The author opens with an image of Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid kneeling during the national anthem back in 2016. Controversy rips through our nation due to the fight whether or not kneeling is apart of our freedom of speech (or the original point about police brutality) or if it is disrespectful to the flag and the country as a whole. High School activist who understood that kneeling creates talking points which creates change. Many high schools sent out letters to parents. One high school in Louisiana said, “It is a choice for students to participate in extracurricular activities, not a right, and we at Bossier Schools feel strongly that our teams and organizations should stand in unity to honor our nation’s military and veterans.” That letter was remise as that was not the point of the protest but the skewed view of the protest that was changed by the president’s tweeting frenzy. High Schools took the stance that if student-athletes “Failed to comply it would result in loss of playing time and/or participation as directed by the head coach and principal, continued failure to comply will result in removal from the team.” NFL athletes had protested in solidarity against racial injustice not disrespect for the flag. The author's diction does not express a deep emotional attachment to the cause. The author's tone is hollow and impartial as opposed to past articles. The author appeals to logos on each side of the argument is run on different logical arguments. The purpose was to call out High Schools and The President for these orders as students are using their right to peacefully protest for what they believe in as it does not inhibit others right.
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The author uses the emotion of the survivors of the Las Vegas shooting as a vessel for their thoughts. As the story unfolds and survivors stories pile on the author adds more and more quotes and gut-wrenching tales of what people did to survive the investment for the author gets stronger and stronger. The author's tone is candid, compassionate, and formal. The author dropped a whopping load of pathos throughout the article as each survivors story is told and how those complete strangers worked together to help those who they did not know and all they knew was they were hurt or dying and they used whatever knowledge they could to help people. They triaged and got people the medical attention they needed by “borrowing” a strangers truck and asking people to use their truck beds to load up strangers to go to the hospital. Strangers who “had two arms and had two legs..hadn’t been shot .. and knew people were in danger” went and helped those who couldn't help themselves and became human shields and lost their lives and were grazed by bullets to help people they didn’t know. Anyone with a heart can feel that. The author wanted to air the feelings of the survivors and the unsung heroes who made that horrific day have fewer casualties. The author wastes no time with fluff throughout the article. They open their argument with a story from Dean McAuley who found a path out but turned back to help people as he was a firefighter and he had “to go to work”. He helped Natalia Baca that day and received a text from her father thanking him for saving his daughter’s life. McAuley’s story was the first of many that all revolved around the idea that “we all became one that night.” A community of strangers brought together by crisis work together to save lives.
The author paints a vivid picture of the scene using emotive words like battered and scarred, the horror of the attack, the quote “the memorial sought to make the void left by the destruction of the attacks the symbol of loss” drives home the pain left by the horrific attack on 9/11.The author is remorseful,candid,compassionate,and elegiac. The author appeals to pathos for the majority of the article as most people even small children know about 9/11 and its impact on the United States as a whole. The discovery of the sphere and the dedication to rebuild and salvage it worms its way into your heart as 9/11 rocked our worlds and the aftermath shook for years. The sphere got “beat up it got damaged and it carries the truth inside of it...like any artifact that survived an event like that these things carry and inherent truth and memory that cannot be replaced.” The appeals to ethos were portrayed through the name drops of different artist and the original designer of the sphere whilst using prominent people like Mayor Bloomberg to add to their credibility. The author used this article to highlight the new position of the sphere and what it means to the community and those around it. The author starts with other artifacts and their meanings to each of their landmarks.She moves to the lack of an artifact for 9/11 the “sphere for plaza fountain” originally stood between the towers as a symbol of world peace and trade. The sphere made its way to Battery Park in 2002 and was welcomed by Michael Bloomberg but it was championed by Michael Burke who lost his brother a firefighter in the attacks. The sphere had to be moved when the memorial and museum were installed as there was supposed to be an absence of vertical so the sphere was moved to liberty park. The only mark left from the attacks that were vertical inside the museum was a Callery pear tree known as the survivor tree
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The author’s emotion toward the subject is displayed rather quickly as they start with a “quiz” asking “Which country was the first in the world to ban government discrimination against gays in its constitution? A) Norway B) New Zealand C) South Africa Answer: It’s the so-called s-hole country, South Africa. It also bans discrimination based on gender and disability.” It is easy to see the author like most disapprove of the statement made by the president. With each fact about the African countries that are outdoing the united states, it is like a hammer of emotion into your conscience counteracting your previous bias’. The author’s tone is candid, facetious, factual, incisive when speaking about the African countries doing well whilst being contemptuous when talking about Trump's comment. The author appealed to the rhetorical device of pathos specifically to drive their point home. People of the LGBTQA+ community connected with the fact with South Africa's constitution not allowing for discrimination based on gender, sexuality, or disability much earlier and stricter than America's. Future Mothers and women, in general, connect with the fact that Sierra Leone is committed to providing free health care to children under 5 and pregnant women (prenatal care and deliveries) and how Rwanda eliminated cervical cancer much earlier than u.s. scientists. Any American sees the joke made at Trump's expense about Botswana asking the U.S to clarify if they were a s*hole or not without bluster, military threats, or no rude tweets. The author’s goal was to disprove trump's statement that African countries were s*holes to those who believed it or those who have bias’ already. The author packed his argument well and full. He used 12 facts to bring home a conclusion that We Can Learn From ‘S-Hole Countries’ |
AuthorKennedy Fitch AP English and Language Composition Student. Archives
April 2018
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