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Courage Nelson Mandela once stated that, “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it”. In Ernst Gaines’ novel, “A Lesson Before Dying”, the most important lesson to learn before dying is courage. The novel shows this through the characters Tante Lou, Miss. Emma, and Jefferson. First of all, Tante Lou shows courage by being with Miss. Emma, working hard to get Grant through university, and she believes God will help everything.…
Luckily, Thomas Frey writes a two-page quasi-extension to Alessandri’s article, Frey’s being entitled “Hi, I’m a Robot and I’m Here to Take Your Job.” Be sure not judge this book by its cover, Frey might surprise you. Like Alessandri, Frey agrees that human workers will no longer be needed as drivers in the transportation industry after autonomous vehicles begin to popularize. Frey states that “Driverless cars [...] will replace the need for drivers,” and an extension to Alessandri’s claim, adds on by explaining, “there is never a 100% replacement rate” (Frey).…
Go into paragraph and talk about how before white males were in power blah blah and how Lincoln wanted to abolish south leaders altogether and how at first American society was not really a democracy at all and how this info in the whole paragraph is America moving one step closer to democracy. In McPherson’s book, he refers to the economic environment of the South as being a slave reliant one in which it greatly depended on its predominantly agriculture and plantation systems, while the North focused more on equality and the rights of the people. African Americans began demonstrating political resistance and acting out against their white slave owners during the Civil War. When Lincoln came into office, the Freedmen’s Bureau surfaced which…
The article “Miscalculation on Visas Disrupts Lives of Highly Skilled Immigrants” (2015), by Julia Preston, states the State Department and Homeland Security allowed the department to give anticipating immigrants news of them being able to take the next step to obtain a green card. The author provides background information about the situation, along with reasons as to why the incident occurred, and its impact on immigrants. Preston attempts to inform about the episode and provide an explanation to the immigrants involved, through the use of rhetorical appeals. Preston establishes ethos before the article starts, as she is a reporter of a reputable newspaper, which gives her credibility. She starts off her article powerfully by providing context for those who are unaware of the situation; in the beginning of September, the State Department told thousands of highly skilled legal immigrants that they “would be able to advance early to the next step: filing a formal application.”…
Black people were born as slaves, worked their entire lives as slaves, were beaten as slaves, and eventually died as slaves. Black persons in the eighteen hundreds were considered property. Tom Weylin is a white plantation and slave owner, who has a son named Rufus in Maryland off the coast of Baltimore. Dana Franklin, a black women in the present time, 1976, lives in California with her white husband. History ran its course in a way that Rufus and Dana were related, and their connecting depended on each other.…
Canada, the place where everyone says sorry for no reason, the country that people from America choose to associate with when travelling abroad to get better treatment, yet, this very country has a major flaw. Over the pass twenty years the garnered attention from the media and everyday Canadian citizen has resulted in a widespread knowledge of the Indigenous Women that have either gone missing or been murdered or both. Pam Palmater has an interesting approach when discussing the issue, the way her paper is constructed allows the reader to follow it easily and quickly grasp what she is trying to argue. Palmater uses five pages of her paper to discuss different inquiries between 1989 and 2013, and every single one concludes the paragraph along…
Every individual person in the modern world is innately capable of performing similar duties as everyone else, yet people differ immensely in cultures and beliefs. The levels of advancement and innovation are also unmistakably diverse, leading to certain societies dominating and seizing control over others. Recognizing the causes of these economic and social dissimilarities is crucial in analyzing and attempting to find an approach in dealing with world conflicts. Jared Diamond, an ornithologist, was posed a seemingly simple but very complex question by a local politician named Yali. During a casual conversation, Yali simply asks why the Westerners had already developed so much technology and goods when settling, while the Natives in New Guinea…
President Barack Obama’s actions have been questioned since the day he took the oath of office. These three articles address the constitutional limitations to his actions on immigration. Each article produces an individual view to the subject, including different tones and opinions, while maintaining objectivity and using rhetoric to convey their ideas. With this specific language, the authors are able to portray their view on the president’s plan in such a way that draws the reader in and allows them to understand different points of view and beliefs on President Obama’s congressional actions. The first article “The Constitutional Authority for Executive Orders on Immigration Is Clear” by Eric Posner sets a clear attack towards opposing…
“It’s not who you are that holds you back, It’s who you think you’re not.” “I Dressed Like Cookie for a Week to Get Over My Imposter Syndrome”, written on October 22nd, 2015, identifies the different traits that someone can use in order to feel successful. Imposter syndrome is having the feeling of being a fraud and having the lack of confidence in oneself. During this time, same sex marriage was being debated, therefore, imposter syndrome could have been an issue during this time. Jazmine Hughes effectively persuades the audience to step out of their box to become who they want to be.…
This paper focuses on an article in the Washington Post titled Why the Supreme Court should rule that violent games are free speech. The author of the article is called Daniel Greenberg and the paper will specifically focus on the way the author has employed a number of writing mechanics in presenting his arguments. Among the things to be highlighted include the way the author present himself as credible as possible. This refers to the use of ethos. The other thing to be seen in this case is the way the author has argued through the use of emotional speech.…
shoulders of present and future government, it also has a lot to do with past government officials as well. Kurt Schlichter, a retired army official and professor at an army academy, gives his opinion based on his experience serving our country on the government, and how it effects our obsession with zombies. He goes into detail about how in our history we have had many presidents, like Kennedy, George W. Bush, and now Obama that promise us many things they cannot deliver. These are the some of the most recent presidents, but certainly not all that have done this. He explains that each of them has offered up ideas and proposals that seem to be bullet proof and extraordinary solutions to the problems in our country—yet all of them have fallen short in some way or another.…
Throughout reading The Things They Carried, my understanding of particular literary theories has vastly increased. The main lenses in which my group used to interpret the novel was feminist, psychoanalytical, and postmodernism. During the first block, it was more difficult to determine which lens to look through, and a lot of thought had to be put in when reading the block as a whole. But, as the book progressed, I began to pick up on particular instances and immediately recognized which literary lens it belonged to. Therefore, during our groups reading of the block as a whole, it was much easier to read it through a specific lens.…
The topic of my writing piece is about how my mom teaches me how to be a role model and the steps in life that I have to take in order to be one. My audience is my family and my close friends, including classmates and peers. The assumption that the audience is making about me is that I'm shy, I'm antisocial, and I don't want to talk to anyone. My message to the audience is that anyone could be a role model or a leader but it takes hard work and courage. There is more to the story because some moms don't expect their kids to be role models when they grow up.…
Project SELF interests caught my attention since sophomore year. In May of 2017, an unexpected news from my father came out of blue. My father was fired from his job. I was speechless because I worried about the future. Although, I realized my father worked at the tender age of seventeen, and moved twice to the United States twice in order to give his family the best life possible.…
Reading through the article it is easy to tell that the author is explaining how people can associate happiness more from experiences, rather than tangible items. The essay follows the author as he discusses this idea with professors and researchers in the field of psychology, and presents this through the rhetorical devices of logos and pathos. He provides examples to support his claims, and shows that he is a credible source. Along with this he can draw the reader in as he explains why people have more happiness after an experience as appose to an object purchase. Throughout this article, the author is able to relay his ideas to his readers because of his accurate usage of the rhetorical devices.…