A Common Reader

“Demonising men won’t stop domestic violence”, written by columnist Miranda Devine argues against this idea. Using an evaluative and critical tone, Miranda contends to persuade readers into thinking “poverty is the cause of domestic violence” and supports her arguments by discussing the flaws behind the logic of government decisions and common stereotypes. Miranda begins the piece by criticising Malcom Turnbull’s policy announcement and immediately expresses her adverse view…

read prior to Levit’s book tell the reader what needs to be done in a certain situation as well. However, Levit also provides real life examples from her experiences and others about concepts that she points out. To illustrate this, when she presents a problem that might occur in the corporate world, she first addresses the problem and gives the solution, and then provides hers or others experiences related to the problem. In addition, her examples show the reader what might result in lack of…

Amy Bloom’s short story “Silver Water” takes the reader on a ride through the effects that mental illness has on entire family. In another short story “The Bear Came Over The Mountain” Alice Munro leads the reader through a similar story showing the pains that Alzheimer’s disease has not only on the patient, but her husband as well. “Silver Water” and “The Bear Came Over The Mountain” share similar plots, both showing that when one family member becomes ill everyone is affected by it. The…

“One of the few rights that America does not proclaim is the right to fail. Achievement is the national god.” The article “College Pressures” by William Zinsser makes several points about the stress placed on the shoulders of modern-day college students. William Zinsser is a master at Branford College, a residential college at Yale University. This article suggests several ideas on how college students should approach their future careers.The author of this article uses rhetorical situations,…

an English professor at Carnegie-Mellon University. Mrs. Flower’s main idea on Writing for an Audience talked about the writers should closed the gap between themselves and the audience. She stated that a writer should set up a common view between the writers and the readers through knowledge, attitudes, and needs. Although people have different points of view and opinions, the writer should let the audience know what the writer’s talking about. Even though the audience does not agree with what…

by John Reynolds Gardiner, written in 1980, tells the story of a boy, living with his grandfather, who must find a way to save his grandfather’s farm from the tax collector. Gardiner tells this story of a boy, set in Wyoming, where sled dogs were common and $500 was enough for a farmer to lose his farm. The idea for the story was originally heard by the author in 1974 and the ending was “reported to have happened” (Gardiner 1980). The film was later made into a movie. Stone Fox, a children’s…

asking us if the community came together or fell apart. In this discussion we came to the conclusion that while the people came together as one community suffering under the plague, civilization fell. Through this ironic scenario, he offers to the reader an idea that civilization is not needed and that solely with community humans can help one another. After this we discussed the importance of objectivity and whether or not Rieux being the narrator changes how we should view the novel. This…

his point to many readers, including me. While reading the article, I paused after every two pages or so of text to take a break, which mirrors Carr’s own experiences of reading long texts and “dragging my wayward brain back to the text” (Carr). While Carr attempts- through ethos, pathos and logos- to convince readers the validity of his argument that due to Google and the rise of digital texts people are no longer able to…

The true intention of life has been a mystery, with many ideas and interpretations. The concept of life never staying stagnant is one to remember. Tangerine, a novel written by Edward Bloor, revolves around Paul Fisher. Paul is a handicapped 7th grader who has experienced a plethora of changes. For instance, the motif of brotherhood running throughout the novel has changed Paul. But, his brother Erik is what morphed Paul from a cowering sibling to a confident human being. Tangerine states Paul…

Henrik Ibsen’s, A Doll’s House, they share a common theme about women being repressed by society. Though they both share this common theme, each writer chooses to reveal the theme throughout the story in different, unique ways. Steinbeck chooses to use symbolism and setting to portray the theme, whereas Ibsen uses dialog as the main method to portray the theme. In the Chrysanthemums, Steinbeck chooses to write the short story in the third person. The reader gets to sit back and watch as the…