persuaded by his matter-of fact tone and professionalism in writing. King is a realist, which means that he almost always represents things as they really are, which profoundly helps establish his honest persona. Most of Stephen King’s writing represents more than one tenet, as his stories that he tells about his childhood and road to recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism can be seen as not only pathos, but and etho as well, as these stories help the readers to understand what kind of person he is, and how he accomplished all of his success despite a couple of major roadblocks. This is why it can be seen that King uses pathos most heavily in his writing, by telling vivid stories, etc. in order to touch upon human emotion towards human experiences/traits, while also creating a strong voice in his writing as well. The overlapping of these appeals help support the ethics and sensibility of King’s work. There are scores of times where it can be clearly identified where ethos have been used in his writing. For example, King says “I’m a slow reader, but i usually get through seventy or eighty books a year, mostly fiction. I don't read in order to study the craft; i read because i like to read.- Similarly, I don't read to study the art of fiction, but simply because I like stories-Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones” (King, pg 145) This helps to support the idea that writing is learned through reading, and also is learned through the mistakes of other writers. There is no better way to learn than to look at a piece of writing that has some minor or even major flaws and to analyze the piece to see what the issue is, and learn from their mistake to better your own writing in the future. Another one of King’s main arguments is that no writer is perfect. There are always things that you can do to make your writing even better, no matter how small the adjustment may be. It’s a learning process

Ray Bradbury uses irony to display how the obsession of technology increases the possibility of losing connection with yourself. In The Pedestrian, he displays how an innocent man gets stopped and questioned by the police only because what he was doing appeared unusual. “‘What are you doing out?’ ‘Walking,’ said Leonard... ‘Have you done this often?’ ‘Every night for years.’ The police car sat in the center of the street with its radio throat faintly humming...The back door of the police car sprang wide. ‘Get in.’ ‘Wait a minute, I haven't done anything!’” (Bradbury pg2) Unexpectedly, Leonard Mead gets arrested for doing the unusual- walking around his neighborhood. What would normally seem fine is uncommon in Mr. Mead’s society, because he is the only one who wanders around his neighborhood while everyone else stays in, busy watching television. Bradbury focuses on Mr. Mead’s isolation and dissimilarity to everyone else by indicating how “He would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows.” (Bradbury pg1) Bradbury depicts a society in decline; where the houses are like coffins and the people are dead from their addiction to their screens. Mr. Mead is

     This essay by Jeff Jacoby illustrates an authors use of ironic sarcasm otherwise known as satire to defend and illustrate his platform on his position. Jacoby uses in this essay verbal irony (persuasion in the form of ridicule). In the irony of this sort there is a contrast between what is said and what is meant.

In 1800’s following the American Revolution, the new American Government and the indigenous Native American people had to learn how to coexist. In order to successful work with together, there was a need for translators and mediators. One of these mediators was named Red Jacket, a chief and orator for the Seneca Tribe in New York. For his leadership and efforts in maintaining peace, Red Jacket was recognized by President George Washington. In 1805, the U.S government sought to proselytize, convert the Native Americans to Christianity, the Seneca tribe which was met by opposition from Red Jacket and his people. In the speech, Red Jacket Defends Native American Religion, 1805, Red Jacket builds an argument to persuade his

In the passages, “The Last Wilderness Preserve” and “A New Land of Opportunity”, the authors make arguments about how human behavior and actions impact antarctica.

Last Child in the Woods, written by Richard Louv, is filed with multiple rhetorical strategies for the purpose of developing his argument of nature verses mankind. In today’s society, technology has become essential for a person to properly function. Louv draws the reader’s attention to the lack of nature in the lives of today's technology obsessed generation with the application of devices such as: anecdotes, sarcasm, and the use of rhetorical questions while also building to power. One rhetorical device that started off the piece was the use of a personal anecdote. Louv mentioned that a friend of his recently visited a car dealership and shocked the dealer when she answered no to the added backseat technology.

When a close friend of Louv had told a salesman that she did not want a backseat television monitor, the man’s “jaw dropped.” This lets the audience see how shocked people can get when someone does not want a new device. Not only was the salesman shocked, but he also “almost refused to let [her] leave until he could understand why” she did not want one. This shows how appalling it is to some when technology is rejected. These hyperboles allows the audience to get a glimpse of how silly people can be when technology is declined.

As Alan Coren once joked, “Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms” (“Alan Coren Quotes”). From Good Morning America to Gossip Girl, television offers its viewers an immense variety of programs to keep its audience not only entertained but also glued to their TV set for hours everyday. Throughout his video, “How is Technology Changing TV Narrative,” Mike Rugnetta uses a multitude of comedic examples to argue that television narratives are more complex today because of time shifting technology. Mike Rugnetta is the host of the Idea Channel, a PBS web series, as well as a performance lecturer for Meme Factory where he educates people about the Internet (“Mike Rugnetta: Ask Meme Another”). In his Idea Channel videos, Rugnetta is able to use unconventional methods to educate his audience. Although pop-up cartoons and comedic input weakens his organization, Rugnetta’s style of interaction engages his audience effectively through his ability to address his audience’s questions and make the audience understand the information through humor.

About 65% of the households in Untied States have three or more television sets, but the average has about 2. Television is a highly entertaining, and relaxing commodity. Americans are so attached to a screen that shows their favorite series and become basically in love with it that they spend countless hours watching it. During the story Harrison Bergeron, it’s shown that the society watching TV is manipulated into thinking the opposite way that today’s society is. Modern day society has many bright and creative thinkers that think outside the box with creative ideas that further improve the society.

This text explores how irony functions in the field of art and beyond, driven by and based on the current socio-political situation. The functionality of irony considered as a device is analyzed and tested on/ applied in four different cases while the potential power of a political (de)stabilization of this device is highlighted. The cases are chosen in accordance with the controversial relation between anticipation and contingency, intention and result, whose gap is where irony emerges. Irony is employed as a trap, and such traps as a prism through which to view the present socio-political context.

How is technology affecting our connection and relationship with nature? Is technology robbing today’s children of a useful boredom that helps shape our perception of the world? Richard Louv, in an excerpt from Last Child in the Woods, argues these questions and warns us how technology may be separating people and nature. Through a series of rhetorical strategies, Louv attempts to convince the audience that technology may be desensitizing us from a vital part of human development.

This text explores how irony functions in the field of art and beyond, driven by the current socio-political situation. The functionality of irony considered as a device is analyzed and tested on/ applied in four different cases while the potential power of a political (de)stabilization of this device is highlighted. The cases are chosen in accordance with the controversial relation between anticipation and contingency, intention and result, whose gap is where irony emerges. Irony is employed as a trap, and such traps as a prism through which to view the present socio-political context.