The Best Of America Is On The Blue Highways Analysis

In his article “Reading to Write” Stephen King uses various rhetorical strategies to persuade his audience that reading is necessary to writing. Rhetorical strategies are used as tools to strengthen an argument. These literary tools could be used to establish credibility, create emotional ties, or maintain a connection with the reader. Throughout his article “Reading to Write” Stephen King uses multiple rhetorical strategies and literary tools such as his unique use of diction, personal anecdote, and rhetorical questioning to persuade his audience that reading well is imperative to writing well.

Loud, crowded, and boring is what I would call an interstate, would you personally enjoy driving on an interstate or a highway? Well most people take the interstate because it's much faster, but where is the fun in that? To me, an interstate are not faster but they are much more enjoyable. Also, the author of the article "The Best Highway of America is on the Blue Highways" states his opinion on how route 66 represents America and his evidence is quite effective.

An illegal alien is a foreigner who enters the United States of America crossing the border by avoiding inspection. Luis Alberto Urrea, author of "The Devil's Highway," states, "The first white man known to die in the dessert heat here did it on January 18, 1541. As long as there have been people, there have been deaths in the western desert." pg.5 We might think we know everything, but we are not there yet. Just like we are not sure who was the first to die in that dessert, there are places in the world that we have not yet discovered. Places like jungles, rivers, forests, and maybe even other desert. Border patrols focus on putting an end on people crossing the border, their territory, but have they thought about what are their reasons.

When the U.S. was first established it wasn’t all gumdrops and butterflies, we had to fight for it. And after we won our independence it still didn’t come easy. Now adults may not remember their American history classes but it took more than one try to set up a government. The first attempt, The Articles of Confederation, only lasted four years and it caused so many problems. But the important thing we didn’t give up, we all wanted to be heard and we all had something useful to say. And when we had it all worked out, we all listened to each and got along. We went some rough spots but everyone made it through and people casted the idea of the “American Dream” and how the U.S. was so amazing. Which it was, it truly was at that point in time

Hopper uses these formalities to depict real-life diner in American. Hopper purpose and what he was trying to say I believe he wanted to create a timeless feel for American art.

Boom! POW! Seeing America on the interstate is not a good choice. The author of the passage "The Best Of America is on the Blue Highways" explains why traveling Route 66 is the real way to see America. On the two-lane highways you can take as long as you need, but on the interstate you have to be fast. The author was effective in proving that Route 66 represents America because on the interstate the roads are flat and straight and has nothing to look at, Americans drove by Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica in the 20, and was not being fast passed.

changes have influenced jobs and the economy. When the Interstate was built in Vermont in the

Louis was living in a three room apartment with his parents and three siblings. The brown, brick apartment stood with broken windows, heated by coal that the family was lacking. In the two bedrooms, the four children huddled under one blanket for heat in the winter months. They did not even own a mattress. Only a cheap rug offered comfort. The only food the family could afford was potatoes which were paid for by Louis’s father selling fresh green vegetables at the local market near where the family lived. Louis, who grew to be ambitious, kind and caring, desired for food, such as poultry and breads and sweet treats, such as chocolate. These were the desires of America he knew he would only get if he actually took the

In the essay “The Meaning of Local” by Todd Kliman, the author brings us into the Washington DC area to try and define the word local. Kliman is trying to get across a point that the rules for local are not set in stone, and he wants to investigate why these farmers, restaurant owners, and butchers use the word local. To do this Kliman brings components into his essay like logos and ethos to successfully let his readers understand how the word local can have a variety of definitions for restaurants and consumers.

A: “America was the place, the land of tall skyscrapers, televisions, cars, and airplanes.” This announces the writer’s viewpoint of “I wanted the ideal life: a big house, lots of money, cars. I wanted to find the perfect happiness that so many people have longed for.

After I saw the place, the people, and their interaction, I got the deep understanding of the United States. I have to admit that America is the busiest city in the world. In Beijing, which is the best city in China, I have never seen so many grand buildings in one area as in Times Square. As Times Square is the symbol of New York, I can see the fashion of this city. And I also find that people here prefer to watch opera, because there is a long line in front of every theater. From the restaurant, I can obtain the American’s taste that they prefer the fast-food,

1. Jonathan Wacks’ in Pow Wow highway falls on lack of culture knowledge Nature Vs Nurture. we are not born with certain characteristics; we are developing our characteristic as the result of our environment. For example, just imagine in family born a baby, does he already know his history or culture and therefore there is a family who teach a child culture, explains him what is good what is bad. In Pow Wow Highway we can see different opinions and acts between characters. For example, Philbert even though he born in society where Indians were not that much, he had some kind of supernatural visions about Indian ancients and that goes back to Nature. On the other hand, Buddy, grow up in same area as Philbert but did not have a supernatural

For example in paragraph 4, “In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check.” (MLK). Throughout the paragraph he keeps repeating the idea of checks in a comparison to the state of America. By making and repeating the comparison he really makes sure you understand what he’s trying to

Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California” begins with him walking “down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the moon” (line 1-2) which shows that he is conflicted between Walt Whitman’s spiritual/natural view of the world and the current state of industrialized America he inhabits. He then proceeds to enter a “neon fruit supermarket” (line 3) while dreaming of Whitman’s enumerations. It’s important to note that just prior to this he mentions that he is “shopping for images,” (line 3) not for food, but for images. Everyone that Whitman sees in the supermarket is shopping for food like any normal person would, however, he points out poets that are there with him, seemingly sharing the same goal of finding imagery for poetic inspiration/direction. He notes seeing “whole families shopping at night! Aisles full of husbands! Wives in the avocados, babies in the tomatoes!” (line 5-6) as if going to a supermarket is one of the most amazing places a traditional family could travel to. Although, that line does hold some truth, it’s safe to say that most people don’t travel far from their homes too often, if at all, so for some people the closest thing to an adventure would be a supermarket filled with everything they could possibly imagine and more.

This study explores how the local community of an old beach side town utilize their local corner market. This study will analyze how the store is utilized as both a symbol of local identification and how it gives cultural meaning to the term “local”. Though my research, interviews and observations this study will show how a local store can identify a person of the community as a local and while at the same time promote itself as the key symbol of what it means to be local.