In Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, Bourdain sheds light on the undiscussed experiences of a chef, the cutthroat world in which they live, and how most people are not made for that world. In this specific passage, Bourdain uses rhetorical appeals, blunt, sarcastic diction, and brief yet effective imagery to assert his purpose for this chapter: to encourage those made for the culinary arts, and dispose of those who wouldn’t last one day in a professional kitchen. Bourdain begins this chapter by introducing the audience to what the topic will be. In this case, he is providing aspiring chefs with tips for survival in the culinary industry. This leads to Bourdain’s use of rhetorical appeals and blunt