Russell Sanders tells his story about growing up with an alcoholic father. Sanders family go through many obstacles because of their father. His fathers drinking problems made Sanders shame and guilt because the main character felt like it was his fault that his father was drinking and wanted to save his father from his drinking habits. Sanders uses imagery and diction to tell the reader about growing up with an alcoholic father and what consequences it had in his life. Growing up Sanders felt fear
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Scott Russell Sanders‚ he discusses his own view on the gender roles. Sanders grew up in a lower class environment where men worked hard and labored with their bodies. He states that “The bodies of the men I knew were twisted and maimed” (p.1). He also states how men worked hard and physically suffered from all the responsibilities that had to be done for their families. On the other hand‚ Sanders shares his view on how women lived easier lives than the men he grew up with. Sanders view on gender
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of its misuse are serious and life threatening. In Scott Sander’s “Under the Influence: Paying the Price of My Father’s Booze‚” Sanders pays and continues to pay for his father’s drinking problem by having feelings of guilt and anger for him after he dies. Throughout this essay‚ Sanders also shows alcoholism as a social problem rather than an individual problem. Sanders recalls that a main source of his father’s drinking problem was from a cinderblock place called Sly’s. After getting some gas and
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This legislation Bernie Sanders is attempting to pass is attracting countless young adults that are striving to get an education‚ which creates this topic to be extremely controversial and popular within both the Democratic and Republican population in America today. “The bill would eliminate the $70 billion dollar tuition costs at all 4-year public colleges and universities” and “lower interest rates on federal student loans‚ give graduates a chance to refinance existing loans at lower rates‚ and
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This election cycle has been a wild ride‚ surprising many observers. This was indeed the year of the anti-establishment candidates. Both Bernie Sanders and Donald J. Trump found success in their campaigns even though they were considered political outsiders. The 2016 election drew to a close on November 8. Republican candidate Donald J. Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in a landslide victory by winning 290 electoral votes as well as the Republicans controlling the House and Senate
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question remains how should a man look at a woman? In the passage‚ Looking at Women written by Scott Russell Sanders‚ he uses different examples to demonstrate the connection between how women present themselves and how they are viewed by men. The following rhetorical strategies are being used by Sanders to make his argument: begging the question‚ causal relationship‚ and backing. Sanders uses begging the question when he describes his first sexually attracting experience at the age of eleven. Him
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Sanders’ primary appeal is pathos‚ and he uses it in various ways to illustrate his purpose. Firstly‚ his diction demonstrates use of pathos‚ because the author incorporates words with emotional contexts and meanings such as “seductive”‚ “unglamorous”‚ “tolerance”‚ and “respect”. Second of all‚ Sanders connects with the reader and their feelings through the use and repetition of personal pronouns‚ especially “we”‚ “our”‚ and “you”. On the same note‚ the author employs words such as “people”‚ “human”
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inheritance passed down is what shapes Sanders as a man in the short story “The Inheritance of Tools”. The tool used to convey this is the hammer. Sanders’ father had it before him and before him his grandfather used it. Though new handles for the hammer had been made; the generational inheritance is buried within it. Each owner used and passed it along‚ as will Sanders to his son. The hammer symbolizes the passing down of inheritance to each new generation. Sanders uses the emotions of his father’s death
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alternatives to the story. In 2012‚ a feature film called Snow White and the Huntsman was released and composed by Rupert Sanders. In Snow White and the Huntsman an evil Queen‚ Ravena‚ takes over a kingdom while a princess‚ Snow White‚ is locked in a prison cell keeping her away from being the rightful heir. The princess escapes the kingdom and plans a revenge for Queen Ravena. In this film‚ Sanders has used romance and he also adapted and turned the image of damsel in distress around. In traditional fairy tales
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Sanders in his arguments is explaining how the trinity is the gospel and all three persons are involved in the work of salvation. However‚ many people‚ in their Christian lives‚ tend to forget the Father and the Spirit because it was Jesus who died on the cross and brought forgiveness and salvation. Sanders is pointing out that Christians need to understand that being fully united with Christ is always being united with the Trinity God‚ not just the Second person (Sanders 172). For the fuller‚ richer
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