just physically missing a house and they have nothing to lose after the spiritual collapse by missing heart protections. We need to emotionally help them by more psychological fixing. Barbara Lazear Ascher states that we were able to help homeless people by more attentions in her article‚ “On Compassion”. Ascher argues that we should pay more attention to the homeless by helping them. She says‚ “We cannot deny the existence of the helpless as their presence grows. It is impossible to insulate ourselves
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difference. City dweller Barbara Lazear Ascher‚ in her essay “On Compassion‚” recalls in her own words‚ “a couple of brief encounters with homeless people”. While maintaining a critical tone‚ Ascher utilizes an anecdote‚ a personal experience‚ and appeals to her audience’s ethical values as strategies to fulfill her purpose. Ascher effectively achieves her purpose to convince her audience‚ people inhabiting cities‚ there is a lack of compassion when concerning the homeless. Ascher initiates her article
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given act of kindness‚ at least that’s what one would hope. In “On Compassion”‚ Barbara Lazear Ascher considers what really drives people to be compassionate towards others. Do people really feel a need to help those who are unfortunate? Or do they do so out of fear or annoyance? The audience learns what Ascher’s attitude is towards this question through her tone‚ anecdotes‚ and conveying a sense of self-reflection. Ascher uses a thoughtful tone when questioning the motives behind compassion. She writes
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By humanizing homelessness people can be compelled to effect change in their community. Change can alter the opinion of people or influence someone to act differently in their everyday life. Authors‚ Anna Quindlen in “Homeless‚” and Barbara Lazear Ascher in “On Compassion‚” emphasize the human aspect of change; however Quindlen is more effective in compelling people to change their ideas about homelessness because of her passionate and inspiring‚ she doesn’t defy in persuading change and making
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“On Compassion” by Barbara Lazear Ascher and “Homeless” by Anna Quindlen are two essays written about homelessness. Ascher has written from a compassionate perspective. She describes events with homeless individuals‚ but focuses on the reactions of others towards the homeless. The essay written by Anna Quindlen lends a different perspective on the matter of homelessness. She describes a brief interaction with a woman who appears to be homeless. Despite the woman’s raincoat and bag with the grime
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‚ BARBARA LAZEAR ASCHER On Compassion Barbara Lazear Ascher‚ born in 1946‚ worked as a lawyer for two years before she became a full-time writer. Her essays‚ which have appeared in newspapers and magazines‚ have been collected in Playing after Dark (1986) and The Habit of Loving (1989). She has also written books about her brother’s death fi-om AIDS (Landscape without Grav- ity: A Memoir of Grief‚ 1993) and romance (Dancing in the Dark: Romance‚ Yearning‚ and the Search
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is why in the essay “The Box Man”‚ Barbara Lazear Ascher writes about the evening customs of diverse people that live alone and by observing these people‚ reflects on the nature of solitude. She demonstrates that solidity doesn’t necessarily mean being lonely‚ just alone and explains how lonely and alone are unlike. Ascher uses the rhetorical strategies compare and contrast and imagery and description to demonstrate her views on solidity. To start off‚ Ascher uses the rhetorical strategy of compare
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Sarah Church Period 1B November 18‚ 2014 Essay on Compassion Compassion is something we all must give and receive because compassion is the one thing that makes us human. It is when somebody shows someone else that they care about them‚ and to stop ones suffering. In other words: love. It is not possible to have love without compassion. The two work together like clockwork. Compassion is necessary to the human experience because if someone is not shown compassion (thus not experiencing it) they
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“On Compassion” by Barbara Lazear Ascher The purpose of this essay is to question the readers. Ascher wants the audience to analyze themselves to determine the reason behind why people show kindness‚ whether it is out of fear‚ pity‚ or compassion. Compassion is learned through experience and seeing those less fortunate; it brings out sympathy because one cannot ignore it when unfortunate people are everywhere. “And yet‚ it may be that these are the conditions that finally give birth
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In The Box Man‚ written and narrated by Barbara Lazear Ascher‚ she uses the style of diction to compare and contrast the difference between the solitary and loneliness lifestyles. The reveals that “The Box Man” has chosen a solitary life style and lives in solitude‚ she also gives two more examples such as the lady down the hall‚ or the lady in the shop. She creates and clear image that the man overcame loneliness and lives a life of solitude become his own friend. In the first few paragraphs she
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