Leslie Ruano
March 23,2018
Final Draft
3A
“The Lovely Stones”
The Parthenon embraces its beauty in human history , however , it imprisons its misuse and abuse in addition. In Christopher Hitchens’s , “The Lovely Stones” , he builds an argument to persuade the audience that the original Parthenon Sculptures should be returned to Greece . Christopher Hitchens uses negative diction , cultural references , and the rhetorical appeal , logos , to strengthen his argument .
In the story , Christopher Hitchens uses negative diction such as the word “Grotesque” , which he uses towards the structure of the sculptures of the Goddess and one of the Greek Gods . In paragraph
four , he makes a proposition that says “ If you think my analogy is overdrawn , consider this : the body of the Goddess Iris is at present in London , while her head is in Athens. The front of part of the torso of Poseidon is in London , and the rear part is in Athens. And so on . This is grotesque ….” as read the word “grotesque” means ugly which Christopher Hitchens is saying that the whole arrangement of both sculptures are not appealing and doesn’t show any beauty due to the fact that they are half instead of being a whole sculptures and located in different countries. As for people who are interested in art , if they come across to sculptures that are arranged in this type of way , they would also think that it’s ugly and would probably have that thought that they should be reunited and be displayed in the same location. Christopher Hitchens discusses about Greeks’ cultural references and compares it to the British’s culture. In paragraph three , it reveals the differences between both British and Greek Parthenon culture , “ As with all things Greek , there were three elements to this , the most lavish and beautiful sculptural treasury in human history” which explains that the Greek sculptures are known for its beauty and considered fancy throughout human history. Since the Greeks have a majority of the sculptures that are much more beautiful , fancy , and probably have a high value , they deserve to have their original sculptures back. They don’t deserve to display their own sculptures that show only half instead of showing the whole piece. Throughout the story , logos is being used to state the logical facts to appeal the audience whom are persuaded. In paragraph two , it briefly states that “ Not that the beauty and symmetry of the Parthenon have not been abused and perverted and mutilated “ which says that the beautiful things referring to the sculptures and its symmetry they tend to get misused and abused such as they have been used for a wrong purpose and have been treated awfully. The sculptures hold beauty and meanings and for it to be abused takes the beauty away from it which doesn’t show any interest in them and for it to be separated in half shows that the sculptures aren’t being respected and are being taken for granted which isn’t good. It needs to be united as a whole and remain completely protected just so it won’t be abused . Therefore , Christopher Hitchens uses negative diction , cultural references , and logos in “ The Lovely Stones” to persuade the audience that the original Parthenon sculpture should be returned to Greece. Not only does it focus on how the sculptures are being placed it talks about how the Greeks’ sculptures are beautiful and are fancy . It also reveals that they have been abused which could change if they were reunited and displayed where they originally belong which is Greece.
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