Rachana Kim Heather Stewart 24/SP ENGL-1301-7PA2 20 April 2024 A Rhetorical Analysis of Daniel Asia's Review of Surprised by Beauty For classical music enthusiasts and aficionados, a certain perception exists that the 20th and 21st centuries produced a staggering amount of challenging and unappealing musical compositions. Despite this, Daniel Asia, professor of composition and director of the American Culture and Ideas Initiative at the University of Arizona, aims to shatter this judgment in his review of Surprised by Beauty: A Listener's Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music, written by Robert R. Reilly alongside Jens F. Laurson. Asia’s main argument in this review is that a generous wealth of beautifully composed and accessible music exists within these previous two …show more content…
Lamenting the current state of classical music, Asia is familiar with the mainstream trends and their shortcomings. Furthermore, he mentions being a “professor of composition,” subtly hinting at his academic expertise in the field (Asia 2016). He also mentions being a "distinguished composer," which also adds to his credibility. Asia portrays an image of trustworthiness, positioning himself as someone who not only understands the theory of music but also possesses the knowledge to navigate the complexity of music itself. This allows him to speak with confidence about the hidden and underrated beauty within 20th and 21st-century compositions in his review. Asia strengthens his argument for the hidden beauty in modern music by using logos in his review. He utilizes forms of statistics to paint a bleak, and frankly negative, picture of the current state of classical music, citing dwindling audiences and how “classical music represent[s] a minuscule component of market share” (Asia
Amy Cunningham, an editor and author from New York, wrote an article “Why Women Smile” to emphasize on how women are no longer smiling because it is a natural thing, but rather an everyday habit. Coupled with Cunningham’s supported reasons by using logos and ethos, she also uniquely brings in her personal experience by having ethos, making her argument more relatable. A long side with that, societies’ past and present impact on today’s world about women was also included as Cunningham put her own take into proving her point. Although this may be true, there were some fallacies found in her argument leading it to lack of fully portraying the audience.
Media such as movies, video games and television, in general, are all created to support some form of social context. This helps with generating popularity because people are able to relate to the form of media. In Greg Smith’s book What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss, he describes 6 different representational strategies that justifies people’s way of thinking. The trope that I will be amplifying is the white savior tactic. In addition, I will connect this strategy to the movie The Blind Side. There are clear examples throughout the film where racism and low-income cultures exist in which the white family is there to help. The Tuohy family from the movie “The Blind Side” serves as the white savior for the progression of Michael
Upton Sinclair, the author of The Jungle, wrote this novel to unveil the atrocious working conditions and the contaminated meat in meat-packing workhouses. It was pathos that enabled his book to horrify hundreds of people and to encourage them to take a stand against these meat-packing companies. To obtain the awareness of people, he incorporated a descriptive style to his writing. Ample amounts of imagery, including active verbs, abstract and tangible nouns, and precise adjectives compelled readers to be appalled. Durham, the leading Chicago meat packer, was illustrated, “having piles of meat... handfuls of dried dung of rats...rivers of hot blood, and carloads of moist flesh, and soap caldrons, craters of hell.” ( Sinclair 139). His description
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
In the book “Behind the Beautiful Forevers”, the author used rhetorical devices Ethos, Pathos and other rhetorical devices like – Allusion, Metaphor, Repetition, Sarcasm, etc. to convince the readers. The author used rhetoric strategy - Ethos by highlighting the ethics followed by the main character – Abdul. She also used rhetorical device – Pathos to emotionally impact the readers of the book by highlighting the struggles of the children like rate bite (P-12,91), polluted environment; brutal murder of Kalu (P-165), suicide of Meena and Sanjay, damaged heart valve disease of Kamble, pathetic living conditions of Annawadians, anytime their huts might raze by the bulldozers, poverty, etc. By highlighting the difficulties of Annawadians, good nature of few characters and with interesting way of storytelling (staring the story with suspense and rewinding the story to six months earlier like in cinema), the author could able to convince her audiences. Other rhetoric devices used by the author given below;
“A Modest Proposal” was written in 1729 by a satirical author by the name of Jonathan Swift. Swift studied at the University of Oxford and was also know for his popular writing in Gulliver’s Travel. The purpose for his satire “A Modest Proposal” was to enlighten the citizens of Ireland about their hardship and suffering. He informed them about their scares of food, money, and property, but provided a possible solution to their problem. To persuade the people Swift adopts a comforting and friendly tone to his audience for the people to react to his solution.
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In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, the narrator’s monotonous tone makes the reader experience a lack of emotion and feeling. The novel starts off describing Mersault’s current job and how he must go on leave in order to attend his mother’s funeral. He and his mother have been disconnected for some time as they had come to a mutual agreement with her staying in an elderly home. Mersault, the main protagonist, did not have the money or time to tend to his mother. The elderly home was the best option for the both of them. When he returns home from the funeral, Mersault gets caught up in external affairs he should not be in. He ends up writing a break up letter to Raymond’s girlfriend, which drives the rest of the story. Raymond beats his
When asked what beauty is, most women will point to a magazine cover at a size two model — a small waist, long legs, and flawless skin. Dove has attempted to change this perspective with their “Campaign for Real Beauty”. Launched in 2004, this campaign is comprised by a series of advertisements such as commercials, short-films, billboards, and many more. Dove appeals to women’s pathos in order to market to women of all ages. The company’s strong ethos allows women to feel comfortable and believe that they are truly beautiful. A majority of the campaign is aimed at young adults but also includes women fifty years and older. The creative directors Janet Kestin and Nancy Vonk strive to remind women that they are responsible for setting their own
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In David Sheff’s book “Beautiful Boy” he utilizes descriptive diction, allusions to other works, and vivid imagery to recreate the experiences he’s gone through during his son’s addiction, times in recovery, and relapses.
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Furthermore, composers are persistently inclined to expose to their audience, viewpoints that challenge an individuals historical and social paradigms thus providing them with newly established values. to reappraise the industrial discoveries through the destructive nature that is being