Rhetorical Analysis Of Haraway's 'A Cyborg Manifesto'

In ‘A Cyborg Manifesto,’ Haraway uses proof surrogate and contemporary hypophora in order to make her ideas appear more concrete. Haraway focuses on the two main types of feminism she has witnessed and their connections to cyborgs in the way of balance. Through the use of rhetorical devices, Haraway makes her claim of comparing balancing human and machine to patriarchy and feminism in order to address her audience of feminists and possible feminists. Proof surrogate is the main rhetorical devices used by Haraway. Proof surrogate is when a writer makes a claim without citing evidence to back that claim. Throughout “A Cyborg Manifesto,” Haraway makes claims and disputes her points without factual evidence or sources. She makes many claims about cyborgs and how they interact with each other and the world without cites. One prime example of Haraway’s use of proof surrogate is when she begins to explain what makes a cyborg a connection to feminism. Haraway states that “the cyborg is a matter of fiction and lived experience” going on to compare it

Contemporary hypophora is when a question is asked by the writer and then is immediately answered by the writer without giving the reader a chance to reflect upon the question presented. Haraway presents the question of “what could motivate enlistment in this collectivity?” as it relates to the term “us” and she immediately answers (296). Haraway states that fragmentation among feminists is the answer to this question that she presents. She continues to state her opinion on how the fragmentation of feminists is split upon gender, race, class, education status, etc. While this is one major way of answering her own question, there are multiple other ways that lead to a lack of enlistment as a feminist. One such idea is that people may not see themselves as feminists because they don’t truly understand the ideas of feminism or why feminism is