Rhetorical Analysis “We generally like to think we are in charge of our actions” (Roth 30). At first glance, this line seems silly. Of course people are, right? Bernard Roth is a brilliant man who works at Stanford University. He is well known for his design thinking practice. This practice helps individuals rebuild their habits to create a more successful and happy life. He is the author of The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life. He starts his first chapter, “Nothing Is What You Think It Is” and explains that everything in a person’s life, from an object, to their experiences, is only what they make it. Looking at an old book serves no meaning, but maybe to the next person that book is the world. He
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According to Brenda Jubin, a reviewer for Value Walk, “Roth’s book is a call to action. It offers ways to get unstuck and start solving problems, to change your self-image, and to experience all that you can.” Roth makes readers dig deep and see the faults in themselves. By using more than one story he is able to relate to different people in different ways. So, if someone does not agree or relate to one, they may be able to relate to the next. His story, “Modified Radical” (Roth 23), is about a woman who got breast cancer and overcame it. The woman then wrote a poem that resonates today with many cancer survivors and battlers. For readers who have experienced cancer, this can give them a sense of happiness, or sadness. Cancer is a hard ordeal to see, and that story can put someone at ease. One story, “The Familiar Unfamiliar” (Roth 26), makes the reader really dig down and think. He explains an everyday item and then ask the group to create something very different using the items. It was difficult because it is hard to take something and see it for what it really is. As silly as it seems, this story can make a person reevaluate a lot of the things in their lives. People, for example, are more than the outer person they show. The fact that he can get a person’s feelings going, and then use logic to put sense to them is no easy
According to Brenda Jubin, a reviewer for Value Walk, “Roth’s book is a call to action. It offers ways to get unstuck and start solving problems, to change your self-image, and to experience all that you can.” Roth makes readers dig deep and see the faults in themselves. By using more than one story he is able to relate to different people in different ways. So, if someone does not agree or relate to one, they may be able to relate to the next. His story, “Modified Radical” (Roth 23), is about a woman who got breast cancer and overcame it. The woman then wrote a poem that resonates today with many cancer survivors and battlers. For readers who have experienced cancer, this can give them a sense of happiness, or sadness. Cancer is a hard ordeal to see, and that story can put someone at ease. One story, “The Familiar Unfamiliar” (Roth 26), makes the reader really dig down and think. He explains an everyday item and then ask the group to create something very different using the items. It was difficult because it is hard to take something and see it for what it really is. As silly as it seems, this story can make a person reevaluate a lot of the things in their lives. People, for example, are more than the outer person they show. The fact that he can get a person’s feelings going, and then use logic to put sense to them is no easy