Rhetorical Analysis: Pharmaceutical Innovation In Joel Lexchin’s article “Pharmaceutical innovation: Can we live forever? A commentary on Schnittker and Karandinos” he addresses the article made by Schnittker and Karandinos about the progression of pharmaceuticals and whether or not we have advanced enough to significantly increase our life expectancy. Lexchin uses a plethora of rhetoric to persuade the reader into believing his argument‚ mostly relying upon logos‚ chiefly facts‚ to appeal to
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A successful piece of social commentary selects an issue (or feature) of a society and identifies a series of aspects that contribute to that society. By doing this‚ the author raises the awareness amongst readers and makes them reconsider the accepted state of affairs and challenges a position held on those certain issues. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a severe indictment on American society in the 1920s‚ with particular emphasis on the disintegration of the American dream corrupted
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Yang Jianguo was recently promoted from country manager for China to global head of product development at a staid French perfume maker. He was chosen for his technical smarts and his knowledge of emerging markets - a critical avenue for growth‚ given that sales in the company’s core markets have stalled. Eager to succeed in his new role in Paris‚ Jianguo has lots of fresh ideas‚ but they seem to be falling on deaf ears. Members of the executive team‚ for their part‚ find Jianguo to be largely indifferent
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Chief Poet! and ye clouds of Albion‚ Begetters of our deep eternal theme‚ When through the old oak forest I am gone‚ Let me not wander in a barren dream‚ But when I am consumed in the fire‚ Give me new Phoenix wings to fly at my desire. COMMENTARY : The poem under study was written in 1818 after the completion of John Keats’s 4‚000-line poem Endymion. We are facing a traditional and fixed form of poem as "Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again" is an Elizabethan sonnet composed of fourteen
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Sin Tax Bill (Commentary)- This is a reaction paper on the approval of the Sin Tax Bill I am so glad of the very purpose of passing the sin tax bill which is to protect the health and save the lives of the countrymen. This simply means that the government officials are concern about the good health of all Filipinos but this doesn’t mean that I am into this bill; for some reasons that the government or most of the senate themselves failed to look unto. Firstly‚ I would like to agree with
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Critical commentary on Act 3‚ Scene 3‚ lines 262-293 This passage is primarily a monologue of Othello’s realisation that he cannot forgive Desdemona for being unfaithful‚ however much it hurts him. The destruction of Othello’s mind‚ due to Iago’s manipulation‚ is clearly evident in this passage as well because we see the unreasonable motives‚ driven by persuasion‚ behind everything he says and how he reacts to everything Desdemona says. Othello’s monologue begins with a repeat of the ironic
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The poem “Ozymandias King of Egypt”‚ being a very powerful poem‚ is generally a poem about power and is written as a short‚ structured and rhyming story which discusses the meaning of life and the changes going on in the world all the time. “Ozymandias King of Egypt” is actually a sonnet. It has fourteen lines and iambic pentameter and is divided into octet and sestet which makes it a Petrarchian sonnet. The rhyme is present‚ as it should be in a proper sonnet‚ but no clear rhyme scheme is used
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gasby‚ in several aspects‚ the roles and actions of the different people in the society of the 1920s were mentioned. The juxtaposition between the rich and the poor were shown in the novel such as the two different setting‚ vivid characters and actions in addition to the motives behind it. The story starts out with Nick‚ as seen as the protagonist‚ gaining insight and his individual opinion on society as he narrates the societal status‚ values and actions
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In this passage of Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ the protagonist and main characters of the novel‚ Okonkwo‚ has just been sent into exile away from his land of Umuofia ‚ Nigeria . The crime he has committed to receive such a punishment is the sin of murder. While he is attending a funeral for a man named‚ Ogbuefi Ezeudu‚ Okonkwo’s gun accidentally explodes and kills Ezeudu’s sixteen-year-old son. Killing a clansman is a crime against their earth goddess‚ thus‚ Okonkwo and his family are sent
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The novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ based in the 1930s during The Great Depression revolves around the thought of ‘The American Dream’. Life during the Great Depression was very harsh and difficult for the American workers as they had to travel long distances to find suitable jobs. The author John Steinbeck describes the lives of two migrant workers travelling together in search for work. The American dream was the belief in freedom that allows American citizens to pursue their goals in life through hard
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