The Black Cat Rhetorical Analysis

This postcard builds suspense in the reader’s mind. Alex saying that this adventure could kill him makes the reader interested in finding out more. “If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t ever hear from me again I want you to know you’re a great man.” (Krakauer 3).

“McCandless didn’t conform particularly well to the bush casualty stereotype.” Jon Krakauer, in his book Into The Wild, argues that McCandless was a unique personality who yearned for adventure. He supports his claim by the usage of epigraphs, interviews with McCandless’s acquaintances, and various maps that are indicative of where the protagonist travelled. Krakauer's purpose is to use an argumentative structure in order to convince the audience that McCandless was more complex than previously known. He uses a nostalgic and commanding tone in order to emotionally appeal to an audience who may have originally had different opinions on McCandless. In Into The Wild, Krakauer employs techniques of ethos and speaker in order to thoroughly convey

Persuasion is a skill that can be acquired and utilized with a mastery of writing. Arguing against the popular belief is one of the most difficult things that one can do. The following essay rhetorically analyzes an article that is written about why the legal drinking age should stay at 21 years old in the United States. The author of the article attempts to argue against the popular opinion that the drinking age should be lowered and is successful by using appeals to one’s logos. The author is an experienced writer and knows how to convey their ideas to convince people of his argument. Understanding why someone is writing a piece, what their motivation is, and how they try to convince the reader of their argument helps gain a more comprehensive grasp of what the subject matter itself is. Personally, I look to argue against popular opinions because it enables me to critically think of a sound argument that can not easily be disputed. This essay helped me

Many people wish they can drop everything important to them and isolate themselves from society; very few people will even attempt this, but Chris McCandless breaks societal norms to accomplish this goal. In Into the Wild, John Krakauer tells the story of this young man’s life to inspire the audience to chase their dreams through the use of logos, involved sentence, and anecdotes.

A prosecutor’s job is to find evidence to support his case against an individual accused of breaking the law while a defense attorney tries to present evidence to prove the innocence of the person accused. Neither can be truly be unbiased about their evidence but each of them is motivated to confirm a particular position. Much like a defense attorney, in his biography, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer attempts to prove that McCandless’s tragedy was not due to his incompetence or lack of knowledge about the wild. He asserts emotions and rational onto McCandless’s experience as well as drawing similarities between his personal experience and McCandless’s in order to create a more sympathetic response from readers.

The purpose for my speech was to inform the audience about different experiments in social psychology and how they helped contribute to the field of psychology. In my speech, I believed I achieved this goal in communicating to my audience. I will go over some of my strengths, weaknesses, and what I will do next time to improve the quality of my speech. I know that for my next presentation for persuasive speaking, after viewing this last speech, will go better after critically analyzing my informative speech.

On the Rhetorical Essay, I choose to write about Blackbird by the Beatles. This essay was pretty essay compared to the other two essays. When deciding what song to write about I looked on the internet for songs that had multiple interpretations. I came across the song “Blackbird” and I knew this was the song. When writing this essay, I struggled with adding the musical element portion to my essay because there wasn’t a music video; it was Paul McCartney singing it live on stage. On the Intro/Main point I did pretty well an effective hook that catches the reader's attention. On the other hand, I also was average on my thesis , making a general interpretation about the song. So when writing this revision I can improve the clarity and specificity of either aspects. On the body paragraphs, I clearly address a specific element of the song and I connect my main

In the classic film, The Lion in Winter, most known for its quotes and dialogues penned by James Goldman, Prince Richard the Lionheart and Prince John butt heads for the thrown, with their mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, in the eye of the storm and Prince Geoffrey watching from the sidelines as the forgotten third son. Her husband, Kin Henry II wants John, portrayed in the movie as a coward, on the throne, but Eleanor roots for Richard. However, even as she desires for him to take the throne, she ultimately detests the rift drawn between her family and kingdom. At the climax of the film, Eleanor sits in her room between her sons while the fire brews more passionately around her. Finally, Richard pulls out a knife, and John screams, “He’s got knife!” Cold to the inflamed passions of her sons, she keeps seated and releases all her pent up rage and frustration of the world, calling for love and, as if she lived ahead of her time, reprimanded the barbarous lifestyles of the year 1183. Through a unique

Then further on, he says that whenever he saw the eye, his “blood ran cold…” (2). When he had officially gathered all of his thoughts together, he concludes the second paragraph by saying, “I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.” At first read, the start of this story can make the author sound as if he is absolutely insane. But if one goes further into the story, and rereads it a few times, it can be easy to understand his thought process. The younger man was very wise, and he knew that it would take lots of planning and patience to make sure his ideas were executed perfectly. In fact, he says in paragraph three, “I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.” He even proves that his murder was one of skill and intelligence whenever he says, “Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me” (3). In the story, “me” is italicized and it gives emphasis that he was not like other mad killers. He also quotes, “Ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?” (3). This foreshadows the fact that he would become as patient as possible, and he would not kill someone without a perfect

However, as the story unfolds the narrator’s lack of mental prowess becomes plausible. This is how the themes of the tale become known. The unnamed narrator thinks he is the protagonist even though he brutally kills the old man. As the narrator’s psychosis spirals out of control the reader begins to see the reasons for his psychosis. The narrator kill the man, not for his eye, but rather what he sees in the eye.

The protagonist is an intense nervous person, but claims he isn't mad. ”Why will you say that I am mad?" is one of the questions that begins the short story. Beginning his story the protagonist states "it is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but one conceived . . . night" (Edgar ch.3) the idea preoccupies and intrudes on his mind without second guessing. His passion were gone, the protagonist loved the old man, who has never wronged

In the beginning of the story, the narrator tries to defend his sanity to the reader. He says, “TRUE! –nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?”.

In the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe he demonstrates how a person's guilt can make them go insane. The narrator is trying to prove to himself he is not “mad”. Throughout the story he repeats himself in various ways things like “But why will you say that I am mad?” and “If you still think me mad?.” He is telling a tale to prove he is sane, yet his actions contradicts this theory.

     In Edgar Allan Poe’s short-story, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the storyteller tries to convince the reader that he is not mad. At the very beginning of the story, he asks, "...why will you say I am mad?" When the storyteller tells his story, it's obvious why. He attempts to tell his story in a calm manner, but occasionally jumps into a frenzied rant. Poe's story demonstrates an inner conflict; the state of madness and emotional break-down that the subconscious can inflict upon one's self.