The author’s diction in these sentences reveals some aspects of Nick Carraway’s life. The first sentence, “It was Gatsby’s mansion”, suggests that Nick Carraway is an honest straightforward person. He always has an opinion in everything he sees. Beyond his honest character, Nick Carraway has a reflective side, which is presented by the second sentence. The phrase “inhabited by a gentleman of that name”, elaborates on Nick’s thoughtfulness and precision in his judgment. The wording of the second sentence
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In the short story taken from the novel, The Things They Carried, Tim O’ Brien narrates a chilling excerpt taken from his past during the Vietnam War. Each soldier carries a mental and physical emotional burden as they struggle through the march. The main protagonist, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, has to lead his men through a gruesome war and is forced to transition from his unrestricted past to a life as a soldier. O’Brien reinforces the destruction of young male innocence—especially in the case of
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treated and cooked. He shows the readers both sides of the controversy between animal rights activists and gourmet food lovers. He wants his readers to have an open minded flow to the ideas that he presents in his essay. Wallace uses multitude of rhetorical strategies to get his point across, including
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Extra! Extra! Read all about me. The Caroline Times is a self-ran newspaper that keeps my readers up to date on the current happenings of my life and the life around me. The issues are far and few between, but retain an accurate representation of me as a person through several snippets that fall into a variety of categories. In my exposé section, I use facts, statistics, and interviews to discuss sexual assault. The essay “Shush” is written in the style of a newspaper article. From an author’s standpoint
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The current American diet, consisting of a large percentage of processed foods and animal products, has been shown to be linked to obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Many of these health problems would be reduced if we were to cut back on our unhealthy eating habits. By changing our current eating habits we would benefit by saving not only saving millions of lives but also billions in healthcare costs. In Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables, Mark Bittman uses appeals to ethics,
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Adolescence is a time of development, often characterized by a desire to understand society while struggling to leave childhood. Holden Caulfield is a troubled character who regularly finds conflict with others and himself during adolescence. In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger argues that Holden struggles to complete the transition from childhood to adulthood, yet never fully completes that transition. This is displayed through his childish behavior, immature language, and enduring symbols
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When Roosevelt delivered his speech, in 1933, The Great Depression had already tormented the United States for three years. His speech was address to the people that still had hope, the people that were tired of not having a place to leave or any money to feed their children. Roosevelt uses logos, pathos, and ethos to express what he feels is the right thing to do in a situation like the Great Depression and to persuade people to follow him in his plans. Logos is the use of logic, such as in
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Most of animal cruelty instances are actually never reported. This needs to change. People need to be responsible for their actions. Each and every day there are hundreds of animals affected by animal cruelty. Every hour an animal is beaten or abused. Animal Cruelty is a problem that many Americans want to make a change to. I recently viewed a commercial based on animal cruelly that was created for the BCSPCA called Sarah McLachlan: Animal Cruelty Commercial. Which displays a vast amount of ethos
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The relatively new United States was eager to spread its wings and influence. During the War of 1812, the republic provoked a conflict on two fronts: against its former adversary Britain and the western natives who stood in the way of the Americans’ plans for settlement. The Shawnee Prophet, Tenskwatawa and his brother Tecumseh refused to submit to their will by regalvanizing a religious movement and leading militant resistance to attempts to eliminate natives’ way of life. Tenskwatawa was instrumental
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Since the day Africans were taken captive and forced into slavery, they have been struggling to gain freedom and equality for their people. From the 1900 to the 2000’s this fight for freedom and equality is truly distinguishable. Powerful speeches by these African Americans who advocated for Civil Rights show the impactive emotions they felt throughout their endeavor to gain equal rights, people like W.E.B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, and Mary Church Teller. These powerful speeches and articles brought about
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