Topic: "People here talk of the Mauer im Kopf or the Wall in the Head.” Discuss how Funder uses symbols to explore key themes in Stasiland.…
One example of personification that pulls the reader into the novel is, “The wind plays with our hair; it plays with our words and thoughts” (Remarque 9). This quote enhances the reader’s imagination and allows the reader to think more and develop their own thoughts because it is less descriptive. The wind playing with the soldier’s words and thoughts describes how they are in a state of confusion and uncertainty. In this example Remarque is trying to keep the mood light because it is early in the novel and he does this by using words like playing. If he wanted to portray a harsh mood he could have used a word that would represent ruthlessness or cruelty.…
Although Studs Lonigan, like most Irish Catholics, tried to present himself in a self-assured manner and exuded a confidence built on patronizing others, this act did not allow Studs to escape the disillusionment felt by most of the time. Like Davey Cohen, a young Jewish boy that Lonigan chose to belittle and look down upon based on religion, he experienced moments of disappointment and doubt. Both boys, regardless of religion, had doubts over their reputations, their self-worth, and their ability to love and be loved by another. While religion could be a source of solace for the individual, it did not make them perfect and it didn’t exempt them from the trials and tribulations of life.…
Yet, this doesn’t mean that literature is merely art divorced from real life. Atwood believes that the gender cross over and revolution in literature is a direct result in the recent history of the women’s movement. Thus by the enduring power of Atwood’s intellectual and artistic qualities, Atwood compares the relationship between…
Pathos- this is effectively used frequently through out the text so that the speaker gets the audience to be emotional. An example of this is when he says “ to be abandoned by god is worse than to be punished by him” (444). By saying this, the speaker get the audience to empathize with the victim, put themselves in the victims shoes, which gets the emotions and feeling across to all the members of the audience and get then engaged. He uses human emotion as a way to speak out against the holocaust and then speaks of the horrors of it to trigger emotion from the audience “Over there, behind the black gates of Auschwitz, the most tragic of all prisoners were the “Muselmanner” as they called. Wrapped in their torn blankets, they would sit or lie on the ground, staring vacantly into space, unaware of who or where they were—strangers to their surroundings...” (444). This creates a feeling of horror and helps the…
A words connotation affects greatly the way a reader feels. Orenstein claims that “we first learned from fairy tales: castles and fortunes, true love and romantic destiny, and above all that most perfect storybook union, the “fairy tale wedding”” (284). By using words such as “we,” Orenstein is able to personally appeal to readers. Readers are able to see the issue as not only their own, but it groups them with other people who apparently feel this way too. This technique does not allow readers to see the flip side of the issue because they feel as if everyone is on Orenstein’s side. Tatar uses the same technique of language when she rhetorically asks, “What do we ever get nowadays from reading to equal the excitement and the revelation in those first fourteen years?’ (306). Statements and questions like these leave the audience with a feeling of unity with the author, which provide the illusion that the writer’s views are identical to the readers’…
Firstly, Wente's use of effective words are one forceful way to attract the reader. Margaret Wente used such words as "psychological debilities"�, "victims du jour"�, "excruciating"�, and "an orgy of introspection"�. These words contribute to the success of her article. When a reader sees these types of words, they are immediately attracted to the piece and feel that the writer is highly intellectual. Words like "psychological debilities"� are two highly intelligent words that would normally only be used by…
The purpose of the speech is to provide the audience with an insight into the portrayal of women, in particular female villains in fiction. Atwood establishes this purpose immediately in the beginning by the way she introduces her title and subtitle in a very straightforward approach. Atwood shows off her literary expertise by using tropes and literary allusions, merged with a conversational tone during the speech. These help to express Atwood’s message on a personal level that helps her connect with her audience, which in turn generates a high level of textual integrity. Atwood refers to…
Throughout her various logical examples, she subliminally inserts pathos into them as well in order to make the reader feel obliged to listen to her and to take her advice on communication with the opposite sex. The intended audience, anyone capable of a legitimate relationship, is sucked in through relatable examples. When Tannen brings up the videotapes of how females and males communicate with those of the same sex, the reader will always think and reminisce and realize that her studies are true, keeping the reader even more interested. This is through the pathos of feeling relieved that someone understands and there is a solution and the logos of her real-life examples and…
Writing a comment on someone's paper is something of a creative art:it seeks a little idea and practice for the comments to be effective. Responding-Really Responding-to Other Students’ Writing, by Richard Strub, is about making comments to the writers. The author is trying to explain to readers as they read a paper, they should consider themselves a friendly readers. Except the readers don’t just tell the writer what he or she wants to hear. As readers we need to be able to help the writer to make their piece of writing better. Readers need to point to problems and areas for improvement, but the readers should do it in a constructive way. Writing comments to the writer to push them to do even more than the writer’s done and stretch themselves…
Following the pattern was very difficult in both tries where the color did not match the written text. It felt as of my brain read the word and interpreted it way faster than recognizing the color of the word, then I had to remind myself the purpose of the exercise was to identify the color of the word rather than the word itself which…
The spirit of humans has always been to try to go higher, deeper and faster. This is why Felix Baumgartner decided to do something that no one else has done before. Some people say that it is the most important event that happened in 2012. Which leads me to ask: Is Project Stratos the most important event of 2012? In my view, yes. To prove my thesis, Mr. Lemieux, I will address the two following arguments: Felix broke several world records and he helped scientists to improve their knowledge about the effects of reaching the speed of sound.…
Cited: from Campbell, Man Cannot, 2:38. 46 Ibid., 2:37‐38. 47 The Holy Bible, New International Version, (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1986), Genesis 1:27, 2. 48 See Kerber, Women of the Republic. 49 For a full discussion of the sentimental style, see Edwin Black, "The Sentimental Style as Escapism, or the Devil with Dan 'l Webster," in Form and Genre: Shaping Rhetorical Action, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, eds. (Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, 1978), 75‐86. 50 Phyllis M. Japp, "Esther or Isaiah?: Abolitionist‐Feminist Rhetoric of Angelina Grimké," in Quarterly Journal of Speech, 71 (1985), 342. 51 Ibid., 343. 52 See Browne, "Violent Inventions: Witnessing Slavery in the Pennsylvania Hall Address," in Angelina Grimké, 139‐65. 53 Ibid., 1:63. 54 See James Darsey, The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America (New York: New York University Press, 1997). 55 Susan Schultz Huxman, "Perfecting the Rhetorical Vision of Woman 's Rights: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anna Howard Shaw, and Carrie Chapman Catt" in Women 's Studies in Communication, 23 (3) (2000): 310. 56 See editorial note provided by the Stanton and Anthony Papers Project Online. Rutgers University. . 57 Huxman, "Perfecting the Rhetorical Vision," 315. 58 Campbell, Man Cannot, 2:41. 59 Flexner, Century of Struggle, 145‐46. 60 For a full history of first‐wave feminism, see Flexner and Fitzpatrick, Century of Struggle.…
Alfred Stieglitz was an iconic photographer and gallery owner, who creates abstract art or symbolism in high-quality fashion. He was born on January 1, 1864 at Hoboken, New Jersey in a German-Jewish family. He spent most of his life in New York City, molding his photographs and leading a group of artists, called the Photo-Secessionist movement. They were a group, who looked for as much skillful and creative potential as possible of what a photographer can do. Because he was a gallery owner, he stored artwork such as Picasso’s paintings and his own abstract art of clouds, called the Equivalent series, in his gallery called, 291. To recognize his accomplishments, he was the editor of The American Amateur Photographer. He also…
As the quotation shows, the words that she has chosen are very powerful. Words like rape, violence and death are all words that have an immediate shock effect on the audience, which is truly in her favor. Another way that she communicates is with the use of…