Scriptual Analysis

Advertisements are everywhere. From billboards, to magazines, to newspapers, flyers and TV commercials, chances are that you won’t go a day without observing some sort of ad. In most cases, companies use these ads as persuasive tools, deploying rhetorical appeals—logos, pathos, and ethos—to move their audiences to think or act in a certain way. The two magazine ads featured here, both endorsing Pedigree products, serve as excellent examples of how these modes of persuasion are strategically used.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

Persevering trials bring purpose, and God’s love is evident in His chastening which should never be despised (Job 5:17; Hebrews 12:5).

Grace has been told for more than half her life that she was crazy. Her mother’s death that she witnesses was an accident, there was no scarred man, and there was nothing she could do to change what had happened. But Grace knew they were wrong. With the help of her friends Noah, Megan and Rosie, she managed to discover that the scarred man was Dominic, the first love of her mother, who was there to kill her mother, but chose instead to stage her death. Grace came down just as Dominic was taking the picture, and picked up the gun that was lying on the floor. Firing blinding, she missed Dominic and shot her mother instead. The traumatic moment of shooting her mother was blocked from Grace’s mind as it was unable to handle what she did. Her family tries to protect her from this, saying it was an accident, trying to get Grace to stop pushing. When pushing too hard, Grace discovers the truth of what happened that night, and what she did, and with the

The more it moves, the more it yields.” In chapter 8, when the scripture says “The best of man is like water, which benefits all things, and does not contend with them, which flows in places that others disdain, where it is in harmony with the way” which is an example of human nature

Richard Van Camp's, The Lesser Blessed, contains elements that classify the novel with both Indigenous and Modern genres. Featuring both genres in a text can lead to contradicting themes that form a binary. This binary has the potential to limit the extent readers can connect to the story, suggesting the presence of a barrier. Barriers hinder the readers' lack of understanding or relatability to either Indigenous or Modern works of literature. This paper will serve to analyze how Richard Van Camp deconstructs the binary by having the sides work together rather than against one another. Furthermore, this paper will discuss how by breaking down the binary, Richard Van Camp is allowing his novel to be accessible to all readers.

The art of quoting and summarizing an argument is one of the main skills to acquire when it comes to writing a successful piece of work. In the book, They Say I Say the art of inserting quotations is mentioned to be one of the highest mistakes made by writers. Many insert a quote that has no frame of introduction or background information which is considered a “hit and run quote.” Readers need to be able to comprehend not only the writings, but the background information and quotes from another author writing in order to have the whole work cohesive. Dire necessity for the writer is to go back to the initial text and truly understand the background from which they are quoting to make sure their audience understands the quote and why

John Fire Lame Deer was a Sioux Indian tribal leader, medicine man, rodeo clown, and storyteller amongst other things. A selection from his autobiography Seeker Of Visions: The Life Of A Sioux Medicine Man titled “Talking to the Owls and Butterflies” is a short piece regarding nature and man’s relationship with it. The piece was intended to make an impression on white people in order to help salvage what is remaining in the environment. Lame Deer reprimands the “white world” for its negative outlook towards nature and the treatment of animals, he converses how man has changed and reshaped nature in order to make it more profitable. Stating that Caucasians have gone and altered animals in order to create

"Matthew always looked down on you, and you know it. The first time he ever respected you was when you worked with Anti. Before you worked with him, he never gave you a second look. Now look. He fears you. He respects you. He takes what you say and do seriously. Do you think he'll respect you when Anti's gone? Probably not. You'd have less power than him. Logic dictates he wouldn't have to respect you. Do you want to go back to a life of disrespect? And getting stepped

In the second section the italicized font seems to explain Ronald Reagan’s involvement within unions and told how he felt about people protesting and rioting against their companies. In the third section it explains the history around the word unemployment. In the fourth section the italicized voice seems to be some sort of women speaking of her downfalls with unemployment or the maltreatment of workers. In this section I felt I was not able to get a completely clear grasp on the italicized voice. In the fifth section the italicize font’s voice is very incomplete and is really just a mix of incomplete sentences explaining one’s family involvement within factories. Once again the voice is not really consistent at all within the italicized font

Today, people gloat over their material possessions, their career and their children. God is not in the equation of their life at all. We must not let anyone or anything get in the way of us serving our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ for we must have him first above all else in our

The first verses for this week are Genesis 12:1-4a. This talks about how if we don’t listen to God and don’t respect him he will still love us, but we may not receive the blessings that we want. This is saying that God provided justice for us and we should not take that for granted. To me this reminds me of karma; what goes around comes around meaning that whether you are kind or rude to someone they and other people can be that way towards you. In my life I find that when I am happier and kinder to people around me they seem to act kinder and happier towards me. When someone near you is rude or in a bad mood it is hard to just suddenly be in a great mood and ignore that person. This is difficult to do even though it is what the bigger better would and should do.

Philippians 2:3-4 says “Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself. Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.” God has told us to focus on the humility of others and not our own. These days’ people are devoting their lives to unholy things and events, instead of pouring their soul into something pure and good for mankind. If we live life egotistical and greedy, people will separate instead of coming together as one. Machiavelli states in “The prince” that people who want to strive should be cunning, narcissistic and play life as a game. These characteristics are extensions

One of the main difficulties with textual analysis is that it is not always possible to read off the meaning from the text. We are able to offer an interpretation, however, a single interpretation is never all emcompassing and the proof of that is when we find the case that completely goes against our expectations. This is why I am focusing my final chapter on the film Life, Animated (2016), a film that shows an autistic boy’s fascination with sidekicks in Disney films. By talking about and through imitations of these characters, this allowed his family members to be able to communicate with Owen once again after years of non-communication and near despair.

12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.