The In Crowd

contemplate the virtues, but also applies them to his or her lifestyle. For what good is having a sword but only to admire its appearance and beauty and not using it for its actual use? In being a philosopher, that person is the one who stands out from the crowd because of the way they lead his or her life based upon the virtues they have acquired. "It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us... without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry."(Letters XVI, pg. 64). The…

By emphasizing the size of the crowd, Trump is suggesting two things. First, he is illustrating to the American people the size of his “silent majority,” with hopes that more people will join the bandwagon and express their support. Bandwagoning is popular among populist politics, as…

honorable man.” Within this, Antony shows the crowd his opinion of Brutus – he believes Brutus is an honest and trustworthy man; however, he states the not-so “ambitious” actions of Caesar…

how a person in a crowd could lose self-control and become a mindless puppet. The person, controlled by the crowd’s leader, is capable of performing any act, whether it is heroic or destructive.…

Among a crowd of people, there was certainly one dissident. He rose from his seat and walked to the podium, ready to speak in opposition to the new laws that prevented the possession of guns. Some of the more garrulous speakers had rambled on for ages about various political topics, but this one man had the intention of sticking to the point and not chatting about irrelevant issues. His turn to speak would most certainly draw in staunch supporters of his ideas, as they allowed more freedom to…

Effect in “The Man of The Crowd” While studying the works of Edgar Allan Poe, I was introduced to the “Philosophy of Composition” and the concept of Unity of Effect. I found it intriguing that the author is supposed to know what type of Unity of Effect they will convey before everything else such as the title, characters, place, setting, time, etc. My goal in this essay is to illustrate how Poe used a mysterious and curious tone to achieve Unity of Effect in “The Man of The Crowd.” The opening…

group. In “Herd Behavior” written by Common Lit, animals will do what their peers do. Crowds will do what others around them do. “These officers would enthusiastically cheer for Hitler, and the rest of the crowd followed suit, making it seem as if the entire crowd supported Hitler”(Herd Behavior, 7). Humans at the rally did not understand Hitler, so when others cheered for Hitler the crowd joined in. The crowd went along with the people around them because they did not want to feel left out.…

The poem “The Harlem Dancer” opens with the image of a gorgeous woman performing for a crowd of young people and prostitutes. “The wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys, and even the girls, / devoured her shape with eager, passionate gaze;” (McKay lines 11-12) The description of the young woman goes to show that she was so breath-taking that even the girls in the crowd were enamored by her. This could also be a statement about the exploitation of African American artists and performers…

Was the Boston massacre really a massacre? Or was it something else? Consider if the soldiers were justified or not in firing into the crowd? Did they have sufficient cause to fire into the crowd? Before we answer these questions, we need to know what set the stage for this bloodshed or as history calls it “Boston Massacre.” It is important as human beings, we need to look at it objectively, instead of taking sides which is a natural tendency. Especially when we look at history, which happened…

to the way that the audience perceived it. While Brutus used more logos, or the use of logic and reason, while Antony used pathos to appeal to the Roman people’s emotions (Delaney). Both speeches also used different rhetorical devices to sway the crowd. With that being said, one speech proved more effective than the other. The first speech made was spoken by Brutus after Caesar’s murder. Brutus went through to say that Caesar was too ambitious, and for that reason…