Marcus Riding Ms. Krick English 8 12 March 2024 Why Courage Is Time Consuming, Yet worth it “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Being courageous is about taking risks to defend yourself from thoughts or people causing the fear. Courage is bravery, and bravery gives success, like a person giving a gift to another. Even though being courageous is more feared than the fear itself, it can be overcome because of calmness and belief. “The Terror” by Junot Diaz exemplifies the claim because it illustrates how much courage the narrator needed to stand up to his bullies. “The Terror” proves the claim when a young Junot narrates …show more content…
The quote truly shows how much courage it took for him to face these bullies because he mentions “It felt as if the whole world was turning with me” (14) which means he felt the adrenaline of fear facing them to finally stand up to these almost lifelong bullies. Another example of “The Terror” exemplifying the claim is to present how long it took for the standing up to happen, when the narrator mentions, “Took me until I was a sophomore in high school to finally start facing my terror” (13). The quote truly represents the amount of time it takes to finally gain the courage to beat the bullies in their own game. Another example of the claim is “Malala’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech” when it truly encapsulates true courageousness because of her bravery for speaking out on the issues in her country regarding terrorism and willingness to stand up for kids that are deprived of their right to learn due to the Taliban. That is shown when Malala starts to get to the personal life dealing with the terrorism she narrates, “I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait for the dead to be …show more content…
I chose the second” (22 & 23). By choosing the second she means if she would've spoken up it wouldn’t have allowed the terror in her country to continue and would've given people more willingness to fight for their rights to learn and not be deprived of their educational needs. After narrating that, she also mentions, “we could not just stand by and see those injustices of the terrorists’ denying our rights, ruthlessly killing people and misusing the name of Islam. We decided to raise our voice” (24). The quote illustrates that she has gotten more support to stop the sexism against women’s educational needs due to the Taliban acts. “The Ravine” by Graham Salisbury is about a kid named Vinny, scared to jump into a pond of water where a kid that attempted the jump had drowned and died the week before and faces going under his friends pressure and risking death or back down and being safe to live his life. “The Ravine” demonstrates courage because why take a life or death situation when you don’t have to. Vinny exemplifies courageousness because when he was about the jump, “Vinny thought he heard a voice, small and distant. Yes. I am a naysayer. Something inside him, a tiny voice pleading, Don’t do
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
In Kirby Dick’s influential documentary “The Invisible War,” filmmaker Kirby Dick uses pathos, ethos and logos to gain information and supplementary details to make his point that there is an epidemic of rape in throughout the DOD (Department of Defense) and the fact that military sexual trauma (MST) in the United States military goes unheard, mostly unpunished and needs to be addressed at a higher level.
On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama delivered the speech announcing the death of the former leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden was responsible for thousands of deaths on the September 11th terrorist attacks in the US along with leaving children without a father or a mother for the rest of their lives. The speech was what Americans were waiting for after all the evil that bin Laden has done in the world. Throughout the speech, Obama uses rhetorical appeals such as ethos, pathos, and logos to address the nation saying that justice is served by killing Osama bin Laden and making the speech effective to the audience.
In “Terror’s Purse Strings”, Dana Thomas successfully persuades her target audience of general consumers to not purchase counterfeit products. Thomas’s purpose is to inform her audience that the notion of consuming counterfeit products being a victimless crime is completely false and the true harmful effects of consuming counterfeit products. In “Sweatshop Oppression”, Rajeev Ravisankar successfully persuades his target audience of general college students that they should take measures against corporations who knowingly use inhumane sweatshops to produce their products. Through the analysis of each writer's rhetorical strategies, the establishment of credibility, and stylistic techniques, I am going to compare and contrast Dana Thomas’s “Terror's
“Thoughts in the Presence of Fear” is a manifesto written by Wendell Berry, dated October 11, 2001. It is a post-September 11 manifesto for environmentalists. Berry uses terms such as “we” and “they” as he expresses his ideas, regarding how our optimism for a “new economy” was founded upon the labors of poor people all over the world. I will conduct a rhetorical analysis of four sections of Berry’s manifesto; Sections XI, XII, XIII, and XIV; and discuss his use of ethos, logos, and pathos. Berry uses pathos more often in his paper, to instill feelings of guilt and fear in his readers. While many areas of his paper can be thought of as logos, Berry makes little use of ethos.
The chapter, Church, has the troop hold up in a church for a few days. In the church, the monks take an immediately likely to the troop help with food and weapon cleaning. A few of the soldiers discuss what they wanted to do before the war. The troops learn more about each other and insight into what faith can be to them.
Truman Capote showcases his very distinct style of writing in his true crime novel, In Cold Blood. Capote intentionally frames ruthless murderer Perry Smith as a relatable, well-intentioned human throughout the whole novel, and employs various rhetorical devices to show us that Perry is not just a stone cold killer. Specifically, Capote uses diction comprised of complex words, interviews conducted by Capote personally in which he interacted with the suspects and their loved ones, and sentence structure that came off as very to the point, in order to illustrate Perry’s dynamic and unique personality, opposed to the one dimensional heartless murderer many made him out to be.
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.
The article Gender, Class, and Terrorism by Michael Kimmel creates a convincing argument that makes the audience think about the effect of uniform unchanging expectations towards men in a quickly developing society. These effects are those relating to not only terrorism, but also towards the general consequences of the emasculation of men, past and present. This complex argument is accomplished by Kimmel using logos and pathos to appeal to the audience, giving several examples, and using the paper’s structure to his advantage. Despite his success in appealing to the audience through the methods previously listed Kimmel fails to show his credibility by not citing direct sources, as well as using fallacies to back his argument, which may leave
7. In the opening passage, Capote describes the town of Holcomb where four murders take place. In at least two paragraphs, analyze how Capote uses at least two rhetorical strategies to convey the tone of the novel and its setting.
Propaganda is usually associated with brainwashing and manipulation, however it is justifiable when it is used to promote safety and health. For example, in public service announcements to warn the citizens of hazards and to promote safety to protect the people from the dreadful habits of the modern world. The main purpose of PSA’s are to make people aware and to make them act to reach a goal.
how driving it is. True bravery is analysed through the book as how people are courageous in
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
Jonathan Kozol revealed the early period’s situation of education in American schools in his article Savage Inequalities. It seems like during that period, the inequality existed everywhere and no one had the ability to change it; however, Kozol tried his best to turn around this situation and keep track of all he saw. In the article, he used rhetorical strategies effectively to describe what he saw in that situation, such as pathos, logos and ethos.
Courage can be dangerous. Courage can be a savior. Courage can be many things, but when used properly it can be a true pathway to redemption. A perfect illustration of this in the novel is when Amir stood up to a quite profound Army General Taheri and demanded that he respect Sohrab. For instance, Amir declares to the general,