In his article, “Let There Be Dark”, Paul Bogard reacts to the evolution of darkness, from a planet filled with dark to a nonstop world of light. Through Bogard’s appeal to emotions, logical evidence, and convincing reasoning, he effectively captures and persuades the audience to accept the darkness. When reflecting on his past in Minnesota, Bogard’s use of diction brings the audience’s emotions out to play. A sense of nostalgia is present with the phrase “I knew”, allowing readers to think back to their childhood memories. Just as the author desires to restore the darkness from his youth, the reader questions what can be done to relive the happy and carefree days of their past. The author creates a vivid image, making the audience contemplate life before advanced technology and big cities, where one could just “disappear” into the darkness. An urge is developed to create this safe feeling again, driving in Bogard’s purpose of inviting in the dark. In order to persuade the audience to “[l]et [t]here [b]e [d]ark”, Bogard chooses specific words which express pathos and draw forth nostalgia. …show more content…
Bogard pushes the audience to think logically about all of the reasons to shut off the light.
Citing credible sources such as the World Health Organization and the American Medical Association, supports the author’s claims. High and honorable federations such as these prompt the reader to examine and closely pay attention to Bogard’s rationale on preserving darkness. Additionally, the author shares the fact that without darkness the human body may develop cancer, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and depression. Alarming and scaring the reader causes them to focus and believe that this issue is more serious than what it seems. By using respectable evidence, Bogard compels the audience to welcome the
darkness. Leaving no stone unturned, Bogard engages every single group or type of reader possible; therefore establishing his ethos. For instance, the author targets not only religious people, but “soulful” individuals, too, when stating that darkness is invaluable in any belief system. The reader cannot help but trust Bogard and his argument to neglect the light and protect the dark. Furthermore, the author brings up the future and inspires hope and optimism to people who are pessimistic and finally involves those who look on the bright side of life. When persuading an audience, including faith in the article is fundamental because hope is needed to stimulate change. By appealing to and successfully connecting with various audiences, Bogard proves his reliability and authenticity, influencing the audience to join his fight for darkness. With his employment of pathos, logos, and ethos, Bogard crafts a powerful and compelling case to “[l]et [t]here [b]e [d]ark”. The author forces the audience to truly feel, think, and trust him, encouraging people to support his cause. Although at first he seems to be consumed by his distaste for light, Bogard ends his article with the piquing impression that it is not that light is bad, but the dark is good.
The tone during the whole plot of in Brave New World changes when advancing throughout the plot, but it often contains a dark and satiric aspect. Since the novel was originally planned to be written as a satire, the tone is ironic and sarcastic. Huxley's sarcastic tone is most noticeable in the conversations between characters. For instance, when the director was educating the students about the past history, he states that "most facts about the past do sound incredible (Huxley 45)." Through the exaggeration of words in the statement of the director, Huxley's sarcastic tone obviously is portrayed. As a result of this, the satirical tone puts the mood to be carefree.
In the late 1800’s America began to take on its own individual identity as a country. The Chicago World's Fair was a great influence for that notion. In Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City he tells a duel nonfictional storyline of one of the fair’s architects and a serial killer living just outside the fair. By using imagery, juxtaposition, and syntax Larson is able to enchant the reader and make the novel read like a fiction.
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.
A good author writes with a specific purpose. Many of them are very opinionated and controversial, calling out certain groups of people, or presenting readers with seemingly outlandish ideas. George Orwell says that he writes “to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other people’s idea of the kind of society that they should strive after.” His purpose is to persuade his readers to better themselves as well as society based on what he deems the correct approach. Erik Larson wrote “The Devil in the White City” to shine light on the infamous Gilded Age of America and the stark contrast, yet inevitable relatedness, of pride and evil. The book follows the story or architect Daniel Burnham as he works on the World’s Columbian Exposition,
“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.
Authors often use details that evoke a response in readers to produce an effective description. Their aim is not simply to tell readers what something looks like but to show them. Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Grave” and E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” are essays that use subjective language to illustrate the principles of effective description. Porter’s “The Grave” describes a childish afternoon of rabbit hunting that brings death close enough to be seen and understood, while White’s “Once More tot he Lake” is a classic essay of persona; reminiscence in which he recreates the lakeside camp he visited with his son.
As society continuously expands, building new structures, light pollution becomes increasingly problematic. Paul Bogard addresses this problem and argues against the increasing light pollution in his writing, “Let There Be Dark.” Through his use of the ethos and pathos, Bogard attempts to persuade his audience of the beauty of natural darkness.
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
The uses of discernable facts, such as actual places, names, past events and past conversations, add elements of authenticity to Earley’s writings. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the name Bill Ledbetter, to the numerous shows he watched throughout his adolescence, Earley presents these facts to the reader in order to tether the woven script to a tangible source. He repeats these facts over and over within each story, reflecting again and again on personal memories. Memory and imagination, Earley states, “seem to me the same human property, known by different names.” Earley makes this important point as he reflects on the individual’s ability to perceive an event uniquely due to imagination.
This article by Greg Braxton gives us his thoughts on the change that “Black Lightning”, will bring to the television universe by telling us that this show will focus on the problems that many African Americans are facing today. Braxton appeals to the rhetorical device of pathos and he appeals to the emotions of the audience by saying, “This is personal to me,” this essay will be him appealing to the audience about why this essay is important to him, and that this show will be a change to most who watch the CW network. This article tells of the story of Pierce an African American who wants to make a difference in his community by, “combatting racist cops and a violent gang,” and this show is bringing to the attention the issues that face many
In fact, Bogard opens his paper with a story from his childhood. “At my family’s cabin on a Minnesota lake,” Bogard writes, “I knew woods so dark that my hands disappeared before my eyes.” In addition to peaking the reader's interest, this anecdote serves as an important tool. It establishes Bogard as a real person, as someone the reader can trust and relate to, not just a faceless name on the paper. He’s an everyday guy, this anecdote proves, who wants to tell others about a case that’s important to him. Immediately, the audience wants to believe him, effectively getting them on his side. In addition to the anecdotes, Bogard also alludes to topics the audience will recognize. In paragraph five, Bogard asks the audience “in a world awash with electric light… how would Van Gogh have given the world his ‘Starry Night’?” Starry Night is a famous painting, known to all. The symbolism of a lack of stars in such an iconic painting is jarring to the audience, and impacts them much more intensely than if Bogard had simply said that the world has become more full of electric
Throughout its entirety, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness utilizes many contrasts and paradoxes in an attempt to teach readers about the complexities of both human nature and the world. Some are more easily distinguishable, such as the comparison between civilized and uncivilized people, and some are more difficult to identify, like the usage of vagueness and clarity to contrast each other. One of the most prominent inversions contradicts the typical views of light and dark. While typically light is imagined to expose the truth and darkness to conceal it, Conrad creates a paradox in which darkness displays the truth and light blinds us from it.
In my paper, titled, The Dark and Light, the dark and light imagery in the novella Heart of Darkness, will be described as a demonstration of how much the this imagery is portrayed, and how this it was so significant in the novella. Throughout Heart of Darkness, Conrad uses a plethora of simple colors, objects, and surroundings to convey multilayered images and ideas. These numerous symbols and events in the story have a more in-depth meaning, and are extremely important throughout the story.
Conrad’s use of light and darkness is evident from the opening of the novel. The
In Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness, the meaning of the word “darkness” changed throughout the story to symbolize different things. Conrad used this term in ways to identify social and intellectual elements in order to help the reader get a feel of his outlook and his own opinions of the world. The two most noticeable interpretations of “darkness” were how it symbolized racism in the world and it also symbolized the enormous impact that an uncivilized world can have on a civilized person.