The Rhetorical Analysis Of Blue Collar Brilliance By Mike Rose

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The Rhetorical Analysis of “Blue Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose
It’s easy to form an opinion on a topic you are passionate about, but when a writer causes you to think about something you never thought about and form an interest, then they have done their job. In “Blue Collar Radiance”, Mike Rose talks about blue collar workers and how they manage to work well despite their lack of education. His use of pathos was the heart of the piece.
By looking at the title you cannot really tell what the purpose of the article will be about but it does seem positive. At the beginning of the essay Rose starts off with the story of his mother. You would never think that he is using her story to stand of for blue collar workers as a whole. His purpose is

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