These products lasted only a few weeks in regular store shelves, before the public completely rejected them. The story serves the purpose to present the ironical situation that they’re in, and capture the reader’s attention, by demonstrating how the failure of those products, resulted in the success of the museum. “Perhaps nobody wanted to contemplate the prospect of failure” (Burkeman 2012). Perhaps this is the reason why many of the big industries continued to fail prospectively, because even after having more than one unsuccessful product, they did not stop to analyze the defects, and reconstruct them to produce something better.…
In North Korea most people don’t know what “freedom” means, in China most people don’t know what “opinion” means, in the Middle East most people don’t know what “solution” means, and in America most people don’t know what “the rest of the world” means. From shaping personalities to affecting perceptions, culture is the invisible bond that ties individuals together in a society. At a young age, people absorb cultural values and beliefs which are manifested through one’s lifestyle. Culture strongly influences the ways of thinking and living. The differences in these factors is what causes diversity among cultures in several parts of the world.…
Nate Londa's visual piece depicts a gray and dreary background with a toddler still in his or her diaper turning on the tv to watch violence through war, fighting, gun-play, and destruction. Below the errie illustration, the title is in bold letters, "Silence the Violence"(Londa). The picture creates the argument that children still in their diapers can be exposed to an array of violence through media and can become aggressive by watching such programs. The drawing is powerful, and so are the words and facts at the top of the piece. The words and the picture include all the foundations of designing a persuasive argument: logos, pathos, and ethos.…
Safety Is Overrated “Rash” is a speculative fiction navel written by Pete Hautman. Rash shows how safety isn’t something everyone wants because safe does not mean that you’ll enjoy life to its fullest. Rash tells the story of Bo Marston, a 16-year old high school student who lives in the United Safer States of America in 2074.He is forced to wear protective, padded clothes everywhere and cannot do many of the things we can today . Rash shows what an overprotective government can do and how it affect people.…
A small amount of luxury, like a pair of Silk stockings, is something the poor can only achieve through their fantasy, but means nothing to the people in the upper class. On the other hand, the mood of the story, “Then and Now, America,” is very powerful, and somewhat bright, despite the dreadful imagery she creates. The narrator is struggling to gain individuality and freedom. She refuses to be tied down, to a criteria, that people are forced to meet in their society, and is hopeful for a brighter future. The narrator claims, “Let me in to boardrooms wearing hot / colors, my hair long and free, / maybe speaking Spanish.…
Both these short stories analyze redemption, and how the importance placed on material items in the modern world…
It was said by Henry Gray that “No one ever achieved greatness by playing it safe”. A lot of people who have been graced with the blessing of achieving greatness, had to take risks. Taking a risk can be very hard for some people to do. Since it is hard, people tend to keep to themselves if they are going to take one. Therefore, some very great people can be reserved and difficult to understand.…
Possessions that people treasure the most usually have more value to the beholder than anyone else. There could be an emotional attachment to this item, such as a final gift from a friend, it could be the only thing an individual has to remember a deceased loved one, or it could be an heirloom passed down in a family for generations. In The Piano Lesson, Berniece feels as if she has a strong emotional bond to the piano: it literally has her family’s history carved on it. This piano, traded for two of her ancestors by Sutter, Papa Boy Walter and Mama Berniece, has been a part of their family for generations. She feels a heavy and substantial, emotional and sensitive attachment to this piano and she doesn’t let anything happen to it (5).…
People used to say falling in love when two people attract by each other and stay together. They get married after they both agree to live together for the whole life. But there are full of difficulties in front of them, that’s why the word “falling” has been used in the phrase to describe, unsafe and not easy. The play, Barefoot in the Park, is a good example of telling the truth: in order to keep the relationship, each individual should learn to sacrifice and respect. In the beginning of the show, Corie, played by Audrey Roberts, and Paul, played by Aaron Arseneault, get marry only a few days.…
People always ask ‘If there was a fire, what three items would you save?’ but the truth is, all your experiences and memories will never amount to those three things. In the article “Buy Experiences, Not Things,” James Hamblin uses ethos, logos, and pathos to explore the idea that those who buy experiential things rather than material things are generally happier people. His intended audience is meant to be the younger generation of millenniums. Through his use of these rhetorical devices, he is able to make the argument that buying an experience, such as a vacation or concert, generates more happiness than buying a possession, such as a computer or clothes.…
Words and phrases that reveal the persona are “Christmas toys were grubby and forgotten by Easter,” “the excitement of getting an orange in his stocking during the Depression,” (Quindlen, 378) and “a worker at a Walmart in Valley Stream, N.Y. was trampled to death by a mob of bargain hunters” (Quindlen, 378.) Quindlen’s depressive nostalgia keeps the audience in the past for the better part of her Op-Ed, not assisting in supporting her argument. She retells stories of her childhood forgotten holiday toys and how the money could have been used for rent or tuition, instead of talking about the current crisis at…
Finding a gift or a piece of clothing that is not what was expected or unappealing can be disappointing and can cause distractions on insubstantial stuff. Do I have to keep this? Can I get rid of this? Will everyone be looking at me when I have this with me? Do I have a choice?…
Introduction Sometimes in life people choose material objects to represent something emotionally in their lives. Some material objects can make someone feel so many emotions that the object feels like a real thing or person in their lives. In the story Janus by Ann Beattie readers see how the main character uses a bowl to symbolize emotions and memories felt. Andrea the main character of this story uses this bowl to feel confident and love. Ann Beattie did a wonderful job using an inanimate object as a symbolization for deeper feelings.…
In the short story, “The Jewelry” written by Guy De Maupassant, the main character M. Latin finds the love of this life and marries her. M. Latin was hurt after what he had discovered, he felt betrayed. However, after selling his wife’s jewelry that was worth about 200,000, he is so enticed with all the money that he doesn’t care about anything but the fact that he is rich. M. Latin did not have control over his wife and the author leaves us to make our own conclusions to how his wife got that jewelry. In this story we experience these three literary devices the most, character, irony and…
Big round eyes devoid of life stare directly at me. The body lays stiff, unanimated by the pounds of stuffing and the absence of senses. It’s brown fur rubs across my hand as I hold it’s existence. With paws facing forward and the tail posterior to the body, my dog plush was displaying it’s anatomical position. A gift given from my grandmother, my plush’s defining feature was it’s oversized black muzzle and the minute tongue that permeated through.…