Jonathan Yardley

Both Jonathan Swift and John Gay’s works have the same characteristic: the use of satire as a way to provoke a reaction in their readers. In A Modest Proposal, wrote by Swift, is a clear example of a satirical pamphlet. Due to the arise of the journalism and the newspapers, pamphlets became quite popular at that time, and Swift uses this layout to give his proposal more relevance and importance, and to take it serious, like the information in any other pamphlet. The satire is explicit right…

In 2012, a survey assessing children born in 2004 discovered that 1 in 68 children had been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (CDC). This statistic shows how unlikely it would be for someone to go their entire life without meeting at least one person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Yet despite these high numbers, autistic individuals are rarely present in modern media. There are few books and movies that depict autistic characters, and those that do often use the disorder as…

cruelly disregarded his advanced thought to search for others treated like was. Johnathan Livingston Seagull’s friend Sullivan questions his sanity for wanting to return to Earth and gulls that abandoned him. Johnathan tells him “I must go back.” Jonathan Livingston Seagull finds these outcast gulls and beings to teach them in the direct view of the flock. Also, the prisoner must return to the cave to teach the other prisoners that there is another way of life, a way for one not to live in…

In his short episode “Against Meat,” published in the New York Times Magazine in June (2009). By using the life story of an unnamed girl, Jonathan Safran Foer guides us through a journey to demonstrate our relationship with the animals of our planet. Many people struggle with uncovering their beliefs, although merely by looking through a person's past, those items can become more evident. Although Foer writing can be interpreted in different ways, his demonstration of repeating habits supports a…

Consumerism is one of the biggest and most difficult problems the world faces today. The high demand in trending products, as well as food, has led to more challenging problems. Naomi Klein in her book, No Logo, talks about the poor treatment workers receive at the Export Processing Zones (EPZs), which is where brand companies produce all their products in a much cheaper way. Besides workers at EPZs, there are also people who work at the slaughterhouses and are mistreated as well. Eric Schlosser…

Dilip Chitre creates a stark impression of the isolation of old age in his poem ‘Father Returning Home’ by showing his fathers’ estrangement from society and his own family. Chitre conveys this isolation by using literary devices such as similes and repetition, and addressing themes such as modernity vs tradition. The poem begins when a father is waiting outside for a train which will take him home. We know this as it says ‘My father travels on the late evening train’. Already by labelling the…

Ruled by the Emotions Once we start loving someone, we never treat them the same as others. Along with other people, we can also get strong feelings towards animals. In the article “Let Them Eat Dog,” Jonathan Safran Foer provides a critical point of view on the contemporary taboo about eating dog. On the other hand, comedian Rob Delaney gives us an insight to struggles of various kinds of addicts in his essay “Drugs Will Kill Your Friends.” Writing about controversial themes by using the…

event. Other times, perhaps they can’t communicate their thoughts to one another out of fear of hurting the person on the receiving end. The case could even be that people may be unable to verbalize what they need to say to one another. Often in Jonathan Safran Foer 's novel, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, characters tend to have a difficult time communicating with each other, whether in speaking or writing. The themes of fear, love, and mortality all contribute to the miscommunication…

Have you ever been in a situation that you feel like doing the right thing, even when others might do something different? Everyone has courage, but what is rare is when people actually show it. In The Diary of Anne Frank Play (written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett) the Frank family, the Van Daan family, and Mr. Dussel are all Jewish people who need to go into hiding to stay safe during World War 2. Miep Gies is one of the people that helps hide them. Miep shows courage by helping the…

"Hiding/Seeking," A Rhetorical Review Do you know how the food you eat is produced and where it comes from? Have you ever considered what you are eating may have an effect upon your health? Do you really care? These are the issues that author Jonathan Safran Foer brings to light in his literary piece called, “Hiding/Seeking," from his excerpt “Eating Animals”, a triad of three separate genres about the conditions inside the American commercial farm, or “Factory Farm”. Most people know factory…