The article “From Folklore to Revolution: Charivaris and The Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837, by Allan Greer” recounts the marital and political events that occurred in the previously French colony commonly referred to as Quebec, or even Lower Canada, during the late 1830s, in which charivaris transformed from the playful mocking of matrimonial ceremonies that were deemed as socially unacceptable, to a form of governmental protest, as a bitter and heinous ceremony. Exasperatingly chronicling the evolutionary timeline of the charivari with his overly-sophisticated dialect, and his almost completely ambiguous view on the matter, Greer was very implicit in his work, owing to his nearly unfathomable writing technique, and his hardly deducible
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Subsequently, until the ‘performers’ were invited inside, they would parade around the domicile and make spectacles of themselves in a light-hearted attempt to poke fun at the couple. If the spouses refused them admission, the men would return night after night until the duo relented. The previously mentioned content on how a charivari is accomplished takes the form of a description instead of an actual exposé and therefore, is an excerpt of poor article structure. Something to notice in Greer’s writing is the false promise in the title of a clear explanation of how the charivari became a protest strategy, and although the rationalization might be clear to specific few, the majority of readers might acquire a sense of confusion or …show more content…
With that being said, Greer’s work was simply that: a mere explanation of the subject being discussed, rather than appropriately proving a notion, or even providing a thesis whatsoever. An unpleasant aspect of his writing is the obligation of the reader to simply guess what Greer is trying to articulate, a feature that negatively impacts the persuasive affect he is trying to exude. All in all, if one thing is clear, it is that Greer very much wanted to compel his audience into siding with his essentially non-existent perspective by using vocabulary abnormally used in today’s society, and for that, he deserves some recognition, even if the unsuccessful strategy had dire
Subsequently, until the ‘performers’ were invited inside, they would parade around the domicile and make spectacles of themselves in a light-hearted attempt to poke fun at the couple. If the spouses refused them admission, the men would return night after night until the duo relented. The previously mentioned content on how a charivari is accomplished takes the form of a description instead of an actual exposé and therefore, is an excerpt of poor article structure. Something to notice in Greer’s writing is the false promise in the title of a clear explanation of how the charivari became a protest strategy, and although the rationalization might be clear to specific few, the majority of readers might acquire a sense of confusion or …show more content…
With that being said, Greer’s work was simply that: a mere explanation of the subject being discussed, rather than appropriately proving a notion, or even providing a thesis whatsoever. An unpleasant aspect of his writing is the obligation of the reader to simply guess what Greer is trying to articulate, a feature that negatively impacts the persuasive affect he is trying to exude. All in all, if one thing is clear, it is that Greer very much wanted to compel his audience into siding with his essentially non-existent perspective by using vocabulary abnormally used in today’s society, and for that, he deserves some recognition, even if the unsuccessful strategy had dire