The Horizontal World Rhetorical Analysis

“The Horizontal World” People from the Midwest get tired of explaining that they are just like anywhere else in the country. Riding tractors to school is not one of the things Midwest people do. Everyone has a different perspective when talking about the Midwest, but if it weren't for this part of the country there would be a limited amount of food. Not only does the Midwest provide farming land, but there are different things to do that aren’t boring. Many people believe that the Midwest is just a boring place to live with nothing to do but look at farmland. In the excerpt from “The Horizontal World”, Debra Marquart provides strong allusions, precise diction, and interesting logos to suggest that the Midwest is being stereotyped both positive and negatively. …show more content…
If there is a problem the people go to the Midwest, to resolve the problem, since the smart people all live in the Midwest. “We are the folks presidents talk to when times require,” Sylvia Griffith Wheeler wrote in her poem “Earthlings.” The purpose of this evidence is to show that even though the Midwest apparently only has farmland, it makes the people who live there are the smartest Meanwhile, people around the country think that the Midwest has strong citizens with children who are almost perfect. “where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average” (People of the country). This evidence is a myth that people from different parts of the country have in their mind being true. It shows that those people think everyone in the Midwest is tough and can overcome anything. There are a lot of different stereotypes that are said about the Midwest, but that doesn’t change the fact that the Midwest is over the top amazing