(Wiki 1) The most significant question to answer after reading this article is: Why did Ellison feel it necessary to swear his oath of office on the Koran? His fellow minority congress members Johnson and Hirono, proclaimed Buddhists, swore in using the Bible. The Koran is defined as the central religious text of Islam. (Oxford 1) Renowned public speaker and author Dennis Prager said, “America, not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on.” (Prager 1) I will summarize this controversial article and provide my analysis. For many years congress members have followed the tradition of their incumbent.
He is not looking to maybe persuade his audience of the cruel and bitter treatment of his people that came from Great Britain. He is very adamant about his argument and uses these words to help prove his point. Jefferson’s use of imagery helps the audience really understand the way things worked when he was in Great Britain and how it became completely necessary to dissolve the political bands between Britain and the United States. “He has refused Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” This makes people develop this image of the King sitting on his thrown while people are not even given the necessary needs for living. “He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.” This helps develop this image of the King putting these people in these awkward and uncomfortable situations just to make it difficult to pass laws and make it so that it is not worth putting up a fight and they should just give into the King’s desires.
“Chances are, the genius representing you in the legislature won’t score 50 percent on the above test” (Moore 132). In a deeper outlook his sarcastic tone shows that he is confident enough about his argument to make jokes about it. He almost makes the reader feel like an “idiot” themselves for not knowing about the predicament our nation is in before reading his argument. Moore’s sarcasm is another way of being bumptious and knowing his stand on the argument is the right one and to push his audience to agree as well. Moore’s excerpt is well-structured from beginning to end.
In the passage from Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World, Scott Russell Sanders responds to an essay by Salman Rushdie, a writer who left his native India for England. Rushdie describes the “effect of mass migrations” as being “the creation of radically new types of human being: people who root themselves in ideas rather than places.” In his response, Sanders appeals to both pathos and logos, but interestingly not ethos. However his only appeal to ethos is the fact that, like Rushdie, he is a fellow writer and is in position to respond to Rushdie’s essay. On the other hand, assuming he never immigrated to anywhere, by not being an immigrant is he in position to respond to Rushdie’s essay like this? His essay is argumentative, he disagrees with Rushdie that
“The Almighty has his own purposes, woe unto the worth.” Lincoln stays away from choosing words that would be sensitive to the north and south. Lincoln uses hopeful and unifying diction to make the country whole and not two separate parts. Throughout his speech he uses “we” and “us” to show unity and. He tells the citizens “To care for, for him who shall have borne the battle for his widow and his orphan.” Lincoln tired to include both sides to show unity and appeal across to the Union and Confederacy. Lincoln ends his inaugural speech with, “To do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” He wants to unite the North and South to be one again.
7) The Bible is a “living, breathing document”, but it is not like the US constitution. As our nation constantly changes and evolves, the constitution represents the limits our nation abides by. Although new issues, such as healthcare and gay marriage, are dragged to the forefront of our legislation, the constitution is simply a set of guidelines our government must abide by to avoid complete anarchy. The Bible is different. As we all know, it’s the most influential book in our occidental society.
Bias Analysis #1: Long Editorial I know not one person whom believes that the new reported on television is not liberally biased. I often come home to find my father complaining about the media’s slant towards democratic views yet he is frequently preaching what they report as fact. These so called “truthful” accounts are delivered in a similar way as the orchestrated scenes of movie; just as movies are created to induce a certain emotion or address a question, media coverage is meant to fuel paranoia and incite a desire for change which would benefit a minority of people. In Bernard Goldberg’s book Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, he attempts to tackle the issue of liberal media bias in the large East-coast news organizations. In his narrative, Goldberg begins by explaining his current situation of exile from media coverage despite his 28 years of service.
No matter the topic; history, sports, politics, media, sexuality, etc., The Boondocks will be very truthful and blunt about it. I’ve been watching The Boondocks since it started in 2005 and this show defines me because of its comedic way of telling the truth about society. With my views about the media I really don’t like to believe “the hype” or any of the publicity stunts that go on too often. Sometimes I think the government is full of conspiracies and I find it easy to point out irony, and hypocrisy like Huey. He even took a stand against B.E.T.
By using many quotes, statistics, and descriptive details Clarke makes the writing complete. It’s as if he gives a little taste of everything, but that miniscule amount is sufficient to feed one’s imagination. Clarke really makes a homerun, his purpose to demonstrate how well Kennedy’s speech was and how/why it was successful, also to demonstrate the genuine president that Kennedy was; in which he clearly accomplishes. Personally never paid much attention to any president’s speech nor wanted to read it, but after reading “Why JFK’s Inaugural Succeeded”, the motivation and very enthusiasm to read Kennedy’s speech was unavoidable. Amazingly an author can really engage his/her audience, but that really takes a lot.
They accepted the Bible, although they believe that it was corrupted in favor of the “White man”. http://altreligion.about.com/od/alternativereligionsaz/a/rastafari.htm In a quote used by the late Martin Luther King "We must use time creatively and forever realize that the time is always hoped to do great things." debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/dorsey.html Dr. King was not talking about the late Robert Nesta Marley when he mouthed those words however those words personify how Bob Marley spent his 36 years on this earth, and his involvement with the Rastafarian movement and the impact he left on our society. To get a better understanding of the man Robert Nesta Marley (Bob) we must first learn, how, when and where it all started. Robert Nesta Marley (Bob) one of the most influential icons of the Twentieth Century was born in a small town in St. Ann Bay Jamaica West Indies, an area called Nine Miles on February 6, 1945, to a white father and a black mother.