...“Blue-Collar Brilliance” Analysis essay In the article “Blue-Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose, the author argues that jobs that do not require a large amount of formal education, still require a certain kind of intelligence. Rose shares his mother’s and uncle’s experiences as blue-collar workers and his study to support his claim. Rose introduces the article sharing stories about his mother, Rosie, experience working as a waitress, “she’d sequence and group task: what could she do first, then second, then third as she circled through her station” (Page. 1034). Rose includes this quote to describe that from observing his mom, he noticed that in order to adapt how active the restaurant was, his mother would mentally devise strategies to remain efficient in her work. Rose understood that her job was not solely based on manual labor unlike the common stereotypes, but instead both manual labor and intelligence. Rose later describes their family educational background stating that his mother was a middle school dropout, he included this to support the idea that even though she does not have a lot of...
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...Unit 2 has shown me how rhetoric is important in everyday life, whether it be writing, music, or media. Think about it, does your favorite song, movie, or book make you feel emotion, does it make sense, do you believe the things the author/artist is saying? That is rhetoric. The main rhetorical appeals are Logos, Ethos, and Pathos, the appeal of Logic, Authority and emotion. The unit 2 threshold concepts are shown in my rhetorical analysis when I discussed Mike Rose’s writing style, language, and grammar. This project challenged me to think outside the box as a writer and actually take the time to slow down so I could understand what Rose was talking about and the rhetorical appeals he used. I am the type of person that likes to get things...
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