Earth sciences tend to not always be as hands on as one would hope. Instead, they involve a lot of sitting in a lab, looking through a microscope, or doing slow and tedious field work. However, this doesn’t mean that their work is easy on them, they have to persevere through the process of exploring and learning of the veiled things our world has to show us, something most of could not do. Barry’s use of rhetorical strategies allows him to paint scientists as just that, courageous and daring explorers in the daunting and dark wilderness that is the unknown. He is able to tell the audience how scientists need to be courageous, and why the unknown requires this of them, by appealing to the logical and emotional sense to the reader.
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Barry’s use of an extended metaphor in paragraph 4 illustrates the unknown as being a, “wilderness region where [scientists] know almost nothing…” This highlights to the audience that scientists are truly courageous, as they have to trek through the unknown before anyone else. He also says that, “...a single step can take them through the looking glass into a world that seems entirely different.” This allusion to Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass can put the reader in the shoes of scientists who are thrust into a new world that was previously unexplored, as the reader is most likely more familiar with the children’s book than with the life and work of a scientist. It also can give some insight to who the intended audience of the writing is, someone who would have been well-read. After the scientist learns the basics about what they were researching, “a flood of colleagues will pave the road over the path laid, and those roads will be orderly and straight.” This metaphor compares how easy it is for people to go into the once unknown after at least a little has been found out about it, versus the scientist who had to go into it knowing nothing. It is those who do the former that Barry believes are truly …show more content…
He explains that, “In the wilderness the scientist must create everything. It is grunt work, tedious work that begins with figuring out what tools one needs and then making them.” His word choice and emphasise on the word, “everything,” pushes on the idea that scientists often have a huge and daunting task in front of them when they start to work. The first sentence is very short with blunt syntax to match the blunt content of it. The reader can almost feel the shock and sense of unforgivingness that a scientist would if they had to go into something being told they’d have to do it all with no help. He also says, “...where the very tools and techniques needed to clear the wilderness, to bring order to it, do not exist.” This metaphor, that compares prior knowledge that scientists lack to tools of trade that they do not have, continues to promote the idea that scientists require courage to do what they do, as they have to start out with nothing, and without knowing what to expect. The courage to go into something while knowing it may end in failure is vital for scientists to
With a wish to forsake industrial living Edward Abby of Desert Solitaire, and Chris McCandless of Into the Wild, immerse themselves in wilderness. While rejecting notions of industrial life, their defection is not absolute. Despite McCandless’ stated wish to live off the land (Krakauer163), he delights in finding an industrial bus in the Alaskan wilderness for his base camp (Krakauer163). Likewise Abbey, from his comfortable trailer in the Utah desert, states he is there to “confront…the bare bones of existence” (6). Utilization of industry in their escape from it seems like a contradiction at first glance, but this conflict indicates that they are not rejecting industry, only separating themselves by the degrees necessary to accommodate what they want to experience. Abbey’s Industrial dependency accommodates his need to have a philosophical dialogue with nature without separating himself from it, while McCandless’ primitive approach accommodates his need for self-reliance. This separation by degrees allows rejection and usage to co-exist within their individual paradigms. The removal of absolutes allows both men to explore outside of defined parameters. Subscribing to neither total rejection of a notion, nor adherence to rigidly defined ideas, both men can incorporate evolving discoveries relative to their need without contradiction.
Frederic is very much alienated from the science of his day. He finds it obscure and frightening, involved in inhuman and ritualistic experiments, and motivated by goals that are fully detached from the needs of ordinary people. His dread and loathing of the coldness and ruthlessness of the aloof scientist come from the Gothic horror of writers like Edgar Allen Poe and Mary Shelley.
He states that Inventions were created out of sheer human curiosity. He also stated that the requirement needed for an invention to succeed was the demand for it. Which was s concept I thought of and seem examples of myself but, I wasn’t able to put it into words .
In Dave Barry's story, Lost in the Kitchen, he's shows a humorous story about two men's ineptness at helping to prepare for their Thanksgiving dinner. However, as you look closer at the essay you find that the actual message the author is trying to convey is one of stereotypes, and how they appear everyday in our lives, even during the preparations for a simple Thanksgiving dinner. In order to convey this message he uses several strategies and techniques to draw our attention to the use of stereotypes in our lives and to help us better understand the point that he is trying to get across.
Barry opens up this section with a metaphor, stating that “all real scientists exist on the frontier,” and continuing on to compare scientific research to the western frontier. As the western frontier was new and undiscovered in early America until people became bold enough to venture out there, scientific research is new and undiscovered as well until one has the boldness to explore the work. This metaphor relating to the frontier allows Barry to clearly paint a picture of his characterization of scientific research. As he continues on in explaining the unknown, Barry writes a series of rhetorical questions relating to the metaphor of the frontier. As the rhetorical questions continuously follow one another, they mimic the job a scientist would have in inquiring date within an experiment. These questions not only make the reader think thoroughly about the roles of scientists, but also force the reader to think like a scientist his or herself. This comparison of scientific research to the frontier, as well as the rhetorical questions within it, allow Barry to portray the unknown factor within science, emphasizing the boldness and curiosity a great scientist must have in order to be truly
This hideous new world was the outcome of an experiment in science. The creation of this dispassionate world was the result of the Ford’s pursuit of scientific knowledge. At this point, the world has become unreal and has been corrupted. The values of these inhabitants and their morals are completely foreign to me.
Deadly and helpful, science is a dual-edged sword. Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the first to emphasize this through his literary works. “Rappaccini's Daughter” and “The Birthmark” are two of his works where he teaches this lesson through the trials of his characters. Focusing on the motif of the “mad scientist”, Hawthorne brings to light the points that people struggle with humanity, learning to love themselves and others, and that science can be more harmful then helpful.
He shows that fear clouds the mind, thus making it absolutely imperative to maintain reason and logic throughout life. Fear will always end in a fate worse than death for those who survive it.
In passage three paragraph two it talked about how a man tried to build something that could be used to build plain, but it was weak and he ended up creating the sticky note.If the guy did some research than he would have done a better job of inviting what he was creating. In passage three paragraph two it stated,” Spencer silver was trying to design a strong adhesive that could be used to build airplane.” He tried to build something that would help build a plane, but he could never do it and he ended up creating the sticky note. In passage three paragraph three it stated,” however, what he ended up with was a very weak adhesive that could easily be stuck to and remove from objects without leaving any damage.” If he would have used the invention he invented to build the airplane than the airplane would have fall apart. In passage four paragraph three it talked about how a man tried to build a snow storm mask, but it ended up looking like a giant clear bird beak. If the person that build the snow storm mask would have done some research than his mask would have not look like a clear bird beak. In passage four paragraph three is stated,” Essentially, people looked as though they were wearing a giant, clear bird beak on their face!” If people would do research on there invention than they would have succeeded on
One of the most effective methods Barry uses throughout the aforementioned passage, is his comparison of scientists to explorers. The first lines of paragraph four set up the comparison, “All real scientists exist on the frontier,” this furthers the point Barry makes that scientific research is about uncertainty and embracing it, only then will the research that is done yield any answers. Barry furthers the point of uncertainty is the very nature of science with this quote, “There they probe in a
“We are in the struggle to kill the idea that one kind of man is superior to another kind of man.” Steve Biko, Cry Freedom. Proof that, discoveries evoke different responses from individuals depending on their worldview and perspective of life that have often been indoctrinated within. The prescribed text Mending Wall by Robert Frost and related text Cry Freedom directed by Richard Attenborough effective explore the notion of jarring perspectives on a discovery through: Juxtaposition of the main character’s beliefs, the cultural and social context of the opposing parties and the role that played and lastly, the concept of the equilibrium that not all parties will gain from a discovery and compromising is expected.
” There are many small details that are only visible to the unscrupulous observer. When the obstacle of narrow-sightedness is overcome, there is more of a chance to capture such great discoveries. People need to realize that if they never take the time to stop and look around, appreciate the small things in life, they might miss out on important details and moments that the world has to offer. Scientists didn’t obtain their greatest discoveries by looking at the world with a closed mind. During the months of September through November, the leaves start to fall off the trees.
As the novel’s need for explorations grows, the reader can notice the change throughout the settings and comfort of the scientists therefore growing the psychological build. “Certain influences in that of the unknown Antarctic world make it imperative that further exploration be discouraged.” (Lovecraft 201.) It took the plane crash, mountain, and labyrinth exploration for them to finally realize the dangers that lurked and prevented them from looking deeper. Being so excited about a trip to make discoveries so at the end it could all be terminated early makes one wonder what went on to all of a sudden stop searching. This is the psychological aspect that Lovecraft incorporates into his wor...
Victor Frankenstein finds himself exploring the world of science against his fathers wishes but he has an impulse to go forward in his education through university. During this time any form of science was little in knowledge especially the chemistry which was Victors area if study. Victor pursues to go farther than the normal human limits of society. “Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow” (Chapter 4). He soon finds the answer he was looking for, the answer of life. He becomes obsessed with creating a human being. With his knowledge he believes it should be a perfe...
...free thought to a degree that has never before been available to us. This will bring about a new age of enlightenment, so to speak. He concludes by saying ‘the sea, our sea, lies open again; maybe there has never been such an open sea.’