A Separate Peace Rhetorical Analysis

Maybe this would open the eyes about the war in Iraq, even if you ask people on the street they usually say that the war was wrong. It really surprised me that he won the next election, at maybe he shouldn't have, and he actually cheated like the movie says he does. A lot of these clips that Michael shows in his movie, had been shown in the news and I recognized some of them, and you have to admit that Bushes behavior has been very weird. Even though some people say that this is propaganda, all lies and is stupid just doesn't want to see the facts. A lot of these things are true, and can anyone actually stand up and tell me why a war where hundreds of thousand people have died? Was it to force democracy down on a middle eastern country, how

Both Gene and Phineas are confronted with the truth when Leper tells of what he saw on that frightful day. He compares what he saw to an engine. “‘I can’t think of the name of the engine. But it has two pistons. What is that engine? Well anyway, in this engine first one piston sinks, and then the next one sinks. The one holding on to the trunk sank for a second, up and down like a psi on, and then the other one sank and fell” (Knowles 176). Phineas is finally confronted with the truth behind the incident and that his best friend did in fact make him fall off the tree. Phineas is so overwhelmed after hearing this, he falls down the stairs, which ends up being fatal. “Then these separate sounds collided into the general tumult of his body falling clumsily down the white marble stairs” (Knowles 177). After the death of Phineas, Gene attains ultimate peace and peace of mind as he gets older and understands Phineas’ nonviolent nature. “Only Phineas never was afraid, only Phineas never hated anyone” (Knowles 204). After the death, Phineas himself also attains peace, with his heart at peace with Gene. Gene feels very alone without Phineas. He no longer has his best friend and “separate

So what exactly can nonviolence do to make violence go away in the community? In Chavez’s article about nonviolence and how to prevent violence while he draws the reader in. He draws the reader in with Repetition, Pathos, Ethos, and Logos to help make his point against violence.

C3. A quotation that stands out to me in All Quiet on the Western Front is, “But on the last day astonishing number of English heavies opened up on us with high-explosive drumming ceaselessly on our position, so that we suffered severely and came back only eighty strong” (14). This quote is significant because it suggests that more than half of the Second Company has been killed. Paul Bäumer’s tone suggests that various deaths are something

Herodotus, the author of histories, once said, “During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave.” World War I was a lengthy and critical war which resulted in the death of millions. This ranked it along with the deadliest conflicts in human history. As a soldier during World War I, Richard Connell witnessed the darker side of man displayed by others during the war that influenced his writing of The Most Dangerous Game. Using metaphors, imagery and irony, he was able to demonstrate the ugliness within humanity and the way that the human mind can suffer from viewing such manslaughter.

In the essay An Unwinnable War by Robert K. Brigham, he used a different point of view to analyze the U.S. military and how they lost in Vietnam. He also examines three different strategies that were brought up time and time again that could have possibly won the war. Brigham explains to us how he thinks none of these strategies would have gained a victory for the U.S. because they did not fully understand the structure of South Vietnam and the government itself. The first suggested strategy is the invasion of North Vietnam, just above the demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel. What Brigham is saying is that these leaders who supported a strategy like this were overlooking certain aspects such as the threat of China, who was possibly looking

e majority of the marriages in Afghanistan are still being forced till this day which sorrowful in my opinion. I don't think honor killings should occur in any country. I can’t believe the victim that is raped has to go to jail for something that she doesn't control. I found that very unfair and horrible to imagine. Afghanistan, in general, doesn't view women as actual women because it shows that they can take advantage of any female and the victim will get punished for it. It breaks my heart knowing that women are being treated so bad especially I was raised by women, so I tend to have a lot of emotions when it comes to women's rights which are being violated on a vast scale throughout the book. However, Azita came across and was one of the few women who was very brave of her because, In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, so it's difficult for women to have a voice for

During both of the World Wars, the United States was short on money and supplies for the soldiers overseas, so they made posters to gain support from the people still at home. The posters showcased government bonds that Americans could buy that were essentially loans to the United States government. In order to get people to spend the small amounts of money they had, the posters used emotions and tone to persuade the American citizens to buy the bonds. The term used for the emotional looking pictures to showcase the author’s message is pathos. Many of the posters used during the wars used pathos to get their message across.

"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell is a thrilling short story written about two men and their struggle to beat each other in a hunting game. The men appear to be civilized, but the question is whether the men are truly civilized. What evidence could prove if the men are civilized? As the story continues, the characters build up on their known traits and they show their true colors. Are the two men, General Zaroff<Spelling errors> and Sanger<Spelling errors> Rainsford, civilized men?

DICTION “that funereal tree by the river” (Knowles 81) This phrase is used when describing the accident by the tree that shatters Finny’s leg. While Finny did not physically die, the accident permanently ended Finny’s athletic career, killing it. By naming the tree the “funereal tree,” Knowles creates a sad demeanor.

English 10 September 7, 2016 Dear reader, This cover letter will address what I have learned in English 10 specifically on my rhetorical paper of a World War II political cartoon. I will address three main points, the beginning of my paper gives a brief explanation of what my Rhetorical World War II paper consists off, then I’ll be explaining how I was able to take certain criteria and other resources from the political cartoon and develop a claim, and lastly I will explain how I was able to take my instructor's feedback on my first draft and better my paper. Hopefully, all of these three factors could be seen throughout my final paper.

All Quiet on the Western Front is a story about the horrors of World War I from the perspective of a German soldier named Paul. Throughout Paul’s service he sees and does horrible things, becoming disillusioned with the ideals of the German high command and of world leaders in general. This book makes it clear not only that the generation of boys and men that were sent out to fight feel betrayed by the previous generation and by their government, but also that there was a huge gap between the soldiers and everyone else around them.

Capote manages to effectively create a complete impression of the character of Perry Smith by showing his remorse and how he confides in Dick. By Capote allowing the readers to see Perrys weak and vulnerable side, it gave off the impression that he too, no matter the deed, had feelings. Capote uses sympathy as a tone when Perry confides to Dick. He creates the illusion that Perry's life was difficult. By adding the “murder” story into it, it also gives off the parallel of him being lethal. Capote’s value of character is shown through Perry by enlightening how he feels towards his past actions. He creates a sympathetic tone towards Perry. Capote uses short sentences to emphasis the dramatic and terrible conditions that Perry was put through

Society often masks the true horrors of war in order to promote patriotism. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque captures the reality of war through the horrific imagery, which he portrays through similes. The narrator, nineteen-year-old Paul Bäumer, and his comrades look over the trenches to witness horse suffering in no man’s land. Prior to ending the horse’s misery, the soldiers see the last one “[prop] itself on its forelegs and [drag] itself round in a circle like a merry-go-round” (Remarque 64). Remarque compares the dying horse to a merry-go-round to create situational irony through imagery. Associated with happiness and nostalgia, merry-go-rounds portray purity as they are ironically compared to a tortured

As per the ancient saying, experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it. In this book, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, the protagonist Gene Forrester visits the prep school he attended when he was younger -- The Devon School. As he wanders through the campus to find a tree, he goes into a flashback to when he was sixteen. In the picture, there’s Phineas (Finny), the super athlete, who also happens to be the roommate of Gene, and Elwin Lepellier, sadly given the nickname “Leper.” Finny declares they should jump out of the tree; Gene obeys but no one else does. This episode introduces us to their quasi-friendship, which you know, was just fine until Gene decides to go all whacky on his best friend. John Knowles uses Gene’s explanation of causing Finny to fall, the death of Finny, and Leper’s eventual insanity to show that living in a state of innocence can destroy an individual.