Summary
“Fortress Mamet,” is an excerpt that is about a writer named, David Mamet which gives multiple examples of his antics and habits. The excerpt states,” Mamet quite literally shows the triumph of thought over terror. It's something that he clearly works hard at in his own life.” This statement gives an example to my past statement about showing his habits and actions. First the excerpt introduces his thought process about writing and how to him it was “mental vomit”. “Writing has always been Mamet's way of containing terror, or what he calls "mental vomit,” this statement means that Mamet’s though process of writing was different and they decided to include into this excerpt. Then goes into a statement from a family member named, Lynn …show more content…
Lastly, the audience is anyone who is willing to understand how David Mamet was and understand the concept of writing.
Devices
• “Writing has always been Mamet's way of containing terror, or what he calls "mental vomit." This statement appeals to pathos because many people who enjoy writing can understand the feeling of “terror” while writing and trying to let their emotion out through writing.
• "David's brain is a very busy place. It's very cluttered," Lynn Mamet says. "Writing's the only thing that stops the thinking, you know," Mamet says. "It stops all that terrible noise that's in there." Ethos is present in this statement because the excerpt uses a testimonies from Lynn Mamet and their opinion of David.
• Across the room, on a table in front of the sofa, his serious reading is laid out: D.W. Winnicott's "Thinking About Children"; a special Hebrew prayer about "the good wife," whose twenty-two verses are traditionally read by the husband to his wife on holy days; and Seneca's "Letters from a Stoic." Mamet has underlined only one passage in Seneca: "Each day . . . acquire something which will help you to face poverty, or death, and other ills as well." There are two logos found in this statement because they first give credibility to D.W. Winnicott’s “Thinking About Children” and Seneca’s “Letters from
“Fortress Mamet,” is an excerpt that is about a writer named, David Mamet which gives multiple examples of his antics and habits. The excerpt states,” Mamet quite literally shows the triumph of thought over terror. It's something that he clearly works hard at in his own life.” This statement gives an example to my past statement about showing his habits and actions. First the excerpt introduces his thought process about writing and how to him it was “mental vomit”. “Writing has always been Mamet's way of containing terror, or what he calls "mental vomit,” this statement means that Mamet’s though process of writing was different and they decided to include into this excerpt. Then goes into a statement from a family member named, Lynn …show more content…
Lastly, the audience is anyone who is willing to understand how David Mamet was and understand the concept of writing.
Devices
• “Writing has always been Mamet's way of containing terror, or what he calls "mental vomit." This statement appeals to pathos because many people who enjoy writing can understand the feeling of “terror” while writing and trying to let their emotion out through writing.
• "David's brain is a very busy place. It's very cluttered," Lynn Mamet says. "Writing's the only thing that stops the thinking, you know," Mamet says. "It stops all that terrible noise that's in there." Ethos is present in this statement because the excerpt uses a testimonies from Lynn Mamet and their opinion of David.
• Across the room, on a table in front of the sofa, his serious reading is laid out: D.W. Winnicott's "Thinking About Children"; a special Hebrew prayer about "the good wife," whose twenty-two verses are traditionally read by the husband to his wife on holy days; and Seneca's "Letters from a Stoic." Mamet has underlined only one passage in Seneca: "Each day . . . acquire something which will help you to face poverty, or death, and other ills as well." There are two logos found in this statement because they first give credibility to D.W. Winnicott’s “Thinking About Children” and Seneca’s “Letters from