Nicholas Carr is a first gerenration‚well informed author who writes about how the internet is impacting our minds and lives.Since 2003 Carr has been writing critically about the consequences due to this vast creation‚ that is the internet. He has written several books and articles including “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” and "IT Doesn’t Matter". This response essay is to one of Nicholas Carrs articles in particular from The Atlantic called‚ “ Is Google Making Us Stupid
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uses statistical data and refers to experts such as a Princeton criminologist and a former Supreme Court justice in order to further convince his audience. He makes an appeal to emotion by mentioning rape cases within prisons. Through effective rhetorical strategy‚ Jacoby argues that imprisonment contains too many flaws to be used in the American criminal justice system‚ and suggests flogging as an alternative. Jacoby uses ethos within his essay by displaying a conservative yet credible persona
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The Plot starts with an old man reading a notebook to an old woman in a nursing home. The story focuses on the two lovers namely Noah and Allie. Allie’s parents did not want to marry him because of the unwealthy status of the family of the man. Allie has to go to New York together with her parents. Noah wrote 365 letters to Allie but none of them came to her. After more several years‚ Allie meet this man named Lon‚ a wealthy man and soon they engaged. Noah rebuilt the old house just to fulfill his
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Analysis of Prompt #6 Is driving an SUV the American way? According to the creator of this bumper sticker‚ it’s not. The purpose of this bumper sticker is to make a statement to Americans driving a sports utility vehicle (SUV) that driving these oversized vehicles is hurting the U.S.A by emitting large amounts of emissions into the ozone‚ polluting the air they breathe‚ and increasing the demand of oil from foreign countries. The illustrator of this sticker emphasizes his beliefs by using the American
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that men are perceived as the most superior than women. This means that women are not considered competition when it comes to some of the work positions that are present with in the work force. Just like in the article “When Women Rule” the author Nicholas Krisoff mentioned that most women will face the problem of being judged if they show off their success is considered a turn off. This means that they seem to want women whom do not have that much success so that they can be pushed around by the men
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Book Analysis: “The Longest Ride” “The Longest Ride” by Nicholas Sparks is a novel that tells two love stories. The first is that of Ira Levinson a 91-year-old widower and his late wife Ruth. Ira’s story starts with him trapped inside a car following his accident‚ which rolls his car off the edge of a two-lane highway‚ due to harsh weather conditions. Stuck in the vehicle it starts to snow and he soon finds himself dehydrated and loosing blood. As this occurs Ruth‚ who had been dead nine years
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Cited: Staddon‚ John. "Distracting Miss Daisy - Magazine - The Atlantic." The Atlantic News and Analysis on Politics‚ Business‚ Culture‚ Technology‚ National‚ International‚ and Food TheAtlantic.com. Web. 05 Feb. 2011. .
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The author‚ Nicholas D. Kristof‚ begins his essay by describing Phnom Penh‚ a place where many families are forced to live in poverty because of the lack of jobs. The problem Kristof identifies is the labor standards that are set from President Obama and the Democrats who try to eliminate the use of sweatshops. Furthermore‚ the labor standards are set by people who have never witnessed the daily struggles a person faces living in Phnom Penh. Although sweatshops are viewed as negative by Obama and
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The Collapse of Big Media: The Young and the Restless by David Mindich starts out by stating the focus of his article is the declining interest in news‚ and young people are not watching it anymore. The demographic that watches news now are getting older and older. You can notice this by looking at the commercials that are shown during the news. They appeal to an older demographic in general. Mindich uses logos‚ ethos and pathos to convince us that there is a collapse of big media‚ and that the consequences
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The Shallows Rhetorical Analysis In the book “The Shallows”‚ Nicholas Carr develops his argument just as an architect would construct a building. The foundation is laid then in tedious and eloquent manner‚ he begins an argument that defines the book. Shedding light upon the dangers our society may encounter through the internet‚ Carr uses personal anecdotes‚ parallels‚ ethic and reason based arguments‚ and disguises himself as an authoritative figure to execute a view changing book. Exerting
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