‘Shock to the System’ Through the manipulation of conventions, authors can persuade and notify the readers of a feature article to agree with their point of view as evidently can be seen in ‘ Shock to the System’ by Mark White. Mark White encourages the reader to respond with outrage, anger and ‘shock’ towards the idea of the inappropriate overuse of Tasers in Australia. The author also raises ideas to do with the discrimination of sub- groups and the police perception by the community. White achieves this through the use of Rhetorical questions, statistics, anecdotes and expert opinions. At the start of ‘ Shock to the System,’ the reader is confronted with the idea of the inappropriate overuse of Tasers immediately.
Postulating that indifference is a dangerous road, he wants the reader to understand that indifference can have unintended consequences that will eventually lead to atrocities. He starts putting the reader into this mind set by asking, “ what will the legacy of this vanishing century be?” (Wiesel 533). Wiesel wants to engulf the reader in a cone of tumultuous emotions so that they may be cautious and vigilant against the evils of irrelevance. He provides many examples of how indifference is dangerous and how indifference can bring about the demise of civilized society. The capacity for society to revert back into accepting atrocities is why Wiesel’s formulates his speech to caution the audience.
The use of Logos to persuade A. Uses Examples of Justifiable deceits B. Uses Examples of global knowledge and politics C. Uses his point of view III. The use of Pathos to emotionally appeal to his readers A. Use of honorable history B.
But Capote's questioning of the relevance and righteousness of small-town values and priorities could be his own angry criticism of the world he himself inhabited: a false meritocracy in which his talents were inadequate unless accompanied by a biting, unrelenting charm. Capote depicts the hypocrisy of Smith and Hickock's trial and execution with similar precision; murder by an individual was illegitimate, but murder by the state was an accepted, even necessary means of satisfying a sense of reckoning and restoring order. Once they had fallen off the generic, automated mechanism of upward mobility toward the American dream, the barriers to re-entry were too high to scale again, and, Capote implies, not interesting to Smith and Hickock. Perry Smith is in many ways the central character of the book. He confesses to killing all four members of the Clutter family, a fact he later denies and then reiterates.
While both characters are highly intellectual and highly dismissive of the populace at large, his immorality and lack of ethics come to embody Day’s cynicism towards the morality of modern society in general. In particular, Harry is a proponent of technology as a means to committing murder and crime. Mark Bannister’s heart, is electronically stopped at Harry’s command: ‘it all comes down to pulse, the rhythmical throbbing of arteries, the throb of life. And death’. The technology used to murder becomes symbolic of both the corruption Day believes to be at the heart of modern Australian society, or perhaps all of western society, but also the negative possibilities of technological progress in general.
Premier John Brumby is big in the spotlight at the moment after announcing that there will be a ban on entering a nightclub, pub or bar from 2am onwards. In reaction to this ban, some members the public see this ban as just outrageous while others believe t hat brumby is just out of ideas. In two articles, locals Lachlan Brown and Damien R express both their view on the subject. Lachlan argues that the new ban is just ridicules, and with a sarcastic and aggravated tone aims his article at those who enjoy the nightlife. Damien’s article also suggest that the 2am lockout is pointless, but leans more towards the fact the John Brumby is really just out of ideas.
The writer addresses his opponents’ arguments by noting their irrelevance, untruthfulness, and incompetence. This helps to convince the reader that the protestors are misinformed hypocrites, but also helps the author to come across as somewhat arrogant. 6. Metaphor- “Considering their stated purpose, accepting such statements at face value would be equivalent to buying a used car based on a sales spiel without "looking under the hood. "(William Talman) The author’s purpose in using this metaphor is to note the absurdity of taking a stance on this issue without hearing all of the facts, and stirs interest in the article in his
Ad Misericordium Argument (or also- called pity appeal) is recognized in Murdock’s article. This logical fallacy means appealing to the reader’s emotions rather that reason because pity appeal feels like manipulation and distraction from the real issue. (Goshgarian 24) Ad Misericordium is shown through, “Victims of terrorism do not “die”, nor are they “lost”. They are killed, murdered, slaughtered. Likewise, many people “died” in the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.
In civil cases, we increasingly see the phenomenon of the Robin Hood jury awarding runaway damages based upon emotion and a misguided understanding of the law. In criminal cases, juries have a disturbing tendency to accept preposterous theories advanced by defense counsel and sometimes by overzealous prosecutors. The problem is that juries no longer represent a true cross-section of the community. Exclusion of certain groups from jury
2) A topic does not directly allude to the source work, while a thesis alerts the reader as to where the references are coming from. Example: Write an analysis paper of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" Topic: The most frightening type of madness is one seemingly based in logic. Thesis: Although the narrator of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell- Tale Heart" is undoubtedly insane, the true horror comes from the sense of uneasiness and familiarity the reader feels as a result of his (narrator) ability to reason his audience into almost trusting his madness. 3) A strong topic should garner interest; nobody wants to read a paper about something boring. A strong thesis serves both a preview and guide for things to come in your paper.