A Rhetorical Analysis Of Amanda Alvarez

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Rhetorical Analysis of Amanda Alvarez
Amanda is an engineering major at Texas A&M College Station. She graduated top 10 out of 450 in our class so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that my best friend is the type of person who always has an answer to everything. During our freshman year we had a few classes together and anyone who paid attention could clearly see she was so confident and independent, and I was slightly jealous as I was socially awkward and would sit quietly in the back. She was the teacher's pet who always knew what was going on and nobody really liked her for it, but as I was getting to know her I could tell there was more to her than what was seen on the surface. She wasn't always so outgoing and she did make mistakes at times, …show more content…

It seemed as if her daily goal was to make the people around her feel unintelligent when she used words I never even knew existed. Based on the way she always looked put together with the perfect outfit and matching accessories any outsider could see that she cared about her appearance and what people thought of her. I didn't think we would ever have a conversation let alone become best friends because she seemed snobby and childish when I first noticed her. The first time I acknowledged her and really paid attention was during freshman year when everyone was talking while waiting for the teacher to come in. As I started listening to the conversations around me there was one that was a little more noticeable as Amanda’s voice raised slightly higher than the others around me. From what I could tell they were comparing their Geometry homework and the answers they had were obviously different. You could tell Amanda was frustrated as she kept tapping her foot and rubbing her temple, but I suppose the other girl just wasn't listening. Eventually it seemed as if Amanda gave up and let the argument drop but later when the teacher came in I realized that wasn't the case as she approached the teacher and asked who was right. Once the teacher confirmed that Amanda was indeed correct she held her head high and said "I told you so" to the other girl and her face turned an intense shade …show more content…

I saw her cry so many times throughout the last two years of high school and every time I did I’d always make sure to go over to her house after softball practice. I always wanted to make sure she was okay and if I couldn’t go over I would call her after and just listen and let her vent. The first time I decided to go over was pretty nerve wracking because we weren’t entirely friends yet. We talked and laughed together in class and I would come over to work on homework with her but it wasn’t ever for anything not school related so I was really uncertain on coming over unannounced. I eventually made up my mind and picked up whataburger meals with milkshakes and went over. I didn’t know what I was expecting but it certainly wasn’t what I saw because when I got there she looked completely fine and I was expecting some form of emotional mess. This was a type of Atypical dissonance because I had begun to expect her to be crying all the time but as I got to know her I learned that her parents weren’t really involved in her personal life and they always expected perfection. I finally realized that all those times I saw her crying at school were because she wasn’t able to cry at home. Eventually after realizing this and I knew she was upset I would pick her up and we’d get food from the drive-thru so we could sit in the car, talk, and

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