Analogy

existence of God. This essay defends Paley’s argument that the universe was intricately designed against Hume’s dissimilarity and imperfection objections. David Hume wrote his objections several years before William Paley wrote his analogy. However, Paley wrote his Design analogy without any prior knowledge of Hume’s objections. Paley begins his argument by coming across a stone and asking himself how the stone go here. He imagines…

other person, and her text, the pronoun “you” is representing the mother, the violinist is the fetus, and unplugging is the act of abortion. Per the textbook, “Everyone has a right to life, so the unborn person has a right to life” (Page.178). The analogy involves a third party telling you that it if you don’t stay connected to the famous violinist’s kidneys, then he will die. They tell you, “yes, we kidnapped you, but your kidneys need to stay connected to the violinist for him to live.” It is…

of advancements in scientific research is created by uncertainty yet, creating more uncertainty. He adopts a philosophical tone in order to convey to his readers that uncertainty is a tool used to expand knowledge. Barry utilizes antithetical and analogies in his writing to communicate that idea. Barry begins his writing by juxtaposing the strength and thoughts about certainty with the weakness and fear of uncertainty to better describe the process of scientific research. He interprets this…

seeker and his passion fueled speeches helped drive people to change Black American rights in the 60’s. In his “I have a dream” speech King uses analogies, metaphors, and antithesis to give an emotional appeal to drive people for change. Martin Luther King Jr. demonstrated the black Americans injustice when he begins his analogy of a bank. The analogy supports the idea of freedom by comparing it to a check and what a figurative bank does about the check. King argues, " But we refuse that the…

Parker relies heavily on the depiction of analogy and logos to inform readers about the portrayal of violence in video games, but also contradicts own self by stating violence in games as a valid form of entertainment. Analogy between literature and video games has been used successfully by author Parkin in the article. Analogy is a literary technique used to compare for explanation or clarification purposes. In this article, presentation of analogy has made an appeal to the audience by…

Gwendolyn Brooks and “How it Feels to be Colored Me”¨by Zora Neale Hurston both examine racial pride to suggest the need for equality to people of color. To start off, in the poem “Primer for Blacks” by Gwendolyn Brooks, she uses the devices of imagery, analogy and repetition to convey the theme of racial injustice. In the poem, figurative language is used in…

In the article Twitter is Destroying America by Damon Linker, Linker uses devices such as analogy, pathos, logos, and ethos to win the reader’s attention and affection to support the idea that the use of Twitter by politicians is leading to America’s downfall. However, not everyone shares this opinion. An author named Emily Parker disagrees with Damon Linker. Comparing the two articles, they are similar in many ways, but one is superior in captivating their intended audience. The one that is…

Connecticut with the purpose of turning people back to God and persuading them to repent, through fear of what would occur if they chose the otherwise. Edwards effectively persuades his audience by his use of analogy, imagery, and accusatory tone. To begin with, Edwards had strong use of analogy throughout his sermon in order to effectively show the audience’s helplessness relative to the omnipotence of God. The first metaphor…

In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Hadden uses an analogy to further the central idea that human life is a product of a series of lucky occurrences. The protagonist, Christopher Boone, digresses from his thoughts on what is happening presently in his journey to focus on how specious the explanation of divine intervention is in a world where modern science can debunk theories justifying vague and obscure superstition. Hadden’s novel is centered around the thoughts…

the thoughts a writer is trying to convey by his or her words written on paper or listened to by a reader. One facet of figurative language that can be used to construct and identify a theme in a poem is the use of analogy. In Walt Whitman’s poem “A Noiseless Patient Spider” the analogy of the spider compared to the soul is the main type of figurative language used to develop structure, the theme of isolation, as well as the theme of wanting to make connections because of that isolation…