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    I believe Jon Ronson effectively uses rhetorical strategies in his interview, however, there are flaws as well. In the podcast, “The Spokesperson”, a London reporter, Jon Ronson, uses rhetorical strategies to report a story told by Rachel North. North was a victim of a train bombing that happened in London in 2005. She decided to share what became a controversial story on her blog page about her experiences on the train that day. In his report, Ronson uses rhetorical strategies to sway listeners…

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    In fact, Rachel from “Eleven” wishes she was not a child. She reveals that she is eleven, though she would rather be one hundred and two because she wants to be far away from her day (Cisneros 3). Rachel’s conflict with herself expresses that she does not want to…

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    Melinda was practically kicked out of the popular culture that her friend and her friend’s boyfriend, Rachel and Andy, were involved in. She was deemed a outcast. She kept to herself most of the time and would rather choose to be alone than with another person. She stayed quiet and always had this depressed look on her face. From all of the hurt and pain…

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    “The Girl on the Train” and “The Good Girl” are both novels which fall under the psychological thriller genre. The Girl on the Train recounts the tale of Rachel Watson’s life after her divorce, and her interaction with the current wife of her former spouse. The Silent Wife, on the other hand, documents the relationship struggle and its consequences of Todd Gilbert and Jodie Brett. Both the novel have differing plot but gives us the similar feeling of suspense and anxiety while reading them. In…

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    can sometimes act or how their attitude is between a situation. In the story “Eleven” it’s a girl´s birthday and she’s been treated bad because of a sweater that wasn’t hers. Rachel, the girl who was told to wear a sweater that didn’t belong to her said ”...that stupid Sylvia saldivar says, “i think it belongs to Rachel.” An ugly sweater like that, all raggedy and old, but Mrs. Price believes her”.…

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    of a conflict on what is “right” or “wrong”. The question is, who is correct on the matter of whether a belief or practice is right or wrong then? In a broader sense, how do we determine if something is right or wrong? Some theorists, like James Rachels, subscribe to the belief that what is right or wrong is purely relative to each culture and there is no universal rightness or wrongness. Others, like J.L. Mackie, argue on a more level that…

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    The Social Contract Theory along with Utilitarianism, Kantianism and Virtue Ethics are the major options discussed currently in moral theory. The Social Contract theory seems to explain a great deal about moral life, Rachels however makes two objections against it. The first objection is that the theory is based on a historical fiction. We are asked to imagine that people once lived in isolation from one and other and found this intolerable thus they decided to band together and follow social…

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    disobeying the Butler Law, by teaching the theory of evolution to his class out of a biology textbook. Rachel Brown the daughter of Reverend Jeremiah Brown shares a close relationship with Cates which has now reached a romantic degree, she begs him to plead guilty and place himself at the mercy of the court. Cates, however, is the type of guy that parents worn their children about, a rebel. Rachel visits him in jail, which further confirms her belief that Cates is no dangerous criminal. If…

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    that euthanasia contradicts the roles of doctors, as they are supposed to help preserve life rather than help end it. It explains that the decision to end a patient’s life in the circumstance of imminent death is not the doctor’s decision to make. Rachels disagrees and believes that there are strong arguments that can be posed against that idea. He gives an example of a patient who is dying from an incurable cancer of the throat. The cancer is causing great pain and the patient will die in a few…

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    Therefore, Andrew Jackson moved to Nashville, Tennessee. As soon as he arrived Jackson quickly fell in love with a married woman named Rachel Donelson Robards. Soon after Jackson and Rachel ran away to the south; Rachael made it clear that she was not happy with her current marriage (Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the American Presidency). With Kentucky and Tennessee both being open slates and new opportunities…

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