My Son Rhetorical Analysis

Even though Solomon was a wealthy king he still believed in sharing god’s wisdom through his own thoughts. He was very keen on giving his books to people whenever they wanted free of charge. Even though his writing were for every one Solomon wrote many of his verses to young men. As seen in Proverbs, he began most if not all of his versus with “My Son”. Solomon was a good wise teacher he liked to use the compare and contrast method of teaching along with similes and metaphors. A good example of how Solomon used compare and contrast in his teaching would be Proverbs 10:8, “The wise heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin. He also used similes and metaphors. As stated earlier he also uses similes and metaphors and a good example would be Proverbs 18:4 says, “The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.” The teaching way of Solomon while very helpful was completely different when compared with Socrates style of teaching. …show more content…
Socrates method of teaching were through the Socratic Method. The Socratic Method is a form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas asking questions and seeking the answer. While Solomon was a wealthy king Socrates was a very poor man. Even though he was a poor man he always taught young men free of charge which is similar to Solomon because he gave his books away freely. Solomons writing were all wrote by him but unfortunately people have never seen Socrates real work it was mainly wrote by someone