A Message To Garcia Sparknotes

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Rowan, the main character in the passage A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard, is a man Hubbard inspires all men to be. This “ideal man” is told what to do, does that mission with no questions asked, and comes through with a proper result, just like with the man who took the message to Garcia. Elbert Hubbard, an 1899 American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher, gets that point across by his word choice, repetition, tone, time references, and examples so it relates to the reader. Hubbard states that employers and successful people do not get enough praise, unlike the physical cripple or the morally deformed (Hubbard 32). Hubbard uses many negative words throughout the passage to convey the message of what humans have been doing wrong (asking questions instead of completing a job). “Slip-shod assistance, foolish inattention, dowdy indifference, & halfhearted work...” (Hubbard 8) is just one example within the essay that Hubbard uses these cynical words. Elbert thinks that all men should get a backbone which will help in every man's quest to be able to carry the message to Garcia (Hubbard 6). Elbert's words within the passage also show an extreme amount of intelligence; therefor meaning that this passage is not able for all to read, but only the educated. This use of …show more content…

The author uses the past as a tool to help the reader understand the present and there for the future. Sharing the story of Rowan with the reader was one example of Hubbard using the past for his manipulation. Utilizing the present was more strenuous, but still used when Elbert asked the reader to “summon anyone and make this request: “Please look in the encyclopedia and make a brief memorandum for me concerning the life of Correggio.” (Hubbard 8). Finally the interweaving of future towards the end created this paper, A Message to

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