In one of his most famous works ever, Aristotle describes rhetoric as being “concerned with such things as come, more or less, within the general ken of all men and belong to no definite science”. Rhetoric is such an important literary tool for two reasons: all men use it to some extent and it helps readers analyze other pieces of literature and art. This essay will discuss the latter reason. The art of persuasion has been applied to three different works of literature: We Need Gun Control to Stop More Than Criminals, The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Before delving into how Aristotle 's analytical strategies can be applied to the aforementioned literary works, the reader must have an appropriate summarization …show more content…
This classic spaghetti western film is directed by Sergio Leone and portrays three gunmen as they betray each other to find $200,000 in gold. The movie begins the adventure with Tuco, otherwise known as “the ugly”, robbing a bank. While attempting to escape, he is caught by the town sheriffs and sentenced to hang for all his crimes. Just as he is about to be executed his partner, Blondie, otherwise known as “the good”, comes and rescues him. After rescuing his friend, Blondie leaves Tuco in the open and barren desert to die because he feels that he is more of a burden than a partner. However, Tuco still has some fight in him and is not willing to give up that easy. He walks through seventy miles of desert to the nearest town where he robs a store for a gun and some money and then immediately sets out to find his ex-partner. After Tuco finds Blondie, his first intention is to kill him but he cannot because Blondie discovers the location of the $200,000. They set out to find the gold together, but what they do not know is that another gunman by the name of Angel Eyes, otherwise known as “the bad”, is also looking for the money and he is willing to do anything to get
Before delving into how Aristotle 's analytical strategies can be applied to the aforementioned literary works, the reader must have an appropriate summarization …show more content…
This classic spaghetti western film is directed by Sergio Leone and portrays three gunmen as they betray each other to find $200,000 in gold. The movie begins the adventure with Tuco, otherwise known as “the ugly”, robbing a bank. While attempting to escape, he is caught by the town sheriffs and sentenced to hang for all his crimes. Just as he is about to be executed his partner, Blondie, otherwise known as “the good”, comes and rescues him. After rescuing his friend, Blondie leaves Tuco in the open and barren desert to die because he feels that he is more of a burden than a partner. However, Tuco still has some fight in him and is not willing to give up that easy. He walks through seventy miles of desert to the nearest town where he robs a store for a gun and some money and then immediately sets out to find his ex-partner. After Tuco finds Blondie, his first intention is to kill him but he cannot because Blondie discovers the location of the $200,000. They set out to find the gold together, but what they do not know is that another gunman by the name of Angel Eyes, otherwise known as “the bad”, is also looking for the money and he is willing to do anything to get