The Lawful Pursuit Of Wealth 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

Nonconformity allows people to go against a prevailing rule so that they may do as they please.

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.

In “On the Want of Money”, a 19th century text, William Hazzlit presents a strong position on the role of currency in society and the ironic relationship between man and his status through use of rhetoric; such as but not limited to syntax, repetition, and imagery. In doing so, Hazzlit strengthens his argument and gives more weight to his claims that support the idea that in possession of money and lack thereof man is miserable in his ways. Ownership leaves man alienated from friends and family, to be commemorated by a lonely, seldom frequented monument of massive proportions. Austerity dictates lives, limiting those in pursuit of wealth to a constant, consuming search. In summation, the concept of money is hopeless

What should be able to be bought and sold on the open market? Children? A kidney? The right to kill a rhino? These are just a few different topics Michael Sandel uses in the article “Markets and Morals” from the book Acting Out Culture. Sandel uses a few different techniques to create a persuasive article. One is showing his credibility, with a short header illustrating that he holds the title of Professor of Government at Harvard. Another is pathos, or appealing to a reader’s emotions. Finally, there is logos, or presenting facts, which Sandel does expertly throughout the article. Michael Sandel’s article Markets and Morals is a persuasive article because of the author’s use of strong credibility, straight logic and facts, and powerful and emotional verbiage. This translates to an overwhelming sense of persuasiveness that stems from the appeal to the reader’s senses of ethos, pathos, and logos.

As I sit down to write this blog I am angered by the situations happening in the world. The unjustified killing of two black men in less than a week. What angers me even more is that of my son’s school. My son is a Sophomore at Prince George High School in Prince George, VA. His team was told that anyone who doesn’t stand during the National Anthem will no longer be on the team.

In Carnegie’s essay, The Gospel of Wealth, he states that they are only three way that surplus wealth can be disposed of. One way is to let one’s children inherit the wealth. Another way is to leave it to the general public once one passes away. Lastly, one can dispose of the surplus wealth by spending it all in the duration of their lives.

Davis argues that the Spirit of God is needed to liberate the poor iron workers from their depression. The church is supposed to be able to lift up those who need help. In so doing, the story examines a system that was being developed and used in the mid-nineteenth century in which churches created an infrastructure within their existing spiritual framework to be proactive, organized, and responsible for the economic welfare of the poor. Wolfe’s story reveals why the solution to the social problem—methods of charity—is still “veiled.” In the time period the story took place, middle and upper class people always felt so great about themselves when giving money to the poor because they thought they were helping “charity cases”.

Although Christianity was well known throughout the affluent classes, Jesus’s philosophies touched the hearts of the plebeians. The self-proclaimed Messiah often spoke of money and riches not being needed in the afterlife, and that God measures you not on how much money you have but on your values you showed throughout your life. This touched the working class’s heart as it informed them that there is hope for a better life that everyone can achieve but not a lot deserve. Therefore, this was the main reason why Christianity was spread as quickly as it could.

Examining the text of the Bible reveals that Miranda’s main premise is factual. The subjugation of workers through the prevailing capitalist scheme is conflicting with the instruction and established morals esteemed by God. Micah 6:8 correlates this notion, “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (The Holy Bible). It can be seen here that Miranda’s translation of the moral laws are precise. Isaiah 61:8 furthermore illustrates that God “hates” the deeds of those who operate corruptly and partake in maltreatment to their fellow man, “For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them” (The Holy Bible). Although such scriptures unanimously correlate with Miranda’s interpretation, numerous popes have contended that if the initial capital was historically acquired, as is the case with inheritance, then wage contracts are intrinsically just.

In the book titles Business for the Glory of God, Wayne Grudem’s main theme is that “business itself glorifies God” (Grudem). Grudem touches on ownership, profit, money, competition, and borrowing and lending, glorify God because they are reflective of God’s nature (Grudem).

Max Weber’s work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is arguably one of the most important works in all of sociology and social theory, both classical and modern. In the decades since its inception, this work has gone on to influence generations of social scientists with its analysis of the effect of Protestantism on the development of modern industrial capitalism. This work, examining such broad topics as religion, economics, and history, is not only an interesting and insightful look into the history of the development of capitalism, but a major work in laying a foundation for future works of social theory.

For Weber, the idea of rationalism rational thought based on societal efficiency and productivity, runs through his works particularly The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. In this seminal work, Weber argues that the idea of Protestantism contributes to history and economics in that piety and the chance for a better life after death cause humans to strive for economic gain in certain ways, whereas that is not always using work as an expression of self - it is work, as Marx might say, for the ends justifying the means, rather than the means justifying what work is being done. Authority, then, rather than being solely economic, does have at its