The Government Logos

Another quote from the book that proves that racism and prejudice “they said that that he had two good hands and he had made it, and he was moving fast.and they but seventeen bullet holes in him”pg 235 the quote shows that even police will let the emotions guiding their actions and not their

Ta- Nehisi creates pathos by also using his personal life to allow the readers to feel his past experiences. Also, the tone of the letters and the fact that is is indeed written for his son informs the audience about his concern for his son and his future. Coates challenges our understanding of America, “white America.” Coates embraces the fact that white supremacy is indeed in full effect and that we, as a black society are not aware or the fact, nor are we coming together to find a solution. As he quotes, “if we don't move soon, we are all going to die,” he speaks too the black society, rich and poor. Those with power and without, with knowledge and ignorance, if the black community does not come together we will continue to fail to the system and continue to lose lives. One example he uses for this is the system of police brutality. For many years police brutality has been in effect, where a white police officer approaches an

In “Letter to My Son,” Ta- Nehisi Coates portrays it is easy to destroy the black body through abuse and violence of one’s community to outline and create a feeling that America’s racist society created a government that oppresses and murders the black community. As an attempt to support his claim, Coates states,“—it is not so easy to get a human being to commit their body against its own elemental interest.” By explaining the difficulty someone would have to control another person, Coates is trying to

They shed a light on the myth of America being the city on a hill by showing how immigrants are enticed by the belief that America is the home of the morally superior and the home righteousness yet it treats its own citizens so poorly. Arnade builds upon this by showing how it's not only immigrants who believe that the American dream is flawed but Americans themselves. Arnade gives a few examples, one being Brendon Worth from Green Bay, Wisconsin who is a Native American who says, “To be free. There has been no American dream for me. I am a Native American, born on a reservation, and my people’s freedom has been taken away before, and my freedom taken away and I have been thrown in jail”(Arnade). Native Americans were the original people who were in the United States, and in today’s world they are treated as immigrants and are forced to live on reservations. Another example is Isaiah, an African American who has been through all of America’s tragedy as a colored male. He says, “What Martin Luther King said 50 years ago: The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, regardless of your skin color. We still fighting for that now. We still watching our children killed needlessly for nothing.”(Arnade). As an American who has lived for a long time, he has seen America’s transition from century to century and has witnessed the flawed American dreams and it's hypocritical nature throughout his many years of living. He knew that everything that the American dream stood for has disappeared. He is an African American male who is saying that young African Americans are being subject to the same treatment as immigrants. He shows that both young African Americans and immigrants are taught that they can trust the

DuBois goes on to explain, “We stand again to look America squarely in the face and call a spade a spade.” He then goes on to chronicle the methods in which the democracy of America is a

Political cartoons are used to sometimes portray and issue or shed light on a specific topic. In the political cartoon, “The Security Blanket” created by Eugene Payne, gave his perspective on the big issue with gun control through his cartoon. Eugene Payne’s cartoon strip uses ethos, pathos, logos and ironic juxtaposition to explain the big issue with gun control in today’s society. In this piece Eugene Payne, pointed at the second amendment, the man in the center of the piece is leaning back against a tree and sucking his thumb.

Logos is used to show logic and persuade an audience by reason. When the author talks about the irony and the reality of imperialism, he compares himself to the figure of a sahib. The comparison to the sahib is a term that was used to name aristocratic rulers. It is an important symbol of their cultural image. British imperialism is a hostile environment and does not justify exploitation by controlling the Burmese people. The story sets the tone of the author’s story to be un-comforting. This story shows his flaws and how he taunts others, even his own people of Burma.

Some might have specific opposite opinions to the argument. Examples of objections could be in three different kinds of forms: ethos, pathos, and logos. Starting with ethos, some might use an example of their own country. For example, in North America, killing a family member for an honor related reason is not accepted by the judicial system, therefore, an honor killing in anywhere is wrong in human conditions. This statement confirms the credibility of the judicial system of North America, but is a fallacy of division. Since some countries with certain cultures actually allow an honor killing if the person is considered to brought dishonor on the family. For those societies, bringing disgrace on the family is more immoral than taking another’s

Coates reveals that he understands the reality of black men in America. “Ethos is a rhetorical device through the author reveals his or her creditability to discuss the topic at hand.” (Kemp13). Coates shows throughout part one that he truly understand what it is like to live as a black man in America today. “ To be black in Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world, before all the guns, fists, knives, crack, rape, and disease.” (Coates 17). Coates displays that growing up black in Baltimore was a true challenge due to the racism, even before all the violence was added. Coates builds his credibility by giving the

Coates’ allegory of the “Dreamers” and their detrimental impact on the lives of African Americans in the US is highlighted with this declaration: “But do not pin your struggle on their conversion. The Dreamers will have to learn to struggle themselves, to understand that the field for their Dream, the stage where they have painted themselves white, is the deathbed of us all” (151). Coates is essentially claiming that the people who refuse to live in reality are subsequently robbing those who do because they instill a sense of false hope and unrealistic expectations that make every injury inflicted upon the African American community hurt even more. By extension, Coates is affirming that living in the moment rather than always thinking about the future and how to make things better is the most authentic route to happiness. Much of the misery in life derives from people in power abusing the privileges society has granted them, and the exploitation of black people in American society has solidified the idea that civilization breeds barbarism in Coates’ mind. This is further supported by Coates’ assertion that, “The enslaved were not bricks in your road, and their lives were not chapters in your redemptive history. They were people turned to fuel for the American machine” (70). This image of black lives being chewed up and spit out by industrial America is visceral and jarring in that it shows a complete failure on the civilization’s part to protect and raise its citizens to a more prominent status and improve their lives. To Coates, the ideas of patriotism and “the Dream,” or

One of the most prominent components of the text is that the black body is constantly under threat. Coats argues that “the question of how one should live within a black body… is the question of life.” He shows how racism works through the control and exploitation of black bodies and the delicateness of black bodies that results within a racist society. Coats writes that racism is a natural experience. Throughout American history, black men and women were chained, beaten, labored, and killed. Now, they experience police brutality and nonsensical shootings. Arrested for trying to get into their own homes and shot because they look suspicious or their hood is up. Shot because they inhabit a black body. It is the subtle ways in which a black body must conduct itself in public. Violence is consistent in an America that is still divided by race.

Power binaries are a prevalent feature in all societies, past and present. One group in power holds the position at the top of the binary and, in doing so, pushes those who do not fit into the group to the bottom, socially and politically powerless. During the 1930’s in America, the most significant binary was the division between whites and people of color, specifically African Americans. (“Historical Context: Invisible Man”). Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man explores this time period through the story of an unnamed narrator struggling to find his individual identity as a young black man in a world that is constantly holding him down. The trials and tribulations the narrator endures and the people he encounters on his journey exemplify how the imbalanced power structure of a racist society will not truly allow even successful people of color to obtain substantial power unless they twist the definition of power itself.

In conclusion, certain techniques of visual rhetoric and plot devices can be detected in the novel and are utilized to express the personal opinion of the author whilst displaying the revolutionary government as incompetent and unqualified. The followers of

The people are nothing more than consumers. They believe everything the government tells them, and they have no right to disagree because they do not have the ability to make value judgments. Emotions are artificial, created by the government for the people. Brander claims that in Brave New World “Affection and loyalty are unnecessary… truth is arranged in a test tube … which by its action annihilates identity” (61). Freedom of expression is nonexistent because the people are conditioned to believe they are in a state of pure happiness all the time (Watts 77). Discontent with the society is nonexistent also. If someone is ever unhappy, they are given soma. This drug wafts the people “into the heavens of a restorative illusion” (Woodcock 99). The irony is in the fact that the government uses a drug that distorts people’s realities in order to control them. While the people may be content, the society is still dystopian. This is evidenced in the fact that Henry Ford has become their deity. The people worship someone who has made it possible for the government to impose absolute control (Calder 74). The religious ceremonies themselves are more than spiritual; they are sexual also. Attendance is required, and at the end of each ceremony, the attendees are forced to take soma. The

Good morning/afternoon year 12 class. Today we are talking about the representation of politics in both Brave New World and Rabbit Proof Fence. Both of these texts share the same views in which society, or the government, is so afraid or frightened of transformation, that they mask the difference. They attempt their best to hide what isn’t the norm, even when a group of people would prefer to have changed. While Brave New World stands as an exaggeration of today, Rabbit Proof Fence was what used to be.