Rhetorical Analysis Of Staples

Comprehension
Staples labels the women a “victim" with a sarcastic tone. Because Staples has been accused time and time again of being a criminal by the basis of his skin color, he is starting of the paper by having the reader assume he is a dangerous person, but in reality he is not.
When Staples says he has the power to "alter public space” he explains that there have been several instances in his life where his presence has changed the atmosphere, in a public space. For example he mentions an instance where he was running late to submit his paper to a magazine editor, he was mistaken for a burglar. He describes how people have feared him all his life. He has had to learn how behave in a way that is not aggressive. He describes one of his tactics as whistling classical pieces composed by Vivaldi and Bach, this is a way he has helped others be calm when he is around.
Staples implied his thesis by giving multiple examples in his life of the "alter of public space” when he was around.
(3) Staples assumes his audience believes him to be a criminal just like the people he encounters in the telling of personal