Rhetorical Analysis Of The Author's 'The Trouble With Television'

Due to censorship, the government provides technology to distract the ignorant society. The television or “parlor wall” is used as a replacement for real conversations with friends and family and according to Schmoop, “TV is the enemy” It’s meant to make people happy by “replacing literature, intellectualism, and curiosity” (“Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury”). Television also offers “happiness” because it blocks thinking, and most people are unaware of their happiness because of the distractions.

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In 2008, Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon, wrote Stuck on the Couch in the New York Times as an incentive for people to stay active. He focuses on exercise and sticking to a routine while raising the question that if everyone knows it is healthy to work out, then why do so many people fall off the bandwagon? To effectively communicate his purpose Gupta uses compelling rhetorical questions to make the reader question themselves, basic and rigid structure to make it easier on the reader, and alludes to other doctors supporting his claims.

Newton Minow, the chairman of The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1961 to 1963gave his maiden speech as commissioner on 9th May, 1961 in Washington, DC. John Kennedy asked him to work at FCC. When he spoke about television, it was a time when radios were being replacedwith televisions. In his speech, he literally said television is a "vast wasteland" andpeople were stunned by his statement because people were really enjoying the transition from radio to television. Minow delivered the speech to the National Association of Broadcasters who were the primary audience.His arguments affected not only the primary audience, but a large number of people who were the secondary

In “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society”, a chapter from book called Illiterate America (1985), the author Jonathan Kozol highlights that society cannot continue to sustain if we all neglect 60 million Americans who suffer from illiteracy. Kozol develops his claim by utilizing logos and pathos on describing the hardships that illiterates experience on a daily basis including their political rights. His purpose is to inform non-illiterates about the kind of life that illiterates go through, in order to bring the awareness on illiteracy. Kozol establishes sympathy relationship towards illiteracy and intended audience are two types of non-illiterate Americans who are not aware on suffering of illiterates and who blames illiterates without

Statistically, based on reports from 2003, 99% of the total population ages 15 and over can read and write (CIA Library). Thus, one can conclude illiteracy is not a crisis. However, “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society” by Jonathan Kozol, implies something different. Kozol emphasizes the hardship of an illiterate, and briefly explains the importance of helping an illiterate without providing much of a solution, while Kozol’s essay was ineffective overall because of the lack of factual evidence and flawed conclusions, his strategic use of tone, repetition and rhetorical questioning provided some strength to his argument.

Technology is one of the main means of communication and entertainment. Such entertainment is television, which was invented by John Baird in 1926. In a Newton Minow speech he states that “violence as a contributor to this wasteland” he lists what people see on the television and what they take from it. In the story Harrison ‘s mother watches her son on the television he get shot to death and does not even remember what she saw five minutes later. After the commotion was over she says, "I could tell that one was a doozy"(Vonnegut). That is what television does to a person that is intellectually impaired.

In the story the author used foreshadowing. The foreshadowing came in when Carolee heard the dogs barking. This foreshadowed that something was found or the dogs found someone so

Americas greatness is a controversial topic on the worlds standards of living. In the opening scene of the television show “The Newsroom”, Will McAvoy the news anchor, is in an auditorium participating in a panel of politically knowledgeable people. McAvoy who is the protagonist of the show, he avoids answering one of the questions asked by a student “Why is America the greatest country in the world?”. He finally does answer “it is not the greatest country in the world.” By analyzing the video “The Newsroom Opening Scene” the viewer sees how McAvoy appeals to ethos, logos and pathos to express his answer.

Illiteracy is detrimental to any society. First people must know what it is before the problem can be fixed. Illiteracy can be defined as the inability to read or write. Lately illiteracy

     But, for most part, author feel television is 'drug'; that is corrupting today's society. Many of us fail to recognize how it has caused the decline of family rituals, the avoidance of relationships and the destruction of the family. Our addiction to this daily habit cause us to escape the real world.

These days, it might be true that most people are familiar with television and also a mobile devise, which is able to watch in everywhere, such as laptops and tablets, in addition, many parents might accept children watch TV longer than the time they study. There are a lot of factors that people might go into the television phenomenon. Therefore, many parents say that television can worsen the attitude towards studying. Many people argue that television may be the worst thing ever　invented because of side effects like that. On the other hand, it is strongly believed that books such as textbooks will not disappear, because the purpose of it is obviously different from the television.

History of television and its influence on people lives. How did television revolutionize the world?

I think education is indispensable to everyone in this earth , all of people want to study to have many choices in their life . But some parts are not like to study at all , they always hide from education and after that they don’t have good futures . In this side , we going to talk about what effect does illiteracy have all around the world . And it effects a lot , they decreases industries, education and some business jobs because if we don’t have education , it means we don’t knowledge, so we cant help to improve the world’s industry . You can see in Africa , they don’t have good education so they become illiteracy , and then in Africa , they don’t have good industry because they don’t knowledge to improve that

Television, a telecommunication medium some may not survive without. Today’s generation may refer to television as a technological norm; delusional of a world where television was non-existent. Notably, television unites the nation through local or world events, politics, education, and entertainment. Philo Farnsworth, “Father of Television,” invented the television; the electronic transmission of fixed or mobile images. Furthermore, Farnsworth’s invention influenced a new form of media. Young Farnsworth’s scientific, technological imagination as well as, competitive battle with a major-league corporation, RCA, enticed the growth of one of the most popular media mediums; television.