Fitzgerald uses many rhetorical strategies throughout the course of the novel The Great Gatsby. A book filled with characters each trying to pursue their own versions of the American Dream. His strategic use of devices such as diction and imagery which help to contribute to themes that can be seen throughout the book such as the past‚ class struggles‚ the use of specific color choice‚ and most importantly‚ the American Dream. In the last passage of the novel‚ Fitzgerald continues with his strong
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Machiavelli Critical Writing #4 Introduction: Many people who have read The Prince by Niccoló Machiavelli were appalled by Machiavelli’s fierce and authorative tone he used to assert his ideas‚ especially his concept of how the ends justify the means‚ which slowly made people begin to criticize him and his book as immoral‚ wicked‚ and evil. For this reason‚ Machiavelli began to be insulted as a ruthless and evil person‚ or in the adopted term‚ a Machiavellian. Machiavelli didn’t wish to care for
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And the World Kept Silent “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented” (Brozo 979). This quote was said by Elie Wiesel during his acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize. Elie was eloquent about what the world tried to suppress. Wiesel affected society because he wrote and spoke for the surviving and gone‚ that their stories not be erased‚ and that the world keep silent no more. Elie Wiesel‚ a convict in the
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Rhetorical Analysis: “A Prostitute‚ a Servant‚ and a Customer Service Representative: a Latina in Academia.” For many in the United States‚ the idea that racism and gender inequality still exists seems absurd. The abolishment of slavery over 150 years ago‚ schools and public places not being segregated‚ and even Barack Obama’s presidency may serve in society’s argument that racism is a thing of the past. Pair that with the surface view that‚ from a legal stand point at least‚ women are viewed the
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Spring festival In China‚ New Year’s Day is a solemn occasion. Every family performs religious rites at the family altar. In order to rejoice at the New Year‚ people wished others a happy new year and blessed heartily. Some stick calligraphies full of joy on doors‚ most of them were antithetical couplet‚ phrase‚ individual character‚ such as: blessing‚ longevity‚ luckiness‚ propitious New Year and so on. Whereas‚ some people pasted paper-cuts for window decorations to do away with the old
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Another rhetorical strategy Sundberg uses is a parable. Her entire essay is a self-told story of her experience during her relationship‚ giving warnings and advice to her readers. Sundberg recalls‚ “When I met him he charmed me. My best friend said‚ ‘You’ll love Caleb…. My love for him was real and I did not want to be a single mother” (209). Again‚ the author uses her strategies to prove how our reality is not necessarily clear cut. In the beginning‚ she truly loved him and because of her pregnancy
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A Rhetorical Analysis of “This is Water” If one were to try to imagine a world without air‚ then it would certainly be very different than the world as humans know it. Since air is essential to the livelihood of most life on Earth‚ it could be considered an “important reality.” In David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech‚ “This is Water” to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College‚ Wallace states that “the most obvious‚ ubiquitous‚ important realities are often the ones that are the hardest
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AIDS: The Silent Killer Introduction AIDS is one of the most commonly known sexually transmitted diseases. The last stages of HIV‚ Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ are what we know as AIDS‚ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV is similar to other viruses like the flu or common cold except the human immune system cannot destroy the virus. The virus can hide in the cells of the body for long periods of time and attacks important parts of the immune system like T-cells or CD4 cells. Once HIV destroys
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Arab Spring: Yemen The Arab Spring of Yemen began with protests in 2011. Both violent and non-violent events had occurred in the Yemeni Arab Spring. A whole chain of key events took place within the year that it lasted. On January 27th of 2011‚ thousands‚ led by many individuals all over Yemen‚ flood the streets of Sana’a and other cities in the southern region. These protests took place in order to urge President Saleh to end his presidency. There were weeks of mass protests to follow this
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Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” The “I Have a Dream” speech has very simple diction and context. The author of the “I Have A Dream” speech is Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. King and is known for his work in Civil Rights during the late 1950s and mid1960s. The purpose of this speech is to inspire change in both white and black citizens of the United States during the Civil Rights era. The main idea of the speech is to convince both sides of the discussion that they must
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