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    the Essay 5/2/16 Element of the Crowd The essays of David Foster Wallace are‚ in many ways‚ not about the subjects they pretend to cover. Foster Wallace is not concerned with lobsters‚ high-stake tennis matches or the way that Midwesterners gather around their TV’s. Instead‚ Foster Wallace is interested with what surrounds these subjects and what they have to say about human experience. In this sense‚ the seemingly random topics Foster Wallace chooses to focus his lens on are actually incredibly

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    The animals are physically tortured during their life and the killing process is often brutal. David Foster Wallace describes the scene of the Maine Lobster Festival in his article “Consider the Lobster”.Wallace specifically highlights the main attraction‚ the World’s Largest Lobster Cooker‚ as a publicly acceptable form of publix slaughter. He goes on to describe the process to kill a lobster; it is

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    Running Head: Does Curiosity Foster Intimacy Does Curiosity Foster Intimacy in Mundane Situations Does Curiosity Foster Intimacy in Mundane Situations The article I have chosen to review is titled‚ When Curiosity Breeds Intimacy: Taking Advantage of Intimacy Opportunities and Transforming Boring Conversations. The article addressed issues of conversation and intimacy in a variety of interesting perspectives. The paper will show supporting evidence for the hypothesis that people who have high

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    In poet Rita Dove’s 2016 commencement address‚ she outlines a large difference between what the definitions of a commencement speaker and a poet are – that is to "dispense life advice" or leave well wishes with the graduating class – to introduce the structure of her speech. Through the use of personal anecdotes describing her success with these "wishes"‚ as well as providing examples of other successful public figures‚ Dove encourages the University of Virginia at Charlottesville graduating class

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    Wallace illustrates his ideas by giving concrete examples and analogies to bring the concept closer to the audience’s minds. The idea that Wallace is trying to get across is that liberal art education is important to help students exert a sense of control over their thought process. He delves deeper into the meaning of critical thinking transcending the old‚ boring and cliché way of understanding it. According to Wallace‚ the critical thinking that you will gain from an art degree is simply your

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    Speech of Advocacy Rhetorical Situation Proposal Exigence 1. The problem I want to address in the speech is that whether colleges put too much stock in standardized test scores. It’s an actual exgience because colleges are currently relying a lot on standardized test scores as a base for their applications. 2. The teenage community is the most directly affected by the exigence. 3. Most people do seem to generally agree that the exigence exists because the people all have been attempting to get

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    illustrative foundation for David Foster Wallace’s essay‚ “Consider the Lobster”. Wallace is able to accurately depict for the reader‚ an immense celebration of people relishing in the festivities of the annual Maine Lobster Festival in Penobscot Bay. The festival itself is best described in a few words as commotion at its finest‚ and most delicious. While the preponderance of festival participators identifies the yearly celebration as a simple celebration‚ David Wallace digs a bit beyond the surface

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    A Commencement Address Joseph Brodsky It is unavoidably true that evil consumes the world we live in. We see the presence of evil in the masses whether it is through the news or with our own eyes. Encountering evil is inevitable‚ and that is a thought that both Joseph Brodsky and I share. Brodsky writes‚ “…for the most interesting thing about Evil is that it is wholly human”. He insinuates that’s the root of all Evil is innately human‚ which provoked me into questioning the validity

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    Kenyon College‚ David Foster Wallace claims that humans can experience the world in two different ways. First‚ they can live their lives as unconscious worshippers of self‚ only operating on their "natural default settings". (Wallace‚ "David Foster Wallace‚ in His Own Words") On the other hand‚ they can live consciously and purposefully‚ attempting to understand that they are not‚ in fact‚ at the center of the universe. While these distinctions between perceptions arguably exist‚ Wallace is wrong to

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    Assignment 1 What is a rhetorical situation? professionals use the phrase “rhetorical situation” in reference to any set of circumstances that involves at least one person using some sort of communication to change the perspective of at least one other person. but‚ what defines a situation as rhetorical? Grant-Davie considers any event‚ or situation rhetorical when it’s shaped by language or some form of communication. "Rhetorical situations exist everywhere and we encounter them every day

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