Pool Parlor‚ by Jacob Lawrence is truly a unique piece of art. Lawrence’s work showcases a 1940’s pool hall in Harlem‚ New York. This painting intrigued me in several ways; as a young child‚ I spent a large amount of time in pool halls due to my family being national competitive pool players. I also enjoy the Jazz and Blues genre of music that has roots in the Harlem community. Lawrence does a great job in capturing the atmosphere of a busy pool hall. Just looking at the painting‚ makes me hear the
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Pathos paragraph Carr tries to make the audience dislike the Internet and share his view of how the Internet had affected our minds. Carr is also worried and concerned about how the Internet has affected our minds. He says “Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone‚ or something‚ has been tinkering with my brain‚ remapping the neural circuitry‚ reprogramming my memory" (1). Then‚ he goes onto mention how his friends and acquaintances struggle with being able to keep
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In the article‚ “The Mirror with a Memory” by James west Davidson and Lytle‚ the authors tell the story of Jacob Riis and the impact that photography can have on a population. The article discusses the personal views and experiences of Jacob Riis in regards to his views of poverty and social connection of less fortunate individuals and communities in the late 1800s to early 1900s. An immigrant himself‚ Riis was able to experience firsthand the horrific conditions in the slums of New York City. He
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Writer Rebecca Hayes Jacobs is arguing that the world’s leadership should radically rethink bathing because it has numerous health benefits‚ including improvements in blood flow and can be great for your nervous system. She thinks that blue spaces should be more equitable access for all people living in global cities. In the article “The right to bathe” starts off with an amazing hook using pathos. She instantly gets the audience’s attention emotionally‚ talking about what people first think about
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exceptionally cruel and had already had disobedient slaves mutated and there limbs amputated. Angered by this harsh treatment and a thirst for justice she ran away from the plantation. She succesfully reached the north and freedom. She did not stop there‚ Harriet then went back to free her family and a few other friends and bring them to the north. She kept going back and helped over 300 slaves escape in the process. For this she is remembered as the Moses of her people and continues to remain a figure of
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The title page of Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig is significant because it reveals Wilson’s desire to challenge the Northern belief that they are free of the sins of the South’s inhumane institution of slavery. Her decision to title the text “Our Nig” shows that the text serves not as an individual’s tale of life as a black person in the North‚ rather it is the tale of the life any black person in the North. In using “Nig” – derived from a racial epithet used by whites in reference to any black person
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Jane Jacobs starts off chapter nine with her second condition for the existence of diversity that is necessary for blocks to be short. For a city to be successful‚ small blocks with a lot of places where people can turn to is required. She begins by using an example of a man living on a long street and his daily struggles. She also uses an example of people that form a pool of economic use only where their long‚ separated paths meet and come together in one stream being Columbus Avenue. In that
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Logos‚ Ethos‚ Pathos- commercials and magazine articles Chris Prunesti Logos- My first example is the logos commercial. The commercial starts out with a television on and the announcer is talking about the super bowl. The TV suddenly goes out and words flash across the screen‚ what would you do if your TV went out? Then it says the 2015 Chevy Colorado has built in Wi-Fi so you could stream the game. This is trying to convince through logic. Platos- The next is Platos that deals with the emotions
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the fourth paragraph. I personally found his argument to be weak‚ his evidence was relatively outdated. He created a small list of years that didn’t happen anywhere near the creation of the internet. (1882‚ 1976‚ 1936) 2. Carr uses ethos‚ logos and pathos in his essay. -Ethos is the most essential to an argument. By using ethos he denotes that some of his friends and bloggers that he follows have all felt the same way that he has felt about the internet. This makes the readers follow that people around
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when we are in trouble‚ pick us up when we are down‚ and give us hope. They also solve problems‚ distribute justice‚ make a positive difference in the world. Harriet Tubman and Elizabeth Blackwell are heroes. These people took risks and did important things. In the article "A Hero in Disguise‚" the author talks about Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was an African American woman who went in disguise to keep from being captured again. She was also an escaped
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