Since the beginning of mankind, people have been moving. People were originally nomads and hunters and gathers. To Salman Rushdie, moving seems as a natural and beneficial thing. He is a writer who left India and moved to England, calls the “effect of mass migrations” as being “the creation of radically new types of human being: people who root themselves in ideas rather than places”. Scott Russell Sanders responded to Rushdie’s claim in Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World, in which he argues against Rushdie’s original claim that mass moving developes a good thing. In his response, Sanders carefully utilizes diction, counterargument combined with logic, and pathos to demonstrate his negative perspective about moving. Sanders creatively
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Sanders writes, “In our national mythology, the worst fate is to be trapped on a farm, in a village, in the sticks, in some dead-end job…”(line 14). He uses diction when he utilizes the words mythology. The denotation of mythology is a myth, meaning it is not true. This mean that Sanders is actually discrediting the idea that the worst fate is being stuck somewhere or someplace through the use of the word mythology. This overall forms his negative opinion of moving because it downplays the importance of escaping these things, meaning that moving isn’t necessary. Another example of Sanders’ application of diction is when he describes the United States citizens as “a populace drunk on driving”(line 24). Sanders purposefully choose the words drunk on driving because they have a very negative connotation with people. Mostly everyone acknowledges drunk driving as dangerous and a very poor choice. This connotation implies that moving, via driving, is dangerous and a poor choice. He …show more content…
Sanders uses pathos in two different ways, a personal emotional appeal and an appeal to fear. He writes, “By settling in, we have a chance of making a durable home for ourselves, our fellow creature, and our descendants”(lines 78-80). This is a personal appeal to the reader. Sanders writes this because the reader most likely wants a home for themselves and their future generations, so he appeal to their wants. It evokes a togetherness and the idea that people should “stick it out” where the currently are and make that a home, which many people want for their prosperity. So, Sanders is making a emotional or an appeal to want to stress that not moving is important and beneficial. This develops his negative perspective about moving because he is arguing that staying in one place is beneficial. Sanders also applies an appeal to fear. He recounts all the bad things that have happened because of moving, such as smallpox, the Norway rats, the Dust Bowl, and slavery in order to make the reader afraid of what next will happen if mass moving continues to occur. It develops his negative perspective on moving because he makes it not appealing emotionally to the reader. He employs pathos to show his attitude towards
Sanders writes, “In our national mythology, the worst fate is to be trapped on a farm, in a village, in the sticks, in some dead-end job…”(line 14). He uses diction when he utilizes the words mythology. The denotation of mythology is a myth, meaning it is not true. This mean that Sanders is actually discrediting the idea that the worst fate is being stuck somewhere or someplace through the use of the word mythology. This overall forms his negative opinion of moving because it downplays the importance of escaping these things, meaning that moving isn’t necessary. Another example of Sanders’ application of diction is when he describes the United States citizens as “a populace drunk on driving”(line 24). Sanders purposefully choose the words drunk on driving because they have a very negative connotation with people. Mostly everyone acknowledges drunk driving as dangerous and a very poor choice. This connotation implies that moving, via driving, is dangerous and a poor choice. He …show more content…
Sanders uses pathos in two different ways, a personal emotional appeal and an appeal to fear. He writes, “By settling in, we have a chance of making a durable home for ourselves, our fellow creature, and our descendants”(lines 78-80). This is a personal appeal to the reader. Sanders writes this because the reader most likely wants a home for themselves and their future generations, so he appeal to their wants. It evokes a togetherness and the idea that people should “stick it out” where the currently are and make that a home, which many people want for their prosperity. So, Sanders is making a emotional or an appeal to want to stress that not moving is important and beneficial. This develops his negative perspective about moving because he is arguing that staying in one place is beneficial. Sanders also applies an appeal to fear. He recounts all the bad things that have happened because of moving, such as smallpox, the Norway rats, the Dust Bowl, and slavery in order to make the reader afraid of what next will happen if mass moving continues to occur. It develops his negative perspective on moving because he makes it not appealing emotionally to the reader. He employs pathos to show his attitude towards