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Should Everyone Go to College?
Ethos
The article I will be writing about is “Should Everyone Go to College?” by Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill. Owen and Sawhill explains how going to college do not always work out for everyone because of financial situations, majors chosen, and occupations fulfilled. The point of this rhetorical analysis is to examine the text, identify…
Willy Loman’s Obsession to Accomplish a False Dream
Dream
Willy Loman
Accomplishing a dream or a goal is one of the most important achievements in anybody’s life. In Arthur Miller’s story, Death of a Salesman, becoming a successful (well liked and wealthy) salesman, seems to be the one and only dream that defined the purpose of Willy Loman’s life. In order to accomplish his lifetime dream,…
What Makes Something Evil
Evil
Villain
Every villain believes they are the hero in their own mind. From fiction characters, such as Maleficent from the Disney movie Sleeping Beauty, who thought putting a curse on an innocent baby because she was not invited to the party was reasonable, to real life murderers, such as the gunman from the El Paso shooting…
Light Versus Darkness: Goodness Versus Evil
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Owl
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”, this becomes the main theme of the playand a continuously running reality. It, for the most part, represents theimage of light and dark. In this play, most of the evil happenings takeplace in the dark. Macbeth murders King Duncan which was his first steptowards devastation. After the murder,…
Focus on Ethos and Pathos
Ethos
John Lennon
The simplicity of John Lennon’s famous song “Imagine” stands in direct contrast to his complex and volatile life. Starting out as a working class kid, swept into the mayhem and stardom of the Beatles throughout the 1960’s, and plunged into the center of controversy and self-abuse throughout the 1970’s, his short but brilliant life…
Good and Evil in the Poem “Beowulf”
Beowulf
Grendel
Villain
Both heroes and villains have played their roles in defending and destroying, symbolizing conflicting qualities. This narrative reflects these attributes in the main protagonists. The conflict originated from a divine decision to grant Satan authority over the earth, leading to an ongoing battle that has been documented in literary works over time. Some of the…
Argue for Your Grade
Ethics
Ethos
Logic
Dear students of first year college English, also known here at El Camino as English 1A, it is imperative for you to develop the skill of argumentation in your writing. This includes incorporating logical, ethical, and sometimes emotional elements into your papers. Among all the techniques you will learn during your education, the most crucial…
Analyzing Annie Laurie Gaylor’s
Data
Ethos
Rhetoric
Journal Response to “The Case against School Prayer” For this first Essay, I will analyze “The Case against School Prayer” written by Annie Laurie Gaylord. I will analyze this essay based on The Dilution model, which rely heavily on fact, value, and policy, as well as the Aristotelian Rhetoric, which draws upon logos, ethos and…
The Pride of the Characters Willy Loman and Macbeth
Willy Loman
The sensation of pride that arises from accomplishing something remarkable can be uplifting and enhance one’s morale. Nevertheless, it is crucial to consider the negative aspects of pride before fully embracing it. Pride has the ability to deceive an individual, tempting them to pursue aspirations that are not rightfully theirs. This was evident in the…
Tom Sawyer’s games of death
Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is constructed on a loose framework whose major elements include games of death and games of resurrection. (Both meanings of resurrection apply here: resurrection as grave robbing and resurrection as return to life from apparent death. ) Indeed, the world of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain’s remembered and reinvented world…