He would also establish his own ethos by including his support for dignified persons that would validate his argument. In the beginning of his article, Gatto immediately establishes his credibility by stating in the first paragraph that he is " an award-winning educator and ardent libertarian…and has taught in New York public schools for more than two decades" (148). By stating his credibility, it would be easier for the audience to trust and believe Gatto's personal opinions about public education - that the lives of American civilians are manipulated by higher authorities in order to make sure that American citizens are dependent to the system and not independent thinkers. In order to further be seen as credible, Gatto uses expertise generalizations and figures that support his overall claim about public education. Gatto would use names such as James Bryant Conant, "the reason for how modern public schools are today," and the opinions of Alexander Inglis that “compulsory schooling was intended to be like the Prussia schooling system: divide children by subject, age, grading, and test scores in order to keep
Analytical Essay On April 25th, a Sunday in 1999, Al Gore addressed the grieving families of the numerous victims of the Columbine High School massacre. This worst of all shootings ever to happen on American soil had occurred just five days previous. While the shocked nation looked on, Gore attempted to make sense of a senseless act, and bring solace to a community wild with grief and confusion. Gore’s first words to the assembled crowd were simple and straightforward: “Nothing I can say to you can bring you comfort.” This was a very powerful use of an intricate rhetoric, for Gore went on to call on a Higher Authority than himself, the Lord God, as the only Source able to provide the kind of comfort needed in such a terrible crisis. Given the incomprehensible events of the massacre, this was an emotionally sensitive as well as logical stance.
That void in my life is no longer there once I finish that book; the book has given me a concrete story to hold on to and understand and remember forever. On the other hand, there are so many aspects of our lives that are uncertain and not there forever. A recent friend’s brother suddenly and unexpectedly passed away, making me realize that my own sister could be gone in an instant if she is not careful. Although I know that if she were to pass away a huge part of my life and heart would die with her, my identity would be the same. Her passing would shape my identity, just as her life has, but in no way is she a percentage of my identity.
In the book you can actually feel for the tenants when they explain that “it’s [their] land. They measured it and broke it up. They were born on it…died on it.” (page 33) You can see how the tenants can’t even imagine living anywhere else. In the movie the exact same context is used but you can actually see the look of despair on their faces. In the end you still get the same framework as you would from reading, but you also get to see how it physically affects them.
Sharmane Hughes English 101 Ms. Evans 19 September 2012 Assignment #6 Contradicting Denial Tom Junod’s article, “The Falling Man,” debuted a behind the scenes view of how the tragedy of 9/11 affected many different people in various types of ways. Some people were emotionally connected to the tragedy because of the fact that they had lost love ones in the process. Others might be emotionally attached because of the amount of sadness that flooded the United States. Everyone was scared and left wondering what was going to happen next. Junod’s article goes in-depth about the emotions that rose due to the public publishing of a photo that depicted a man on the day of 9/11 descending to his death from the Twin Towers in New York City.
Three children died instantly and over a dozen were critically injured. Willie’s prophecy on time being the steward of the truth proves to be beneficial for him. “Oh, God, I am punished for accepting iniquity and voting against an honest man!” cries one of the parents who lost his child (65). In Mr. Sandeen’s (the father who lost his child) statement, Warren exhibits another phenomenon in the South that might have sustained just as much if not more momentum than politics – this phenomenon is religion. Surreptitiously but not blatantly, Warren provides his audience with the experience of watching a typical Southern citizen in reaction to a tragic event.
In this paper, Danial’s thesis seems to be clear on what he is going to write about. Danial is explaining how citizenship can save America through Barber; the author. He points out some strong statements where he is able to back up it up. As Danial explained ”Every nation in the world looked at America with admiration and not only did they respect America, but they believed in the leadership offered by America. The leadership did not come from the government however; it came from hard working citizens who were more concerned about the well being of their nation than their own lives” (2).
September 11, 2001 was a day so many people lost their loved ones which was such a sad day even till today. As the country is going through this great loss, a lot of Americans are also concerned about bioterrorism attack and everyone is talking about small pox being released to the population again. As we are all aware, small pox is a disease that that we have worked on all these years and it has been eradicated with the help of vaccinations here in the United States. But due to the terrorist attack, Americans are really concerned that the terrorist might want to re-infect the citizen of United States with small pox. The CDC organization is in charge of small pox vaccines and we are assuring the citizens that we have a plan to make sure that we distribute these vaccines as soon as possible as needed.
Throughout Obama’s speech he uses unique styles of language, with words and phrases, in order to support and achieve his objective of informing citizens of the justice this nation accomplished. President Obama begins the speech with an emotional tone in order reminisce on the damage the 9/11 terrorist attack had on the entire United States. Obama uses imagery to bring about this emotion when he mentions, “The empty seat at the dinner table. Children who were forced to grow up without their mother or their father. Parents who would never know the feeling of their child’s embrace...” When this incident took place many people suffered from the deaths that took place, a pain that could be considered unbearable.
One main key effect of the language for me was the repetition of the sentence in the last line of each stanza. This really helped to emphasize to the audience how badly he felt that the people of his kind were being treated. In addition to this there is a repetitive use of the phrase of ‘my dear’ suggest he is speaking to his wife or a family member who doesn’t truly understand the extent of the situation. Each stanza seems to intensify the situation in the poem. For example the first stanza starts of by telling us that they the homeless, though there are millions of people in the city who have some kind of home but the refugees have nowhere to go.