Thank You

I want to apologize to you. I did not handle last night very well. I definitely said things that were on my mind, but could have chosen a better time and way to express my thoughts and feelings. When I left last night we agreed to table the break up until we have the chance to talk Thursday night. I am glad that we decided to do this, but I want you to know where I am coming from and what it is that I need. When I am face to face with you I tend to clam up and stop talking. Unless I get…

Jay Heinrich in the Introduction to Thank You for Arguing, "Open Your Eyes", illustrates several different personal narratives to contrast how persuasion and rhetoric can steady an argument. Heinrich supports his claims by describing that arguments "lies behind political labeling, advertising, jargon, voices, gestures, and guilt trips; it forms a real life Matrix, the supreme software that drives our social lives" (Heinrich, 4). The author's purpose is to point out different usage of arguments…

Everything One Needs to Know about Winning an Argument Jay Heinrichs is the author of Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson can Teach us About The Art of Persuasion. He has written several books throughout his writing career. In particular, Thank You for Arguing is a New York Times Bestseller. Heinrichs uses certain tools to help the audience win arguments successfully and forces different techniques on how to win them. In some chapters, he gives real life…

In the poem and story “The Road Not Taken” and “Thank You, Ma’am” They both share the theme of taking the higher road and see the good in everyone. They both show this because they both talk about how they will remember this for a long time and that they took the road that was less taken. During the poem“The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost he is talking about he took the road that is less traveled not literally but to symbolize something. He said the one road was worn out and used a lot and…

short story, “Thank You, Ma’am,” by Langston Hughes is about a boy with an unknown past who tries to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones’ purse. She takes the boy to her house and he slowly teaches him lessons without scaring him away. The woman wants to show the boy that stealing is awful and can lead to some awful consequences. The author is displaying that the lady is kind but wants to teach the young boy and discipline him. This statement is the main theme of the story, “Thank You,…

changing the way women should be treated. “A Thank-You to Taylor Swift” an article written by Laura Bates goes into depth of how the world is changing and taking out women. From when they were little and were taught to be quiet and submissive to sexual abuse to regarding the work environment for women is tough and Bates’ article explains all that. Taylor Swift said, "thank you" to the man, David Muller, after he groped her under her skirt. What made her say thank you after being assaulted? Women…

How many arguments do you have on a daily basis? How many of those daily “battles” do you win? Jay Heinrich, the author of Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us about the Art of Persuasion, knows all too well about arguing manipulation because he is a father and a married man. By reading Thank You for Arguing will increase the win to loss ratio for your daily arguments by teaching one to argue the “right” way, use the right tools, and successfully…

Analysis Essay Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion, written by Jay Heinrichs, is a book based on the power of rhetoric. Jay Heinrichs is the founding editor of US Airways Attaché, was a former editorial director with Rodale Inc.A, also a former editor of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, a publisher of the Ivy League Network, and currently lives with his wife Dorothy on 150 acres. As Heinrichs walked through Dartmouth…

Thank you Ma’m Forgiving others can be difficult. But in the story: “Thank You M’am” a woman by the name Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones forgave a thief. The short story “Thank you M’am” by Langston Hughes a young boy named Roger who tried stealing a woman’s purse but failed and got caught by the victim. Later on Roger learned a valuable lesson. The author Langston Hughes explained the theme of forgiveness, by using character, setting, and plot events. The author Langston Hughes used…

A person’s life can be changed by only meeting someone once. For Roger, the main character in the short story “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, this is the case. Roger, a young teen, tries to steal the purse of a lady he sees on the street in order to buy himself some blue suede shoes. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, the lady he tries to steal from, ultimately stops him from doing so and instead approaches the situation differently than she should’ve.in this instance and throughout the…