Kim Peek

Journal Two: Ethos Aristotle defined ethos as how messages persuade as a result of the communicator’s character. He claimed that this was most important in the list of the three rhetorical appeals. The reason was because that person has to be a trustworthy speaker to the audience, but that requires have practictical intelligence, virtuous character, and good will. Rudyard Kipling has an automatic ethos built to his audience because the intended audience was his son, and there is an automatic father-son

A poem is often defined as an art form used to express yourself, which evokes emotion in its reader. However, there are poems with another purpose besides making the audience feel something. Some poems are used to educate, inspire, or give advice to it’s readers. Two poems that offer excellent advice about how to live life happily and successfully are “If” by Rudyard Kipling and “The Paradoxical Commandments” by Dr. Kent M. Keith. Rudyard Kipling, the author of “If” and Dr. Kent M. Keith, the author

In Vietnam, I have a best friend, and her name is Van. She lives close to my house in my town. Her family have two girls: one is her, and she has another sister, her name is Tram. Although they are not twin sisters, they look like twin because of appearance. Tram are older than Van because Tram is Van’s older sister. Tram is twenty-nine years old, and Van is twenty-four years old. However, they look like twin sisters; they are different in many aspects. They have the different character, hobby, and

Rudyard Kipling was an english author that wrote short stories and poems. Some of his famous work would include “Just So Stories”, “The Jungle Book” and “Gunga Din” during the 1900’s. (www.biography.com) He was born in Mumbai, India on December 30th, 1865 in the Bombay Presidency of British India, to Alice Kipling (one of the four Victorian sisters) and John Lockwood Kipling. For Kipling, India was a wondrous place. Along with his younger sister, Alice, he explored the local markets with his nanny

Rudyard Kipling is a well known short story author mostly from the book he published called The Jungle Book which contained many little side tales, along with many other enjoyable short stories. Kipling was born on December 30, 1865 in Bombay, India where he grew up with his mother, father, and younger sister. At the age of six, Kipling’s mother wanted him to have a formal British education and decided to send him off to a boarding school all the way in England. This devastated Rudyard and his

The author of the poem, The White Man’s Burden, was Rudyard Kipling who was born in 1865 in Bombay. As a young person, he lived in India, but at the age of six he was taken to England and left for five years at a foster home at Southsea so that he could receive a formal British education. He went to school in England and continued his education before returning to his home place of Bombay in 1882, where he worked as a journalist for seven years. Kipling was an accomplished journalist, writer, poet

In the biography Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the story of an extraordinary man is unmasked. Louie Zamperini a World War II survivor who inspired others with his utmost resilience and redemption. In the poem If by Rudyard Kipling, it does not depict one individual from a crowd. It can used to represent anyone, who has shown the smallest amount of perseverance despite defeat. All things considered, in both Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and If by Rudyard Kipling, the themes of sanity, defeat, and

Rudyard Kipling, an English poet born in India, was known for his classic poems that reflect the harsh treatment he received in America. From such a harsh past, Kipling was able to describe several topics through the use of multiple stylistic elements. The author creates a theme of the cruelty of society in his poems “If-, “The Thousandth Man,” and “The White Man’s Burden” through the use of metaphors, little imagery, and repetition. To begin, Kipling uses a metaphor-heavy writing style to effectively

Rudyard Kipling's "The Man who Would Be King" deals with man's ability to rule. The character Dravot's success and failure in ruling derives from the perception of him as a god, instead of a king. Kipling uses the perception of Dravot as a god to show that though a king can rule as a god, he becomes a king by being human. Dravot gains kingly power by being perceived as a god. The perception of him as a god occurs through his actions and luck. After helping the first village Peachy and he find

Rudyard Kipling was born to Alice MacDonald and John Lockwood Kipling on December 30, 1865 in Bombay, India. Most of his education took place in England where his parents were from. Before getting into writing his own literature, Kipling was a sub-editor at the CMG, The Civl and Military Gazette. He worked for several years before beginning to write. Farther into his career as a writer and poet, Kipling wrote the poem “The White Man’s Burden.” In this poem, he attempts to teach readers that you should